2019 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play
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.
 Advertisement for the final day's play featuring winner Kevin Kisner, runner up Matt Kuchar, and losing semi finalists Francesco Molinari and Lucas Bjerregaard. | |
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | March 27–31, 2019 |
| Location | Austin, Texas, U.S. 30.343°N 97.797°W |
| Course(s) | Austin Country Club |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Format | Match play – 18 holes |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,108 yards (6,500 m) |
| Field | 64 players |
| Prize fund | $10,250,00 €9,125,710 |
| Winner's share | $1,745,000 €$1,553,597 |
| Champion | |
 Kevin Kisner | |
| def. Matt Kuchar 3 & 2 | |
| Location Map | |
  Austin Location in the United States  Austin Location in Texas | |
Kevin Kisner, runner-up in 2018, defeated 2013 champion Matt Kuchar in the final, 3 & 2.[1]
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 |
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| 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 |
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Field
The field consisted of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Ranking on March 17.[3] However, the seedings were based on the World Rankings on March 24.[4]
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).
Nationalities in the field
| North America (30) | South America (1) | Europe (21) | Oceania (3) | Asia (6) | Africa (3) |
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 Mexico (1) |  Argentina (1) |  England (10) | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia (3) |  China (1) |  South Africa (3) |
| United States (29) |  Northern Ireland (1) |  Japan (2) | |||
 Scotland (1) |  South Korea (2) | ||||
 Ireland (1) |  Thailand (1) | ||||
 Denmark (2) | |||||
 Italy (1) | |||||
 Spain (3) | |||||
 Sweden (2) |
Past champions in the field
| Player | Country | Year(s) won | Record | Advanced to | Finish |
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| Matt Kuchar | United States | 2013 | 5−1−1 | Finals | 2 |
| Tiger Woods | United States | 2003, 2004, 2008 | 3−2−0 | Quarterfinals | T5 |
| Rory McIlroy | Northern Ireland | 2015 | 3−1−0 | Round of 16 | T9 |
| Henrik Stenson | Sweden | 2007 | 3−1−0 | Round of 16 | T9 |
| Ian Poulter | England | 2010 | 2−1−0 | Group play | T17 |
| Dustin Johnson | United States | 2017 | 1−2−0 | Group play | T40 |
| Bubba Watson | United States | 2018 | 1−2−0 | Group play | T40 |
| Jason Day | Australia | 2014, 2016 | 0−3−0 | Group play | T61 |
Format
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.[5]
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
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Final 16 bracket
Players by pool: A=5, B=4, C=5, D=2
| Round of 16 — 18 holes March 30 – morning |
Quarterfinals — 18 holes March 30 – afternoon |
Semifinals — 18 holes March 31 – morning |
Final — 18 holes March 31 – afternoon | |||||||||||||||
| 40 | Branden Grace |
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| 26 | Sergio García |
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| 26 | Sergio García |
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| 23 | Matt Kuchar |
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| 23 | Matt Kuchar |
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| 35 | Tyrrell Hatton |
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| 23 | Matt Kuchar |
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| 50 | Lucas Bjerregaard |
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| 4 | Rory McIlroy |
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| 13 | Tiger Woods |
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| 13 | Tiger Woods |
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| 50 | Lucas Bjerregaard |
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| 50 | Lucas Bjerregaard |
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| 37 | Henrik Stenson |
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| 23 | Matt Kuchar |
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| 48 | Kevin Kisner |
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| 2 | Justin Rose |
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| 57 | Kevin Na |
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| 57 | Kevin Na |
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| 7 | Francesco Molinari |
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| 7 | Francesco Molinari |
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| 10 | Paul Casey |
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| 7 | Francesco Molinari |
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| 48 | Kevin Kisner |
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| 36 | Li Haotong |
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| 48 | Kevin Kisner |
6&5 | Third place | |||||||||||||||
| 48 | Kevin Kisner |
2&1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Louis Oosthuizen |
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| 17 | Marc Leishman |
50 | Lucas Bjerregaard |
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| 19 | Louis Oosthuizen |
2&1 | 7 | Francesco Molinari |
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Breakdown by country
| Country | 64 | R16 | QF | SF | F | Ch |
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| United States | 29 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Italy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| South Africa | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| England | 10 | 3 | ||||
| Australia | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Sweden | 2 | 1 | ||||
| China | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||
| South Korea | 2 | |||||
| Argentina | 1 | |||||
| Ireland | 1 | |||||
| Mexico | 1 | |||||
| Scotland | 1 | |||||
| Thailand | 1 |
Prize money and FedEx Cup/OWGR points breakdown
| Place | Description | US ($) | Euro (€) | Points | OWGR |
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| 1 | Champion | 1,745,000 | 1,553,597 | 550 | 76 |
| 2 | Runner-up | 1,095,000 | 974,893 | 315 | 45.6 |
| 3 | Third place | 712,000 | 633,903 | 200 | 30.4 |
| 4 | Fourth place | 574,000 | 511,040 | 140 | 22.8 |
| T5 | Losing quarterfinalists x 4 | 315,000 | 280,449 | 101 | 14.82 |
| T9 | Losing round of 16 x 8 | 167,000 | 148,682 | 68.25 | 8.88 |
| T17 | Those with 2 points in pool play x 7 | 108,429 | 96,535 | 50.06 | 5.35 |
| T24 | Those with 1.5 points in pool play x 16 | 81,313 | 72,394 | 29.71 | 3.38 |
| T40 | Those with 1 point in pool play x 16 | 62,500 | 55,645 | 11.58 | 2.09 |
| T56 | Those with 0.5 points in pool play x 5 | 53,000 | 47,187 | 6.12 | 1.30 |
| T61 | Those with 0 points in pool play x 4 | 50,750 | 45,183 | 5.10 | 0 |
| Total | 10,250,000 | 3,217 |
References
- "Kisner wins Match Play year after losing in final". ESPN. Associated Press. March 31, 2019.
- "WGC-Match Play: Card of the course". European Tour. March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- "Week 11 – 2019" (PDF). Official World Golf Ranking. March 17, 2019.
- "Week 12 – 2019" (PDF). Official World Golf Ranking. March 24, 2019.
- "Match Play : How it works". PGA Tour. February 5, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
External links
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