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2018 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play
Tournament information
DatesMarch 21–25, 2018
LocationAustin, Texas, U.S.
30°20′35″N 97°47′49″W / 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
United States Bubba Watson
def. Kevin Kisner 7 & 6
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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.

Field

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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).

Format

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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
Seed Rank Player
1 1 United States Dustin Johnson
2 2 United States Justin Thomas
3 3 Spain Jon Rahm
4 4 United States Jordan Spieth
5 6 Japan Hideki Matsuyama
6 7 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
7 10 Spain Sergio García
8 11 Australia Jason Day
9 12 England Tommy Fleetwood
10 13 England Paul Casey
11 15 Australia Marc Leishman
12 16 England Tyrrell Hatton
13 17 Sweden Alex Norén
14 18 United States Phil Mickelson
15 19 United States Pat Perez
16 20 United States Matt Kuchar
Pool B
Seed Rank Player
17 21 Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello
18 22 United States Brian Harman
19 23 United States Patrick Reed
20 24 United States Xander Schauffele
21 25 Italy Francesco Molinari
22 26 United States Charley Hoffman
23 27 South Africa Branden Grace
24 28 United States Gary Woodland
25 29 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen
26 30 United States Daniel Berger
27 31 England Ross Fisher
28 32 Thailand Kiradech Aphibarnrat
29 33 United States Tony Finau
30 34 United States Patrick Cantlay
31 35 England Matt Fitzpatrick
32 36 United States Kevin Kisner
Pool C
Seed Rank Player
33 37 United States Kevin Chappell
34 38 China Li Haotong
35 39 United States Bubba Watson
36 40 United States Brendan Steele
37 41 United States Webb Simpson
38 42 Canada Adam Hadwin
39 43 Belgium Thomas Pieters
40 44 Japan Satoshi Kodaira
41 45 South Africa Dylan Frittelli
42 45 United States Jason Dufner
43 47 United States Chez Reavie
44 48 Venezuela Jhonattan Vegas
45 49 United States Kyle Stanley
46 50 Australia Cameron Smith
47 51 Japan Yuta Ikeda
48 52 United States Patton Kizzire
Pool D
Seed Rank Player
49 53 South Africa Charl Schwartzel
50 54 South Korea Kim Si-woo
51 55 United States Russell Henley
52 56 Austria Bernd Wiesberger
53 57 Japan Yūsaku Miyazato
54 58 United States Zach Johnson
55 60 France Alexander Lévy
56 62 United States James Hahn
57 63 United States Peter Uihlein
58 64 England Ian Poulter
59 65 United States Charles Howell III
60 67 United States Luke List
61 68 United States Kevin Na
62 69 India Shubhankar Sharma
63 70 United States Keegan Bradley
64 72 United States Julian Suri

Rank – Official World Golf Ranking on March 19, 2018.

