2022 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play explained

2022 WGC-Dell Technologies MatchPlay
Dates:March 23–27, 2022
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)
Champion: Scottie Scheffler
Score:def. Kevin Kisner 4 & 3
Previous:2021
Next:2023
Map:USA#USA Texas
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Austin CC
Coordinates:30.343°N -97.797°W

The 2022 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play was the 23rd WGC Match Play, played March 23–27 at Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas.

The tournament was won by 2021 runner-up Scottie Scheffler, who defeated Kevin Kisner 4 and 3 in the final. With the win, Scheffler's third in his last five starts, he rose to number one in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time.[1] [2] Corey Conners beat Dustin Johnson 3 and 1 in the consolation match to claim third place.[1]

Format

The 64 players were placed into four seeded pools, the 16 highest ranked players as of March 21 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 was 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 advanced to the knockout stage. If two or more players are 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.

In the knockout stage, the round of 16 was 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, barring withdrawals, those reaching the last four played seven rounds of golf.

Field

The following players qualified for the field, consisting of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Ranking on March 15.[3] They are listed with their world ranking as of March 21, which determined the seedings, and their world ranking as of March 15, which determined qualification, in parentheses.[4]

Pools

SeedPlayerOWGR+Pool A11 (1)
22 (2)
33 (3)
44 (4)
55 (5)
67 (8)
79 (9)
811 (10)
913 (12)
1014 (13)
1115 (14)
1216 (16)
1317 (15)
1418 (18)
1519 (20)
1620 (21)
SeedPlayerOWGR+Pool B1721 (19)
1823 (23)
1924 (24)
2025 (26)
2126 (25)
2227 (27)
2328 (28)
2429 (29)
2530 (30)
2631 (31)
2732 (32)
2833 (36)
2934 (33)
3035 (34)
3136 (35)
3237 (37)
SeedPlayerOWGR+Pool C3338 (38)
3439 (39)
3540 (40)
3641 (41)
3742 (42)
3843 (43)
3944 (44)
4045 (46)
4146 (47)
4248 (48)
4349 (49)
4450 (63)
4551 (50)
4652 (51)
4753 (52)
4854 (54)
SeedPlayerOWGR+Pool D4955 (56)
5056 (62)
5157 (55)
5258 (53)
5359 (58)
5460 (57)
5561 (59)
5663 (60)
5765 (61)
5866 (65)
5967 (64)
6069 (66)
6170 (67)
6271 (68)
6372 (69)
6474 (70)

Results

Pool play

Players were divided into 16 groups of four players and play round-robin matches Wednesday to Friday.[8]

Group 1

RankPlayer (seed)Match results
1 Jon Rahm (1) 2 1 0 2 Beat Muñoz 4 & 2 Beat Young 5 & 4 Lost to Reed 3 & 2
T2 Patrick Reed (23) 1 1 1 1.5 Lost to Young 1 down Tied Muñoz Beat Rahm 3 & 2
T2 Sebastián Muñoz (58) 1 1 1 1.5 Lost to Rahm 4 & 2 Tied Reed Beat Young 1 up
4 Cameron Young (40) 1 2 0 1 Beat Reed 1 up Lost to Rahm 5 & 4 Lost to Muñoz 1 down

Group 2

RankPlayer (seed)WLTPtsMatch results
1 Collin Morikawa (2) 2 0 1 2.5 Beat MacIntyre 2 & 1 Tied García Beat Kokrak 1 up
2 Sergio García (43) 1 1 1 1.5 Beat Kokrak 4 & 3 Tied Morikawa Lost to MacIntyre 4 & 2
T3 Jason Kokrak (22) 1 2 0 1 Lost to García 4 & 3 Beat MacIntyre 3 & 2 Lost to Morikawa 1 down
T3 Robert MacIntyre (61) 1 2 0 1 Lost to Morikawa 2 & 1 Lost to Kokrak 3 & 2 Beat García 4 & 2

