2018 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play

The 2018 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play was the 20th WGC Match Play, played March 21–25 at Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas. It was the second of four World Golf Championships in 2018.

2018 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play
Tournament information
DatesMarch 21–25, 2018
LocationAustin, Texas, U.S.
30.343°N 97.797°W / 30.343; -97.797
Course(s)Austin Country Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
FormatMatch play – 18 holes
Statistics
Par71
Length7,108 yards (6,500 m)
Field64 players
Prize fund$10,000,000
€8,168,600
Winner's share$1,700,000
€1,388,662
Champion
Bubba Watson
def. Kevin Kisner 7 & 6
Location Map
Austin
Location in the United States
Austin
Location in Texas

Field

The field consisted of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Ranking on March 11.[1] However, the seedings were 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
North America (33)South America (1)Europe (15)Oceania (3)Asia (8)Africa (4)
 Canada (1) Venezuela (1) England (6) Australia (3) China (1) South Africa (4)
 United States (32) Northern Ireland (1) India (1)
 Austria (1) Japan (4)
 Belgium (1) South Korea (1)
 France (1) Thailand (1)
 Italy (1)
 Spain (3)
 Sweden (1)

Past champions in the field
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonRecordAdvanced toFinish
Ian Poulter England20104−1−0QuarterfinalsT5
Matt Kuchar United States20132−1−1Round of 16T9
Jason Day Australia2014, 20161−2−0Group playT36
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland20151−2−0Group playT36
Dustin Johnson United States20170−3−0Group playT59

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]

Pool A – Top 16 seeds
SeedRankPlayer
11 Dustin Johnson
22 Justin Thomas
33 Jon Rahm
44 Jordan Spieth
56 Hideki Matsuyama
67 Rory McIlroy
710 Sergio García
811 Jason Day
912 Tommy Fleetwood
1013 Paul Casey
1115 Marc Leishman
1216 Tyrrell Hatton
1317 Alex Norén
1418 Phil Mickelson
1519 Pat Perez
1620 Matt Kuchar
Pool B
SeedRankPlayer
1721 Rafa Cabrera-Bello
1822 Brian Harman
1923 Patrick Reed
2024 Xander Schauffele
2125 Francesco Molinari
2226 Charley Hoffman
2327 Branden Grace
2428 Gary Woodland
2529 Louis Oosthuizen
2630 Daniel Berger
2731 Ross Fisher
2832 Kiradech Aphibarnrat
2933 Tony Finau
3034 Patrick Cantlay
3135 Matthew Fitzpatrick
3236 Kevin Kisner
Pool C
SeedRankPlayer
3337 Kevin Chappell
3438 Li Haotong
3539 Bubba Watson
3640 Brendan Steele
3741 Webb Simpson
3842 Adam Hadwin
3943 Thomas Pieters
4044 Satoshi Kodaira
4145 Dylan Frittelli
4245 Jason Dufner
4347 Chez Reavie
4448 Jhonattan Vegas
4549 Kyle Stanley
4650 Cameron Smith
4751 Yuta Ikeda
4852 Patton Kizzire
Pool D
SeedRankPlayer
4953 Charl Schwartzel
5054 Kim Si-woo
5155 Russell Henley
5256 Bernd Wiesberger
5357 Yūsaku Miyazato
5458 Zach Johnson
5560 Alexander Lévy
5662 James Hahn
5763 Peter Uihlein
5864 Ian Poulter
5965 Charles Howell III
6067 Luke List
6168 Kevin Na
6269 Shubhankar Sharma
6370 Keegan Bradley
6472 Julian Suri

