Herbert applied the pressure on his American opponent from the get-go, opening the match with a birdie on the par-four first hole to secure a one-up lead through four.

Schauffele then bounced back with a birdie on the par-three fourth to tie the match, however, Herbert took back a one-up buffer through eight to make the turn with the advantage.

Schauffele started the back nine on a mission to silence his Aussie opponent and was able to quickly turn the tables with a birdie on the par-four 10th to square the ledger.

He then applied more pressure on the par-three 11th with a birdie to take a one-up lead - the first time he had control of the match.

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It was then bolstered by another birdie on the par-five 12th to all of a sudden have a two-up lead with five to play.

Herbert then drew upon his years of match play experience garnered back in Australia to keep Schauffele at bay.

Herbert made a birdie on the par-four 13th to bring the deficit back to one and then put the boots in on the par-four 15th with another to bring the match back to even with two to play.

Both players made par on the par-five 16th and par-three 17th to set up a battle of the best on the par-four 18th.

Herbert found the middle of the fairway off the tee and then backed up his tee shot with a stellar approach from 127m out to set up a right-to-left birdie putt.

He then rolled it in without hesitation to defeat Schauffele who was only able to make par.

Herbert is now 2-0 after earlier defeating Tony Finau four-up and three during round one.

He will now play his final round of the group phase against Takumi Kanaya (1-1) in the early hours of Saturday morning AEDT.

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