2021 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play explained

2021 WGC-Dell Technologies MatchPlay
Dates:March 24–28, 2021
Location:Austin, Texas, U.S.
Course:Austin Country Club
Tour:PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Par:71
Field:64 players
Format:Match play – 18 holes
Purse:$10,500,000
Winners Share:$1,820,000
Champion: Billy Horschel
Score:def. Scottie Scheffler 2 & 1
Previous:2019
Next:2022
Map:USA#USA Texas
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Austin CC
Coordinates:30.343°N -97.797°W

The 2021 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play was the 22nd WGC Match Play, and was played on March 24–28 at Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas. It was the second of the World Golf Championships in 2021.

Billy Horschel defeated Scottie Scheffler in the final, 2 and 1, for his first WGC win.[1]

Course layout

Austin Country Club

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3944704401853705902014984903,6383931945783174654405851503683,4907,128
Par444345344354354445343671

Field

The following players made up the field, which consisted of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Ranking on March 15.[2] They are listed with their world ranking as of March 15 in parentheses; seedings were determined by their world ranking as of March 22.[3]

Format

The 64 players were placed into four seeded pools, the 16 highest ranked players as of March 22 in Pool A, the next 16 in Pool B, etc. The top seeds (Pool A) were 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.[2]

Each group was decided by a round-robin match play matches played on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, with one point awarded for a win and half a point for a tie. The sixteen group winners advanced to the knockout stage. If two or more players were tied on points at the end of the group stage, there was a sudden death stroke play playoff between the tied players to determine the winner of the group.[2]

The round of sixteen were played on Saturday morning, with the quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon. The semifinals were played on Sunday morning, and the final and third place playoff were played on Sunday afternoon. In total, the winner played seven rounds of golf.[2]

Pools

SeedPlayerOWGR+Pool A11
22
33
44
55
66
77
88
99
1010
1111
1213
1314
1415
1516
1617
SeedPlayerOWGR+Pool B1718
1819
1920
2021
2122
2223
2324
2426
2527
2628
2729
28 Kevin Na30
2931
3032
3133
3234
SeedPlayerOWGR+Pool C3335
3436
3537
3639
3740
3841
3942
4043
4144
4245
4346
4447
4548
4650
4751
4853
SeedPlayerOWGR+Pool D4954
5055
5156
5257
5358
5459
5560
5662
5763
5864
5965
6066
6167
6268
6370
6471

Results

Group stage

Group stage matches were played from March 24 to March 26. Only one player qualified from pool A, with 4 qualifying from pool B, 3 from pool C and 8 from pool D.