Group 3

RankPlayer (seed)WLTPtsMatch results
1 Will Zalatoris (24) 2 1 0 2 Beat Tringale 5 & 4 Lost to Straka 4 & 2 Beat Hovland 1 up
2 Viktor Hovland (3) 2 1 0 2 Beat Straka 1 up Beat Tringale 2 & 1 Lost to Zalatoris 1 down
T3 Cameron Tringale (45) 1 2 0 1 Lost to Zalatoris 5 & 4 Lost to Hovland 2 & 1 Beat Straka 5 & 3
T3 Sepp Straka (63) 1 2 0 1 Lost to Hovland 1 down Beat Zalatoris 4 & 2 Lost to Tringale 5 & 3

Zalatoris defeated Hovland on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff with a birdie.

Group 4

RankPlayer (seed)WLTPtsMatch results
1 Séamus Power (42) 2 1 0 2 Beat Im 5 & 4 Beat Cantlay 5 & 4 Lost to Mitchell 2 & 1
T2 Patrick Cantlay (4) 1 1 1 1.5 Tied Mitchell Lost to Power 5 & 4 Beat Im 2 & 1
T2 Keith Mitchell (62) 1 1 1 1.5 Tied Cantlay Lost to Im 5 & 3 Beat Power 2 & 1
4 Im Sung-jae (21) 1 2 0 1 Lost to Power 5 & 4 Beat Mitchell 5 & 3 Lost to Cantlay 2 & 1

Group 5

RankPlayer (seed)WLTPtsMatch results
1 Scottie Scheffler (5) 2 1 0 2 Beat Poulter 2 & 1 Lost to Fleetwood 2 & 1 Beat Fitzpatrick 5 & 4
2 Matt Fitzpatrick (20) 2 1 0 2 Beat Fleetwood 1 up Beat Poulter 4 & 2 Lost to Scheffler 5 & 4
T3 Tommy Fleetwood (41) 1 2 0 1 Lost to Fitzpatrick 1 down Beat Scheffler 2 & 1 Lost to Poulter 4 & 3
T3 Ian Poulter (59) 1 2 0 1 Lost to Scheffler 2 & 1 Lost to Fitzpatrick 4 & 2 Beat Fleetwood 4 & 3

Scheffler defeated Fitzpatrick on the sixth hole of a sudden-death playoff with a birdie.

Group 6

RankPlayer (seed)WLTPtsMatch results
1 Kevin Kisner (29) 3 0 0 3 Beat Leishman 4 & 3 Beat List 1 up Beat Thomas 4 & 3
T2 Justin Thomas (6) 1 2 0 1 Lost to List 3 & 2 Beat Leishman 5 & 4 Lost to Kisner 4 & 3
T2 Marc Leishman (37) 1 2 0 1 Lost to Kisner 4 & 3 Lost to Thomas 5 & 4 Beat List 3 & 2
T2 Luke List (53) 1 2 0 1 Beat Thomas 3 & 2 Lost to Kisner 1 down Lost to Leishman 3 & 2

Group 7

RankPlayer (seed)WLTPtsMatch results
1 Takumi Kanaya (56) 2 1 0 2 Lost to Schauffele 3 & 2 Beat Finau 1 up Beat Herbert 5 & 4
2 Lucas Herbert (39) 2 1 0 2 Beat Finau 4 & 3 Beat Schauffele 1 up Lost to Kanaya 5 & 4
T3 Xander Schauffele (7) 1 2 0 1 Beat Kanaya 3 & 2 Lost to Herbert 1 down Lost to Finau 4 & 2
T3 Tony Finau (18) 1 2 0 1 Lost to Herbert 4 & 3 Lost to Kanaya 1 down Beat Schauffele 4 & 2

Kanaya defeated Herbert on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with a par.