Results

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Pool play

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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
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
32 United States Kevin Kisner 2 0 1 2.5 1
38 Canada Adam Hadwin 1 0 2 2 2
52 Austria Bernd Wiesberger 1 1 1 1.5 3
1 United States Dustin Johnson 0 3 0 0 4
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
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
2 United States Justin Thomas 3 0 0 3 1
21 Italy Francesco Molinari 2 1 0 2 2
48 United States Patton Kizzire 1 2 0 1 3
60 United States Luke List 0 3 0 0 4
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
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
28 Thailand Kiradech Aphibarnrat 3 0 0 3 1
43 United States Chez Reavie 1 1 1 1.5 2
63 United States Keegan Bradley 0 1 2 1 3
3 Spain Jon Rahm 0 2 1 0.5 4
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
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
19 United States Patrick Reed 3 0 0 3 1
4 United States Jordan Spieth 2 1 0 2 2
49 South Africa Charl Schwartzel 1 2 0 1 3
34 China Li Haotong 0 3 0 0 4
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
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
46 Australia Cameron Smith 2 0 1 2.5 1
30 United States Patrick Cantlay 2 1 0 2 2
5 Japan Hideki Matsuyama 1 2 0 1 3
53 Japan Yūsaku Miyazato 0 2 1 0.5 4
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
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
18 United States Brian Harman 2 0 1 2.5 1
57 United States Peter Uihlein 2 1 0 2 2
6 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 1 2 0 1 3
44 Venezuela Jhonattan Vegas 0 2 1 0.5 4
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
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
7 Spain Sergio García 3 0 0 3 1
20 United States Xander Schauffele 2 1 0 2 2
41 South Africa Dylan Frittelli 1 2 0 1 3
62 India Shubhankar Sharma 0 3 0 0 4
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
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
25 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen 2 1 0 2 1
42 United States Jason Dufner 2 1 0 2 2
8 Australia Jason Day 1 2 0 1 T3
56 United States James Hahn 1 2 0 1 T3
  • 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
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
58 England Ian Poulter 3 0 0 3 1
9 England Tommy Fleetwood 2 1 0 2 2
33 United States Kevin Chappell 1 2 0 1 3
26 United States Daniel Berger 0 3 0 0 4
  • 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
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
45 United States Kyle Stanley 2 1 0 2 1
10 England Paul Casey 2 1 0 2 2
51 United States Russell Henley 1 2 0 1 T3
31 England Matt Fitzpatrick 1 2 0 1 T3
  • 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
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
35 United States Bubba Watson 2 0 1 2.5 1
23 South Africa Branden Grace 1 1 1 1.5 T2
64 United States Julian Suri 1 1 1 1.5 T2
11 Australia Marc Leishman 0 2 1 0.5 4
Group 12
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Hatton 3 & 2 Lévy
Steele 1 up Hoffman
2 Hatton 3 & 2 Steele
Lévy 1 up Hoffman
3 Hoffman 3 & 2 Hatton
Steele 3 & 1 Lévy
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
12 England Tyrrell Hatton 2 1 0 2 1
36 United States Brendan Steele 2 1 0 2 2
55 France Alexander Lévy 1 2 0 1 T3
22 United States Charley Hoffman 1 2 0 1 T3
  • 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
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
13 Sweden Alex Norén 3 0 0 3 1
29 United States Tony Finau 2 1 0 2 2
39 Belgium Thomas Pieters 0 2 1 0.5 T3
61 United States Kevin Na 0 2 1 0.5 T3
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
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
59 United States Charles Howell III 3 0 0 3 1
14 United States Phil Mickelson 2 1 0 2 2
17 Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello 1 2 0 1 3
40 Japan Satoshi Kodaira 0 3 0 0 4
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
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
50 South Korea Kim Si-woo 2 0 1 2.5 1
24 United States Gary Woodland 1 1 1 1.5 T2
37 United States Webb Simpson 1 1 1 1.5 T2
15 United States Pat Perez 0 2 1 0.5 4
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
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
16 United States Matt Kuchar 2 0 1 2.5 1
47 Japan Yuta Ikeda 1 1 1 1.5 2
27 England Ross Fisher 1 2 0 1 T3
54 United States Zach Johnson 0 1 2 1 T3

Final 16 bracket

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

Prize money breakdown

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Place Description US ($)
1 Champion 1,700,000
2 Runner-up 1,072,000
3 Third place 695,000
4 Fourth place 559,000
T5 Losing quarter-finalists x 4 306,000
T9 Losing round of 16 x 8 163,000
T17 Those with 2 points in pool play x 12 97,917
T29 Those with 1.5 points in pool play x 7 77,429
T36 Those with 1 point in pool play x 16 65,500
T52 Those with 0.5 points in pool play x 7 54,214
T59 Those with 0 points in pool play x 6 50,250
Total 10,000,000

References

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  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.
  3. ^ Everill, Ben (January 19, 2018). "Koepka sidelined for 10 weeks, hoping to play Masters". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  4. ^ Gray, Will (March 7, 2018). "Stenson cites pool format for skipping WGC-Match Play". Golf Channel. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  5. ^ a b c "Format Overview and Glossary". PGA Tour. February 11, 2016. Archived from the original on February 28, 2016. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  6. ^ "Past Results – World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play". Retrieved March 30, 2021.
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