WGC Match Play

WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Championship

The final version of one of the most unique tournaments on the PGA Tour calendar is set to kick off Wednesday. Sadly, this head to head format will be falling by the wayside next season, which means 2023 will be the final instalment of the quirky tournament.

Here’s what you need to know:

Logistics

March 22-26th

Austin Country Club, Texas

Par 71

7,108 yard course designed by Pete Dye.

64 man field, single elimination match play format much like March Madness.

Last 5 winners: Scottie Scheffler (2022), Billy Horschel (2021), Kevin Eisner (2019), Bubba Watson (2018), Dustin Johnson (2017). No event in 2020 due to COVID.

Betting Favourites

Scottie Scheffler +800
Jon Rahm +1100
Rory McIlroy +1200
Patrick Cantlay +1600
Collin Morikawa +2200
Jordan Spieth +2200
Max Homa +2200
Xander Schauffele +2200
Tyrrell Hatton +2200
Viktor Hovland +2500

Round 1 Matchups

10:20 a.m. – 11 M. Fitzpatrick, ENG vs 54 J.J. Spaun, USA
10:31 a.m. – 22 S. Theegala, USA vs 43 Min Woo Lee, AUS
10:42 a.m. – 6 X. Schauffele, USA vs 59 Cam Davis, AUS
10:53 a.m. – 27 Tom Hoge, USA vs 38 Aaron Wise, USA
11:04 a.m. – 14 T. Hatton, ENG vs 51 Ben Griffin, USA
11:15 a.m. – 19 R. Henley, USA vs 46 Lucas Herbert, AUS
11:26 a.m. – 3 Rory McIlroy, NIR vs 62 S. Stallings, USA
11:37 a.m. – 30 K. Bradley, USA vs 35 D. McCarthy, USA
11:48 a.m. – 10 Tony Finau, USA vs 55 C. Bezuidenhout, RSA
11:59 a.m. – 23 Kurt Kitayama, USA vs 42 Adrian Meronk, POL
12:10 p.m. – 7 W. Zalatoris, USA vs 58 Andrew Putnam, USA
12:21 p.m. – 26 Ryan Fox, NZL vs 39 H. English, USA
12:32 p.m. – 15 Cameron Young, USA vs 50 D. Thompson, USA
12:43 p.m. – 18 Sepp Straka, AUT vs 47 Corey Conners, CAN
12:54 p.m. – 2 Jon Rahm, ESP vs 63 Rickie Fowler, USA
1:05 p.m. – 31 B. Horschel, USA vs 34 K. Mitchell, USA
1:16 p.m. – 12 Jordan Spieth, USA vs 53 M. Hughes, CAN
1:27 p.m. – 21 Shane Lowry, IRL vs 44 T. Montgomery, USA
1:38 p.m. – 5 Max Homa, USA vs 60 Justin Suh, USA
1:49 p.m. – 28 H. Matsuyama, JPN vs 37 Kevin Kisner, USA
2:00 p.m. – 13 Sam Burns, USA vs 52 Adam Hadwin, CAN
2:11 p.m. – 20 Seamus Power, IRL vs 45 Adam Scott, AUS
2:22 p.m. – 4 P. Cantlay, USA vs 61 Nick Taylor, CAN
2:33 p.m. – 29 Brian Harman, USA vs 36 K.H. Lee, KOR
2:44 p.m. – 9 C. Morikawa, USA vs 56 Victor Perez, FRA
2:55 p.m. – 24 Jason Day, AUS vs 41 Adam Svensson, CAN
3:06 p.m. – 8 V. Hovland, NOR vs 57 Matt Kuchar, USA
3:17 p.m. – 25 Chris Kirk, USA vs 40 Si Woo Kim, KOR
3:28 p.m. – 16 Sungjae Im, KOR vs 49 M. McNealy, USA
3:39 p.m. – 17 T. Fleetwood, ENG vs 48 J.T. Poston, USA
3:50 p.m. – 1 S. Scheffler, USA vs 64 Davis Riley, USA
4:01 p.m. – 32 Tom Kim, KOR vs 33 Alex Noren, SWE

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