The 2018 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play is the 20th WGC Match Play, being played March 21–25 at Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas. It is the second of four World Golf Championships in 2018.
Field
The field consists of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Ranking on March 11.[1] However, the seedings are based on the World Rankings on March 18.
Justin Rose (ranked 5th on March 12, personal reasons),[2] Rickie Fowler (7th, personal reasons), Brooks Koepka (8th, wrist injury),[3] Henrik Stenson (15th, personal reasons),[4] Adam Scott (56th, personal reasons), and Joost Luiten (67th, wrist injury) did not compete, allowing entry for Kevin Na (ranked 65th), Charles Howell III (66th), Keegan Bradley (68th), Luke List (69th), and Julian Suri (70th).
Nationalities in the field
Past champions in the field
Format
In 2014 and earlier editions, the championship was a single elimination match play event. A new format was introduced in 2015, and the championship now starts with pool play, with 16 groups of four players playing round-robin matches, on Wednesday through Friday. The top 16 seeded players are allocated to the 16 groups, one in each group. The remaining 48 players are placed into three pools (seeds 17–32, seeds 33–48, seeds 49–64). Each group has one player randomly selected from each pool to complete the group.[5]
All group play matches are limited to 18 holes with one point awarded for a win and one-half point for a halved match. Only one player advances to the weekend from each of the 16 groupings. After all 3 rounds are played, if 2 or more players are tied for first place in their group, then they play a sudden-death stroke play playoff, beginning on hole 1 and moving beyond if necessary.[5]
The winners of each group advance to a single-elimination bracket on the weekend, with the round of 16 and quarterfinals on Saturday, and the semi-finals, finals, and consolation match on Sunday.[5]
Rank – Official World Golf Ranking on March 19, 2018.
Results
Pool play
Players were divided into 16 groups of four players and played round-robin matches Wednesday to Friday.
- Round 1 – March 21
- Round 2 – March 22
- Round 3 – March 23
Group 1
Round |
Winner |
Score |
Loser |
1 |
Wiesberger |
3 & 1 |
D. Johnson |
Kisner vs Hadwin – halved |
2 |
Hadwin |
4 & 3 |
D. Johnson |
Kisner |
5 & 4 |
Wiesberger |
3 |
Kisner |
4 & 3 |
D. Johnson |
Hadwin vs Wiesberger – halved |
|
Group 2
Round |
Winner |
Score |
Loser |
1 |
Thomas |
2 up |
List |
Molinari |
3 & 1 |
Kizzire |
2 |
Thomas |
3 & 1 |
Kizzire |
Molinari |
3 & 2 |
List |
3 |
Thomas |
7 & 5 |
Molinari |
Kizzire |
4 & 2 |
List |
|
Group 3
Round |
Winner |
Score |
Loser |
1 |
Rahm vs Bradley – halved |
Aphibarnrat |
3 & 2 |
Reavie |
2 |
Reavie |
1 up |
Rahm |
Aphibarnrat |
1 up |
Bradley |
3 |
Aphibarnrat |
4 & 3 |
Rahm |
Reavie vs Bradley – halved |
|
Group 4
Round |
Winner |
Score |
Loser |
1 |
Spieth |
2 & 1 |
Schwartzel |
Reed |
3 & 2 |
Li |
2 |
Spieth |
4 & 2 |
Li |
Reed |
2 up |
Schwartzel |
3 |
Reed |
2 & 1 |
Spieth |
Schwartzel |
3 & 2 |
Li |
|
Group 5
Round |
Winner |
Score |
Loser |
1 |
Matsuyama |
2 & 1 |
Miyazato |
Smith |
2 up |
Cantlay |
2 |
Smith |
1 up |
Matsuyama |
Cantlay |
1 up |
Miyazato |
3 |
Cantlay |
4 & 3 |
Matsuyama |
Smith vs Miyazato – halved |
|
Group 6
Round |
Winner |
Score |
Loser |
1 |
Uihlein |
2 & 1 |
McIlroy |
Harman vs Vegas – halved |
2 |
McIlroy |
2 & 1 |
Vegas |
Harman |
3 & 2 |
Uihlein |
3 |
Harman |
5 & 3 |
McIlroy |
Uihlein |
4 & 3 |
Vegas |
|
Group 7
Round |
Winner |
Score |
Loser |
1 |
García |
1 up |
Sharma |
Schauffele |
1 up |
Frittelli |
2 |
García |
2 up |
Frittelli |
Schauffele |
2 & 1 |
Sharma |
3 |
García |
3 & 1 |
Schauffele |
Frittelli |
1 up |
Sharma |
|
Group 8
Round |
Winner |
Score |
Loser |
1 |
Day |
4 & 2 |
Hahn |
Oosthuizen |
1 up |
Dufner |
2 |
Dufner |
3 & 1 |
Day |
Hahn |
3 & 1 |
Oosthuizen |
3 |
Oosthuizen |
2 up |
Day |
Dufner |
3 & 2 |
Hahn |
- Oosthuizen advanced in sudden-death playoff over Dufner – 1 hole
|
Group 9
Round |
Winner |
Score |
Loser |
1 |
Poulter |
3 & 2 |
Fleetwood |
Chappell |
3 & 2 |
Berger |
2 |
Fleetwood |
7 & 6 |
Chappell |
Poulter |
2 & 1 |
Berger |
3 |
Fleetwood |
2 & 1 |
Berger |
Poulter |
con |
Chappell |
- Chappell conceded his match with Poulter after 9 holes
(Poulter 3 up) and withdrew from the tournament.
