The
2019 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play was the 21st
WGC Match Play , played March 27–31 at
Austin Country Club in
Austin, Texas . It was the second of four
World Golf Championships in
2019 .
Kevin Kisner , runner-up in 2018 , defeated 2013 champion Matt Kuchar in the final, 3 & 2.
Course layout
Austin Country Club
Hole
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Out
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
In
Total
Yards
394
470
440
185
370
590
201
498
490
3,638
393
194
578
317
465
440
585
150
368
3,490
7,128
Par
4
4
4
3
4
5
3
4
4
35
4
3
5
4
4
4
5
3
4
36
71
Source:
Field
The field consisted of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Ranking on March 17. However, the seedings were based on the World Rankings on March 24.
Rickie Fowler (ranked 8th on March 17, personal reasons) and Adam Scott (29th, personal reasons) did not compete, allowing entry for Satoshi Kodaira (65th) and Luke List (66th).
The first phase of the tournament involves players being split into 16 groups of four players. Each group is decided by a round-robin format played over Wednesday to Friday, with the sixteen group winners advancing to the knock out phase. The group winner is decided by awarding 1 point for a win, and ½ point for a halved match. If two or more players are tied on points at the conclusion of the group phase, sudden death stroke play playoff is played between tied players.
The group winners play the round of sixteen on Saturday morning, and the quarterfinal on Saturday afternoon. The semifinals are played on Sunday morning, and the final and third place playoff are played on Sunday afternoon. In total, the winner will play seven rounds of golf.
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Results
Pool play
Players were divided into 16 groups of four players and play round-robin matches Wednesday to Friday.
Round 1 – March 27
Round 2 – March 28
Round 3 – March 29
Group 1
Round
Winner
Score
Loser
1
Johnson
4 & 3
Reavie
Grace
4 & 3
Matsuyama
2
Grace
1 up
Johnson
Matsuyama vs Reavie – halved
3
Matsuyama
4 & 2
Johnson
Grace
2 & 1
Reavie
Group 2
Round
Winner
Score
Loser
1
Rose
2 & 1
Grillo
Woodland
2 & 1
Pepperell
2
Rose vs Pepperell – halved
Woodland
1 up
Grillo
3
Rose
1 up
Woodland
Grillo
4 & 3
Pepperell
Group 3
Round
Winner
Score
Loser
1
Koepka vs Lewis – halved
Li
5 & 4
Norén
2
Li
1 up
Koepka
Norén
4 & 2
Lewis
3
Norén
3 & 2
Koepka
Lewis
1 up
Li
Li defeated Norén on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with a birdie.
Group 4
Round
Winner
Score
Loser
1
McIlroy
5 & 4
List
Harding
1 up
Fitzpatrick
2
McIlroy
3 & 2
Harding
List
2 & 1
Fitzpatrick
3
McIlroy
4 & 2
Fitzpatrick
Harding
2 up
List
Group 5
Round
Winner
Score
Loser
1
Bjerregaard
3 & 2
Thomas
Wallace
1 up
Bradley
2
Thomas
3 & 1
Wallace
Bradley vs Bjerregaard – halved
3
Thomas vs Bradley – halved
Bjerregaard
1 up
Wallace
Group 6
Round
Winner
Score
Loser
1
DeChambeau
3 & 1
Knox
Leishman
2 up
Aphibarnrat
2
Aphibarnrat
2 & 1
DeChambeau
Leishman
2 up
Knox
3
Leishman
5 & 4
DeChambeau
Knox
2 up
Aphibarnrat
Group 7
Round
Winner
Score
Loser
1
Molinari
5 & 4
Kodaira
Olesen
2 & 1
Simpson
2
Molinari
4 & 3
Olesen
Simpson vs Kodaira – halved
3
Molinari
2 & 1
Simpson
Kodaira
2 & 1
Olesen
Group 8
Round
Winner
Score
Loser
1
Rahm
7 & 5
Kim
Kuchar
3 & 1
Holmes
2
Holmes
2 & 1
Rahm
Kuchar
6 & 4
Kim
3
Rahm vs Kuchar – halved
Holmes
6 & 4
Kim
Group 9
Round
Winner
Score
Loser
1
Schauffele
1 up
Westwood
Hatton
4 & 3
Cabrera-Bello
2
Schauffele vs Hatton – halved
Cabrera-Bello vs Westwood – halved
3
Cabrera-Bello
1 up
Schauffele
Hatton
3 & 1
Westwood
Group 10
Round
Winner
Score
Loser
1
Casey
5 & 3
Ancer
Howell III
2 & 1
Smith
2
Casey vs Howell III – halved
Ancer
3 & 2
Smith
3
Casey
4 & 3
Smith
Ancer
5 & 3
Howell III
Group 11
Round
Winner
Score
Loser
1
Fleetwood
3 & 2
An
Stanley
3 & 2
Oosthuizen
2
Fleetwood vs Stanley – halved
Oosthuizen
1 up
An
3
Oosthuizen
4 & 3
Fleetwood
An
6 & 5
Stanley
Group 12
Round
Winner
Score
Loser
1
Furyk
2 up
Day
Stenson
2 & 1
Mickelson
2
Stenson
4 & 3
Day
Furyk
1 up
Mickelson
3
Mickelson
2 up
Day
Stenson
5 & 4
Furyk
Group 13
Round
Winner
Score
Loser
1
Woods
3 & 1
Wise
Cantlay vs Snedeker – halved
2
Snedeker
2 & 1
Woods
Cantlay
4 & 2
Wise
3
Woods
4 & 2
Cantlay
Wise
6 & 4
Snedeker
Group 14
Round
Winner
Score
Loser
1
Finau
2 & 1
Mitchell
Poulter
2 up
Kisner
2
Kisner
2 up
Finau
Mitchell
1 up
Poulter
3
Poulter
1 up
Finau
Kisner
2 & 1
Mitchell
Kisner defeated Poulter on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff with a birdie.
Group 15
Round
Winner
Score
Loser
1
Na
1 up
Watson
Spieth vs Horschel – halved
2
Horschel
2 & 1
Watson
Spieth
3 & 2
Na
3
Watson
1 up
Spieth
Na
3 & 1
Horschel
Group 16
Round
Winner
Score
Loser
1
Putnam
3 & 2
Reed
García
4 & 2
Lowry
2
Reed vs Lowry – halved
García
5 & 4
Putnam
3
Reed
2 & 1
García
Lowry
3 & 2
Putnam
Final 16 bracket
Prize money breakdown
Place
Description
US ($)
1
Champion
1,745,000
2
Runner-up
1,095,000
3
Third place
712,000
4
Fourth place
574,000
T5
Losing quarter-finalists x 4
315,000
T9
Losing round of 16 x 8
167,000
T17
Those with 2 points in pool play x 7
108,429
T24
Those with 1.5 points in pool play x 16
81,313
T40
Those with 1 point in pool play x 16
62,500
T56
Those with 0.5 points in pool play x 5
53,000
T61
Those with 0 points in pool play x 4
50,750
Total
10,250,000
References
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