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
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Wiesberger3 & 1D. Johnson
Kisner vs Hadwin – halved
2Hadwin4 & 3D. Johnson
Kisner5 & 4Wiesberger
3Kisner4 & 3D. Johnson
Hadwin vs Wiesberger – halved
SeedPlayerWLHPointsFinish
32 Kevin Kisner2012.51
38 Adam Hadwin10222
52 Bernd Wiesberger1111.53
1 Dustin Johnson03004
Group 2
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Thomas2 upList
Molinari3 & 1Kizzire
2Thomas3 & 1Kizzire
Molinari3 & 2List
3Thomas7 & 5Molinari
Kizzire4 & 2List
SeedPlayerWLHPointsFinish
2 Justin Thomas30031
21 Francesco Molinari21022
48 Patton Kizzire12013
60 Luke List03004
Group 3
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Rahm vs Bradley – halved
Aphibarnrat3 & 2Reavie
2Reavie1 upRahm
Aphibarnrat1 upBradley
3Aphibarnrat4 & 3Rahm
Reavie vs Bradley – halved
SeedPlayerWLHPointsFinish
28 Kiradech Aphibarnrat30031
43 Chez Reavie1111.52
63 Keegan Bradley01213
3 Jon Rahm0210.54
Group 4
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Spieth2 & 1Schwartzel
Reed3 & 2Li
2Spieth4 & 2Li
Reed2 upSchwartzel
3Reed2 & 1Spieth
Schwartzel3 & 2Li
SeedPlayerWLHPointsFinish
19 Patrick Reed30031
4 Jordan Spieth21022
49 Charl Schwartzel12013
34 Li Haotong03004
Group 5
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Matsuyama2 & 1Miyazato
Smith2 upCantlay
2Smith1 upMatsuyama
Cantlay1 upMiyazato
3Cantlay4 & 3Matsuyama
Smith vs Miyazato – halved
SeedPlayerWLHPointsFinish
46 Cameron Smith2012.51
30 Patrick Cantlay21022
5 Hideki Matsuyama12013
53 Yūsaku Miyazato0210.54
Group 6
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Uihlein2 & 1McIlroy
Harman vs Vegas – halved
2McIlroy2 & 1Vegas
Harman3 & 2Uihlein
3Harman5 & 3McIlroy
Uihlein4 & 3Vegas
SeedPlayerWLHPointsFinish
18 Brian Harman2012.51
57 Peter Uihlein21022
6 Rory McIlroy12013
44 Jhonattan Vegas0210.54
Group 7
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1García1 upSharma
Schauffele1 upFrittelli
2García2 upFrittelli
Schauffele2 & 1Sharma
3García3 & 1Schauffele
Frittelli1 upSharma
SeedPlayerWLHPointsFinish
7 Sergio García30031
20 Xander Schauffele21022
41 Dylan Frittelli12013
62 Shubhankar Sharma03004
Group 8
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Day4 & 2Hahn
Oosthuizen1 upDufner
2Dufner3 & 1Day
Hahn3 & 1Oosthuizen
3Oosthuizen2 upDay
Dufner3 & 2Hahn
SeedPlayerWLHPointsFinish
25 Louis Oosthuizen21021
42 Jason Dufner21022
8 Jason Day1201T3
56 James Hahn1201T3
  • Oosthuizen advanced in sudden-death playoff over Dufner – 1 hole
Group 9
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Poulter3 & 2Fleetwood
Chappell3 & 2Berger
2Fleetwood7 & 6Chappell
Poulter2 & 1Berger
3Fleetwood2 & 1Berger
PoulterconChappell
SeedPlayerWLHPointsFinish
58 Ian Poulter30031
9 Tommy Fleetwood21022
33 Kevin Chappell12013
26 Daniel Berger03004
  • Chappell conceded his match with Poulter after 9 holes
    (Poulter 3 up) and withdrew from the tournament.
Group 10
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Casey1 upHenley
Stanley1 upFitzpatrick
2Casey3 & 2Stanley
Henley2 & 1Fitzpatrick
3Fitzpatrick3 & 2Casey
Stanley1 upHenley
SeedPlayerWLHPointsFinish
45 Kyle Stanley21021
10 Paul Casey21022
51 Russell Henley1201T3
31 Matthew Fitzpatrick1201T3
  • Stanley advanced in a sudden-death playoff vs Casey
    winning with birdie on the 2nd hole.
Group 11
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Suri3 & 2Leishman
Watson5 & 3Grace
2Watson3 & 2Leishman
Grace2 & 1Suri
3Leishman vs Grace – halved
Watson vs Suri – halved
SeedPlayerWLHPointsFinish
35 Bubba Watson2012.51
23 Branden Grace1111.5T2
64 Julian Suri1111.5T2
11 Marc Leishman0210.54
Group 12
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Hatton3 & 2Lévy
Steele1 upHoffman
2Hatton3 & 2Steele
Lévy1 upHoffman
2Hoffman3 & 2Hatton
Steele3 & 1Lévy
SeedPlayerWLHPointsFinish
12 Tyrrell Hatton21021
36 Brendan Steele21022
55 Alexander Lévy1201T3
22 Charley Hoffman1201T3
  • Hatton advanced in sudden-death playoff over Steele – 1 hole
Group 13
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Norén4 & 2Na
Finau2 & 1Pieters
2Norén5 & 4Pieters
Finau3 & 2Na
3Norén1 upFinau
Pieters vs Na – halved
SeedPlayerWLHPointsFinish
13 Alex Norén30031
29 Tony Finau21022
39 Thomas Pieters0210.5T3
61 Kevin Na0210.5T3
Group 14
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Howell III3 & 2Mickelson
Cabrera-Bello2 & 1Kodaira
2Mickelson1 upKodaira
Howell III3 & 1Cabrera-Bello
3Mickelson1 upCabrera-Bello
Howell III2 & 1Kodaira
SeedPlayerWLHPointsFinish
59 Charles Howell III30031
14 Phil Mickelson21022
17 Rafa Cabrera-Bello12013
40 Satoshi Kodaira03004
Group 15
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Perez vs Kim – halved
Woodland vs Simpson – halved
2Simpson2 & 1Perez
Kim5 & 3Woodland
3Woodland1 upPerez
Kim2 upSimpson
SeedPlayerWLHPointsFinish
50 Kim Si-woo2012.51
24 Gary Woodland1111.5T2
37 Webb Simpson1111.5T2
15 Pat Perez0210.54
Group 16
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Kuchar vs Z. Johnson – halved
Ikeda2 & 1Fisher
2Kuchar1 upIkeda
Fisher2 upZ. Johnson
3Kuchar6 & 4Fisher
Ikeda vs Z. Johnson – halved
SeedPlayerWLHPointsFinish
16 Matt Kuchar2012.51
47 Yuta Ikeda1111.52
27 Ross Fisher1201T3
54 Zach Johnson0121T3

