2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play
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Tournament information | |
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Dates | March 22–26, 2023 |
Location | Austin, Texas, U.S. 30°20′35″N 97°47′49″W / 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 | US$20,000,000 |
Winner's share | $3,500,000 |
Champion | |
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Location in Texas | |
The 2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play was the 24th and final WGC Match Play, played March 22–26 at Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas.
The field consisted of the top 64 available eligible players from the Official World Golf Ranking on March 13. A number of other players were in the top 64 but, having joined LIV Golf, were suspended by the PGA Tour and ineligible to compete.[1]
On March 6, 2023, tournament organizers and the PGA Tour announced that the 2023 event would be the last edition of WGC Match Play.[2][3]
Sam Burns won the event, beating Cameron Young, 6 and 5, in the final. In the morning semi-finals Burns beat world number 1 Scottie Scheffler while Young beat world number 3 Rory McIlroy, both matches going to extra holes.[4]
Format
The 64 players were placed into four seeded pools, the 16 highest ranked players as of March 20 in Pool A, the next 16 in Pool B, etc. The top seeds (Pool A) are placed into 16 groups in order, with the groups completed by means of a random draw of one player from each of the remaining pools. Each group is played as a round-robin of match play matches, held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, with one point awarded for a win and half a point for a tie. The 16 group winners advance to the knockout stage. If two or more players are tied on points at the end of the group stage, there is a sudden death stroke play playoff between the tied players to determine the winner of the group. In the knockout stage, the round of 16 is played on Saturday morning, with the quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon. The semi-finals are played on Sunday morning, and the final and third place playoff are played on Sunday afternoon. In total, barring withdrawals, those reaching the last four play seven rounds of golf.
Field
The field consisted of the top 64 available eligible players from the Official World Golf Ranking on March 13. They are listed with their ranking as of March 20, which determined the seeding, followed in parentheses by their ranking as of March 13.[5]
- Justin Thomas (10) and Justin Rose (32) were eligible but did not play.
Ineligible players
The following players were ineligible to compete, having been suspended by the PGA Tour after joining LIV Golf. Their world rankings as of March 13 are given.
- Cameron Smith (5)
- Joaquín Niemann (26)
- Abraham Ancer (30)
- Thomas Pieters (42)
- Talor Gooch (49)
- Mito Pereira (50)
- Harold Varner III (51)
- Dustin Johnson (62)
- Patrick Reed (65)
- Dean Burmester (71)
- Jason Kokrak (74)
Results
Pool play
Players were divided into 16 groups of four players,[6] and played round-robin matches Wednesday to Friday.
- Round 1 – March 22
- Round 2 – March 23
- Round 3 – March 24
Group 1
Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Beat Riley 1 up | Beat Norén 5 & 4 | Beat Kim 3 & 2 |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | Lost to Scheffler 1 down | Beat Kim 1 up | Tied Norén |
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1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Beat Norén 2 & 1 | Lost to Riley 1 down | Lost to Scheffler 3 & 2 |
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0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | Lost to Kim 2 & 1 | Lost to Scheffler 5 & 4 | Tied Riley |
Group 2
Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
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2 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | Tied Mitchell | Beat Fowler 3 & 2 | Beat Rahm 5 & 4 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Beat Rahm 2 & 1 | Lost to Horschel 3 & 2 | Beat Mitchell 1 up |
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1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Fowler 2 & 1 | Beat Mitchell 4 & 3 | Lost to Horschel 5 & 4 |
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0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | Tied Horschel | Lost to Rahm 4 & 3 | Lost to Fowler 1 down |
Group 3
Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Beat Stallings 3 & 1 | Beat McCarthy 2 up | Beat Bradley 3 & 2 |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | Tied McCarthy | Beat Stallings 6 & 5 | Lost to McIlroy 3 & 2 |
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1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to McIlroy 3 & 1 | Lost to Bradley 6 & 5 | Beat McCarthy 1 up |
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0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | Tied Bradley | Lost to McIlroy 2 down | Lost to Stallings 1 down |
Group 4
Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Beat Taylor 1 up | Beat Lee 4 & 2 | Beat Harman 2 & 1 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Beat Lee 3 & 1 | Beat Taylor 3 & 2 | Lost to Cantlay 2 & 1 |
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1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Cantlay 1 down | Lost to Harman 3 & 2 | Beat Lee 3 & 2 |