Group 1! Round !!Winner !! Score !! Loser
align=center rowspan=21 Johnson 2 up Long
MacIntyre 2 & 1 Na
align=center rowspan=22 Johnson vs MacIntyre – tied
Long 2 & 1 Na
align=center rowspan=23 Na 1 up Johnson
MacIntyre vs Long – tied
Seed Player W L T Points Finish
41 1 0 2 2 1
1 1 1 1 1.5 T2
61 1 1 1 1.5 T2
28 1 2 0 1 4
Group 3! Round !!Winner !! Score !! Loser
align=center rowspan=21 Rahm 1 up Muñoz
Palmer 4 & 2 Lowry
align=center rowspan=22 Rahm 2 up Lowry
Palmer 2 & 1 Muñoz
align=center rowspan=23 Rahm vs Palmer – tied
Lowry 3 & 2 Muñoz
Seed Player W L T Points Finish
3 2 0 1 2.5 1
24 2 0 1 2.5 2
38 1 2 0 1 3
56 0 3 0 0 4
  • Rahm defeated Palmer on the second hole of a
    sudden-death playoff with a birdie.
Group 4! Round !! Winner !! Score !! Loser
align=center rowspan=21 Morikawa vs Poston – tied
Horschel 1 up Homa
align=center rowspan=22 Homa 2 & 1 Morikawa
Poston 4 & 2 Horschel
align=center rowspan=23 Horschel 3 & 2 Morikawa
Homa 3 & 2 Poston
Seed Player W L T Points Finish
32 2 1 0 2 1
35 2 1 0 2 2
63 1 1 1 1.5 3
4 0 2 1 0.5 4
  • Horschel defeated Homa on the third hole of a
    sudden-death playoff with a birdie.
Group 5! Round !!Winner !! Score !! Loser
align=center rowspan=21 Rozner 2 up DeChambeau
Fleetwood vs Kim – tied
align=center rowspan=22 DeChambeau 2 & 1 Kim
Fleetwood 4 & 3 Rozner
align=center rowspan=23 Fleetwood 1 up DeChambeau
Rozner 3 & 1 Kim
Seed Player W L T Points Finish
21 2 0 1 2.5 1
58 2 1 0 2 2
5 1 2 0 1 3
45 0 2 1 0.5 4
Group 6! Round !! Winner !! Score !! Loser
align=center rowspan=21 Schauffele vs Sullivan – tied
Scheffler 2 up Day
align=center rowspan=22 Schauffele 2 & 1 Day
Scheffler vs Sullivan – tied
align=center rowspan=23 Schauffele vs Scheffler – tied
Day 2 & 1 Sullivan
Seed Player W L T Points Finish
30 1 0 2 2 1
6 1 0 2 2 2
44 1 2 0 1 T3
57 0 1 2 1 T3
  • Scheffler defeated Schauffele on the second hole of a
    sudden-death playoff with a birdie.
Group 7! Round !!Winner !! Score !! Loser
align=center rowspan=21 Reed vs Watson – tied
Niemann vs Bezuidenhout – tied
align=center rowspan=22 Reed 2 & 1 Bezuidenhout
Niemann vs Watson – tied
align=center rowspan=23 Niemann 5 & 4 Reed
Watson 5 & 3 Bezuidenhout
Seed Player W L T Points Finish
55 1 0 2 2 1
26 1 0 2 2 2
7 1 1 1 1.5 3
33 0 2 1 0.5 4
  • Watson defeated Niemann on the second hole of a
    sudden-death playoff with a par.
Group 8! Round !! Winner !! Score !! Loser
align=center rowspan=21 Hatton vs Wallace – tied
García 4 & 3 Westwood
align=center rowspan=22 García 3 & 2 Hatton
Westwood 5 & 3 Wallace
align=center rowspan=23 Westwood 4 & 3 Hatton
Wallace 5 & 3 García
Seed Player W L T Points Finish
39 2 1 0 2 1
18 2 1 0 2 2
51 1 1 1 1.5 3
8 0 2 1 0.5 4
  • García defeated Westwood on the fourth hole of a
    sudden-death playoff with a hole-in-one.
Group 9! Round !!Winner !! Score !! Loser
align=center rowspan=21 Simpson 6 & 5 Gooch
Hughes 3 & 2 Casey
align=center rowspan=22 Hughes 4 & 3 Simpson
Casey 3 & 2 Gooch
align=center rowspan=23 Simpson vs Casey – tied
Hughes vs Gooch – tied
Seed Player W L T Points Finish
48 2 0 1 2.5 1
9 1 1 1 1.5 T2
17 1 1 1 1.5 T2
59 0 2 1 0.5 4
Group 10! Round !! Winner !! Score !! Loser
align=center rowspan=21 Cantlay 1 up Harman
Ortiz 4 & 3 Matsuyama
align=center rowspan=22 Cantlay 1 up Ortiz
Harman 1 up Matsuyama
align=center rowspan=23 Matsuyama 4 & 2 Cantlay
Harman 3 & 2 Ortiz
Seed Player W L T Points Finish
54 2 1 0 2 1
10 2 1 0 2 2
23 1 2 0 1 T3
42 1 2 0 1 T3
  • Harman defeated Cantlay on the second hole of a
    sudden-death playoff with a par.
Group 13! Round !!Winner !! Score !! Loser
align=center rowspan=21 Streelman 4 & 2 Hovland
Ancer 3 & 2 Wiesberger
align=center rowspan=22 Wiesberger 4 & 2 Hovland
Ancer 2 & 1 Streelman
align=center rowspan=23 Hovland 1 up Ancer
Streelman 1 up Wiesberger
Seed Player W L T Points Finish
53 2 1 0 2 1
27 2 1 0 2 2
13 1 2 0 1 T3
43 1 2 0 1 T3
  • Streelman defeated Ancer on the first hole of a
    sudden-death playoff with a birdie.
Group 14! Round !! Winner !! Score !! Loser
align=center rowspan=21 Berger 6 & 4 van Rooyen
English 1 up Todd
align=center rowspan=22 Todd 2 & 1 Berger
van Rooyen 2 & 1 English
align=center rowspan=23 Berger 4 & 2 English
van Rooyen 2 & 1 Todd
Seed Player W L T Points Finish
62 2 1 0 2 1
14 2 1 0 2 2
19 1 2 0 1 T3
47 1 2 0 1 T3
  • van Rooyen defeated Berger on the first hole of a
    sudden-death playoff with a par.
Group 16! Round !! Winner !! Score !! Loser
align=center rowspan=21 Im 1 up Henley
Perez 2 & 1 Leishman
align=center rowspan=22 Leishman 2 & 1 Im
Henley 4 & 3 Perez
align=center rowspan=23 Perez 2 & 1 Im
Leishman vs Henley – tied
Seed Player W L T Points Finish
31 2 1 0 2 1
36 1 1 1 1.5 T2
50 1 1 1 1.5 T2
16 1 2 0 1 4

Final 16 bracket

Prize money breakdown

Place Description US ($)
1 Champion 1,820,000
2 Runner-up 1,150,000
3 Third place 740,000
4 Fourth place 600,000
T5 Losing quarter-finalists x 4 337,000
T9 Losing round of 16 x 8 189,000
17 Those with 2.5 points in pool play x 1 144,000
T18 Those with 2 points in pool play x 10 113,700
T28 Those with 1.5 points in pool play x 14 75,000
T42 Those with 1 point in pool play x 14 47,571
T56 Those with 0.5 points in pool play x 5 38,000
T61 Those with 0 points in pool play x 4 35,750
Total 10,500,000

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Despite just one birdie in Match Play championship round, Billy Horschel wins event in Texas . ESPN . Associated Press . March 28, 2021.
  2. Web site: Dell Technologies Match Play: How it works . PGA Tour . March 15, 2021.
  3. Web site: Final field set for the 2021 Dell Technologies Match Play . PGA Tour . March 19, 2021 . March 19, 2021.
  4. Beall . Joel . Koepka among five of the top 64 missing WGC-Match Play . Golf Digest . March 20, 2021 . March 23, 2021.
  5. Web site: Past Results – World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play . March 30, 2021.

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