Final 16 bracket

Players by pool: A=5, B=5, C=3, D=3

  First round
March 24 – morning		 Quarter-finals
March 24 – afternoon		 Semi-finals
March 25 – morning		 Final
March 25 – afternoon
                                     
32 Kevin Kisner 1 up  
16 Matt Kuchar  
  32 Kevin Kisner 8&6  
 
  58 Ian Poulter  
25 Louis Oosthuizen
58 Ian Poulter 2&1  
  32 Kevin Kisner 19 h  
  13 Alex Norén  
19 Patrick Reed  
13 Alex Norén 5&3  
  13 Alex Norén 4&2
 
  46 Cameron Smith  
46 Cameron Smith 2&1
12 Tyrrell Hatton  
  32 Kevin Kisner
  35 Bubba Watson 7&6
2 Justin Thomas 6&5  
50 Kim Si-woo  
  2 Justin Thomas 2&1
 
  45 Kyle Stanley  
7 Sergio García
45 Kyle Stanley 3&1  
  2 Justin Thomas
  35 Bubba Watson 3&2  
28 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 1 up  
59 Charles Howell III   Third place
  28 Kiradech Aphibarnrat
 
  35 Bubba Watson 5&3  
18 Brian Harman 13 Alex Norén 5&3
35 Bubba Watson 2&1     2 Justin Thomas

Breakdown by country
Country64R16QFSFFCh
 United States3284321
 Sweden1111
 England621
 Australia311
 Thailand111
 South Africa41
 Spain31
 South Korea11
 Japan4
 Austria1
 Belgium1
 Canada1
 China1
 France1
 India1
 Italy1
 Northern Ireland1
 Venezuela1

Prize money and FedEx Cup/OWGR points breakdown
PlaceDescriptionUS ($)Euro (€)PointsOWGR
1Champion1,700,0001,388,66255074
2Runner-up1,072,000875,67431544.4
3Third place695,000567,71820029.6
4Fourth place559,000456,62514022.2
T5Losing quarterfinalists x 4306,000249,95910114.43
T9Losing round of 16 x 8163,000133,14868.258.65
T17Those with 2 points in pool play x 1297,91779,98445.254.65
T29Those with 1.5 points in pool play x 777,42963,24828.413.18
T36Those with 1 point in pool play x 1665,50053,50414.912.33
T52Those with 0.5 points in pool play x 754,21444,2857.091.48
T59Those with 0 points in pool play x 650,25041,0475.330
Total10,000,0008,168,6003,217

References
  1. "Week 10 – 2018" (PDF). Official World Golf Ranking. March 11, 2018.
  2. Hoggard, Rex (March 9, 2018). "Rose skipping Match Play: Not a good Masters prep". Golf Channel. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
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  4. Gray, Will (March 7, 2018). "Stenson cites pool format for skipping WGC-Match Play". Golf Channel. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
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