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0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost to Harman 3 & 1 | Lost to Cantley 4 & 2 | Lost to Taylor 3 & 2 |
Group 5
Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Beat Suh 3 & 2 | Beat Kisner 3 & 2 | Beat Matsuyama (conceded)[a] |
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1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Beat Kisner 1 up | Lost to Suh 3 & 1 | Lost to Homa (conceded)[a] |
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1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Matsuyama 1 down | Lost to Homa 3 & 2 | Beat Suh 2 up | |
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1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Homa 3 & 2 | Beat Matsuyama 3 & 1 | Lost to Kisner 2 down |
Group 6
Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Beat Davis 4 & 3 | Beat Wise 2 & 1 | Beat Hoge 1 up |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Lost to Schauffele 4 & 3 | Beat Hoge 3 & 1 | Beat Wise 1 up |
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1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Beat Hoge 1 up | Lost to Schauffele 2 & 1 | Lost to Davis 1 down |
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0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost to Wise 1 down | Lost to Davis 3 & 1 | Lost to Schauffele 1 down |
Group 7
Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Beat Zalatoris 3 & 2 | Beat Fox 2 & 1 | Beat English 4 & 3 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Beat English 2 & 1 | Lost to Putnam 2 & 1 | Beat Zalatoris (conceded)[b] |
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1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Fox 2 & 1 | Beat Zalatoris 5 & 3 | Lost to Putnam 4 & 3 |
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0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost to Putnam 3 & 2 | Lost to English 5 & 3 | Lost to Fox (conceded)[b] |
Group 8
Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
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2 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | Beat Hovland 3 & 1 | Tied Kirk | Beat Kim 7 & 6 |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Beat Kirk 4 & 3 | Beat Hovland 4&3 | Lost to Kuchar 7 & 6 |
3 | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Kuchar 3 & 1 | Lost to Kim 4&3 | Beat Kirk 4 & 3 |
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0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | Lost to Kim 4 & 3 | Tied Kuchar | Lost to Hovland 4 & 3 |
Group 9
Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Beat Svensson 4 & 2 | Beat Perez 2 & 1 | Beat Morikawa 4 & 3 |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | Beat Perez 2 & 1 | Tied Svensson | Lost to Day 4 & 3 |
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1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Morikawa 2 & 1 | Lost to Day 2 & 1 | Beat Svensson 5 & 4 |
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0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | Lost to Day 4 & 2 | Tied Morikawa | Lost to Perez 5 & 4 |
Group 10
Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
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2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Lost to Meronk 2 & 1 | Beat Bezuidenhout 2 & 1 | Beat Finau 4 & 3 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Beat Bezuidenhout 2 & 1 | Beat Meronk 4 & 3 | Lost to Kitayama 4 & 3 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Beat Kitayama 2 & 1 | Lost to Finau 4 & 3 | Beat Bezuidenhout 5 & 4 | |
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0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost to Finau 2 & 1 | Lost to Kitayama 2 & 1 | Lost to Meronk 5 & 4 |
Kitayama won the group after a sudden-death playoff; he made a birdie on the second extra hole to defeat Meronk, after Finau had been eliminated on the first extra hole when he made a double bogey as the others made par.[9]
Group 11
Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Beat Fitzpatrick 5 & 3 | Beat Theegala 5 & 4 | Beat Lee 2 & 1 |
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1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Spaun 5 & 3 | Beat Lee 2 up | Lost to Theegala 2 & 1 |
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1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Lee 1 down | Lost to Spaun 5 & 4 | Beat Fitzpatrick 2 & 1 | |
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1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Beat Theegala 1 up | Lost to Fitzpatrick 2 down | Lost to Spaun 2 & 1 |
Group 12
Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
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2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Lost to Spieth 4 & 3 | Beat Lowry 4 & 3 | Beat Montgomery 6 & 4 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Beat Lowry 2 & 1 | Beat Spieth 2 & 1 | Lost to Hughes 6 & 4 |
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1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Beat Hughes 4 & 3 | Lost to Montgomery 2 & 1 | Lost to Lowry 2 & 1 |
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1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Montgomery 2 & 1 | Lost to Hughes 4 & 3 | Beat Spieth 2 & 1 |
Hughes won the group after a sudden-death playoff; he made a birdie on the first extra hole to defeat Montgomery, who made a bogey.[9]
Group 13
Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Beat Hadwin 3 & 2 | Beat Scott 1 up | Beat Power 2 up |
T2 | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Scott 1 down | Beat Hadwin 1 up | Lost to Burns 2 down |
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1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Beat Power 1 up | Lost to Burns 1 down | Lost to Hadwin 3 & 2 | |
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1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Burns 3 & 2 | Lost to Power 1 down | Beat Scott 3 & 2 |
Group 14
Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Beat Henley 1 up | Beat Hatton 2 & 1 | Beat Griffin 3 & 1 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Lost to Herbert 1 down | Beat Griffin 5 & 4 | Beat Hatton 3 & 2 |
3 | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Beat Hatton 3 & 1 | Lost to Henley 5 & 4 | Lost to Herbert 3 & 1 |
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0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost to Griffin 3 & 1 | Lost to Herbert 2 & 1 | Lost to Henley 3 & 2 |
Group 15
Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Beat Thompson 3 & 2 | Beat Conners 1 up | Beat Straka 5 & 3 |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Beat Straka 6 & 5 | Lost to Young 1 down | Beat Thompson 2 & 1 |
3 | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Young 3 & 2 | Beat Straka 4 & 3 | Lost to Conners 2 & 1 |
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0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost to Conners 6 & 5 | Lost to Thompson 4 & 3 | Lost to Young 5 & 3 |
Group 16
Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Beat Fleetwood 3 & 2 | Beat Im 1 up | Beat McNealy 3 & 1 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Beat McNealy 8 & 6 | Lost to Poston 1 down | Beat Fleetwood 4 & 3 |
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0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | Lost to Poston 3 & 2 | Tied McNealy | Lost to Im 4 & 3 |
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0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | Lost to Im 8 & 6 | Tied Fleetwood | Lost to Poston 3 & 1 |
Final 16 bracket
First round March 25 – morning | Quarter-finals March 25 – afternoon | Semi-finals March 26 – morning | Final March 26 – afternoon | ||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 up | |||||||||||||||||
43 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 2&1 | |||||||||||||||||
32 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
32 | ![]() | 1 up | |||||||||||||||||
59 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
13 | ![]() | 21h | |||||||||||||||||
5 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
50 | ![]() | 3&2 | |||||||||||||||||
50 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
13 | ![]() | 3&2 | |||||||||||||||||
13 | ![]() | 2&1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
13 | ![]() | 6&5 | |||||||||||||||||
15 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
22 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
15 | ![]() | 5&4 | |||||||||||||||||
15 | ![]() | 1 up | |||||||||||||||||
19 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
19 | ![]() | 6&5 | |||||||||||||||||
56 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
15 | ![]() | 19h | |||||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | ![]() | 3&2 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||
61 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 1 up | 3 | ![]() | 2&1 | ||||||||||||||
46 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 2 up |
Prize money breakdown
Place | Description | US$ |
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1 | Champion | 3,500,000 |
2 | Runner-up | 2,200,000 |
3 | Third place | 1,420,000 |
4 | Fourth place | 1,145,000 |
T5 | Losing quarter-finalists x 4 | 645,000 |
T9 | Losing round of 16 x 8 | 365,000 |
T17 | Those with 2 points in pool play x 11 | 219,909 |
T28 | Those with 1.5 points in pool play x 3 | 166,000 |
T31 | Those with 1 point in pool play x 21 | 113,762 |
T52 | Those with 0.5 points in pool play x 7 | 74,857 |
T59 | Those with 0 points in pool play x 6 | 67,500 |
Total | 20,000,000 |
Positions for players who did not qualify for the knockout stage were based on points scored in pool play.
Notes
References
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- ^ Romine, Brentley (March 7, 2023). "WGC era over: Match Play out, though Monahan doesn't rule out return". Golf Channel. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
- ^ "'What a week': Sam Burns storms through field, wins Match Play". ESPN. Associated Press. March 26, 2023.
- ^ "Final field set for the 2023 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play". Dell Technologies Match Play. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ "Groups announced for the 2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play". PGA Tour. March 20, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ^ Schmitt, Tim (March 24, 2023). "Hideki Matsuyama WDs at WGC-Dell Match Play; Max Homa advances to the knockout round". Golfweek. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ^ Roberts, Andy (March 24, 2023). "Will Zalatoris forced out of WGC Match Play". GolfMagic. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ^ a b "Mackenzie Hughes, Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy among 16 advancing at Match Play". Winnipeg Sun. Reuters. March 24, 2023. Retrieved March 25, 2023.