|
Group 10
Round |
Winner |
Score |
Loser |
1 |
Casey |
1 up |
Henley |
Stanley |
1 up |
Fitzpatrick |
2 |
Casey |
3 & 2 |
Stanley |
Henley |
2 & 1 |
Fitzpatrick |
3 |
Fitzpatrick |
3 & 2 |
Casey |
Stanley |
1 up |
Henley |
- Stanley advanced in a sudden-death playoff vs Casey
winning with birdie on the 2nd hole.
|
Group 11
Round |
Winner |
Score |
Loser |
1 |
Suri |
3 & 2 |
Leishman |
Watson |
5 & 3 |
Grace |
2 |
Watson |
3 & 2 |
Leishman |
Grace |
2 & 1 |
Suri |
3 |
Leishman vs Grace – halved |
Watson vs Suri – halved |
|
Group 12
Round |
Winner |
Score |
Loser |
1 |
Hatton |
3 & 2 |
Lévy |
Steele |
1 up |
Hoffman |
2 |
Hatton |
3 & 2 |
Steele |
Lévy |
1 up |
Hoffman |
2 |
Hoffman |
3 & 2 |
Hatton |
Steele |
3 & 1 |
Lévy |
- Hatton advanced in sudden-death playoff over Steele – 1 hole
|
Group 13
Round |
Winner |
Score |
Loser |
1 |
Norén |
4 & 2 |
Na |
Finau |
2 & 1 |
Pieters |
2 |
Norén |
5 & 4 |
Pieters |
Finau |
3 & 2 |
Na |
3 |
Norén |
1 up |
Finau |
Pieters vs Na – halved |
|
Group 14
Round |
Winner |
Score |
Loser |
1 |
Howell III |
3 & 2 |
Mickelson |
Cabrera-Bello |
2 & 1 |
Kodaira |
2 |
Mickelson |
1 up |
Kodaira |
Howell III |
3 & 1 |
Cabrera-Bello |
3 |
Mickelson |
1 up |
Cabrera-Bello |
Howell III |
2 & 1 |
Kodaira |
|
Group 15
Round |
Winner |
Score |
Loser |
1 |
Perez vs Kim – halved |
Woodland vs Simpson – halved |
2 |
Simpson |
2 & 1 |
Perez |
Kim |
5 & 3 |
Woodland |
3 |
Woodland |
1 up |
Perez |
Kim |
2 up |
Simpson |
|
Group 16
Round |
Winner |
Score |
Loser |
1 |
Kuchar vs Z. Johnson – halved |
Ikeda |
2 & 1 |
Fisher |
2 |
Kuchar |
1 up |
Ikeda |
Fisher |
2 up |
Z. Johnson |
3 |
Kuchar |
6 & 4 |
Fisher |
Ikeda vs Z. Johnson – halved |
|
Final 16 bracket
Breakdown by country
Prize money and FedEx Cup/OWGR points breakdown
Place |
Description |
US ($) |
Euro (€) |
Points |
OWGR |
1 |
Champion |
1,700,000 |
|
550 |
74 |
2 |
Runner-up |
1,072,000 |
|
315 |
44.4 |
3 |
Third place |
695,000 |
|
200 |
29.6 |
4 |
Fourth place |
559,000 |
|
140 |
22.2 |
T5 |
Losing quarterfinalists x 4 |
306,000 |
|
101 |
14.43 |
T9 |
Losing round of 16 x 8 |
163,000 |
|
68.25 |
8.65 |
T17 |
Those with 2 points in pool play x 12 |
97,917 |
|
45.25 |
4.65 |
T29 |
Those with 1.5 points in pool play x 7 |
77,429 |
|
28.41 |
3.18 |
T36 |
Those with 1 point in pool play x 16 |
65,500 |
|
14.91 |
2.33 |
T52 |
Those with 0.5 points in pool play x 7 |
54,214 |
|
7.09 |
1.48 |
T59 |
Those with 0 points in pool play x 6 |
50,250 |
|
5.33 |
0 |
|
Total |
10,000,000 |
|
3,217 |
|
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