Group 8

RankPlayer (seed)WLTPtsMatch results
1 Dustin Johnson (8) 3 0 0 3 Beat Hughes 3 & 2 Beat Wolff 4 & 2 Beat Homa 1 up
2 Mackenzie Hughes (51) 2 1 0 2 Lost to Johnson 3 & 2 Beat Homa 2 up Beat Wolff 1 up
3 Max Homa (30) 1 2 0 1 Beat Wolff 3 & 1Lost to Hughes 2 down Lost to Johnson 1 down
4 Matthew Wolff (38) 0 3 0 0 Lost to Homa 3 & 1 Lost to Johnson 4 & 2 Lost to Hughes 1 down

Group 9

RankPlayer (seed)WLTPtsMatch results
1 Richard Bland (54) 2 0 1 2.5 Tied DeChambeau Beat Gooch 1 up Beat Westwood 2 & 1
2 Talor Gooch (27) 2 1 0 2 Beat Westwood 3 & 2 Lost to Bland 1 down Beat DeChambeau 1 up
3 Lee Westwood (47) 1 2 0 1 Lost to Gooch 3 & 2 Beat DeChambeau 1 up Lost to Bland 2 & 1
4 Bryson DeChambeau (9) 0 2 1 0.5 Tied Bland Lost to Westwood 1 down Lost to Gooch 1 down

Group 10

RankPlayer (seed)WLTPtsMatch results
1 Corey Conners (36) 3 0 0 3 Beat Casey (conceded) Beat Oosthuizen 2 & 1 Beat Norén 3 & 2
2 Alex Norén (50) 2 1 0 2 Beat Oosthuizen 1 up Beat Casey (conceded) Lost to Conners 3 & 2
3 Louis Oosthuizen (10) 1 2 0 1 Lost to Norén 1 down Lost to Conners 2 & 1 Beat Casey (conceded)
4 Paul Casey (19) 0 3 0 0 Lost to Conners (conceded) Lost to Norén (conceded) Lost to Oosthuizen (conceded)

Group 11

RankPlayer (seed)WLTPtsMatch results
1 Adam Scott (32) 2 0 1 2.5 Beat Rose 2 up Tied Bradley Beat Spieth 3 & 2
2 Justin Rose (46) 1 1 1 1.5 Lost to Scott 2 down Beat Spieth 3 & 2 Tied Bradley
T3 Jordan Spieth (11) 1 2 0 1 Beat Bradley 2 up Lost to Rose 3 & 2 Lost to Scott 3 & 2
T3 Keegan Bradley (60) 0 1 2 1 Lost to Spieth 2 down Tied Scott Tied Rose

Group 12

RankPlayer (seed)WLTPtsMatch results
1 Billy Horschel (12) 2 0 1 2.5 Beat Lee 3 & 2 Beat Hoge 3 & 2 Tied Pieters
T2 Thomas Pieters (26) 1 1 1 1.5 Beat Hoge 2 & 1 Lost to Lee 1 down Tied Horschel
T2 Min Woo Lee (49) 1 1 1 1.5 Lost to Horschel 3 & 2 Beat Pieters 1 up Tied Hoge
4 Tom Hoge (33) 0 2 1 0.5 Lost to Pieters 2 & 1 Lost to Horschel 3 & 2 Tied Lee

Group 13

RankPlayer (seed)WLTPtsMatch results
1 Tyrrell Hatton (13) 3 0 0 3 Beat Bezuidenhout 3 & 2 Beat Kim 1 up Beat Berger 2 up
2 Kim Si-woo (48) 2 1 0 2 Beat Berger 2 up Lost to Hatton 1 down Beat Bezuidenhout 6 & 4
3 Daniel Berger (17) 1 2 0 1 Lost to Kim 2 down Beat Bezuidenhout 2 & 1 Lost to Hatton 2 up
4 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (52) 0 3 0 0 Lost to Hatton 3 & 2 Lost to Berger 2 & 1 Lost to Kim 6 & 4

Group 14

RankPlayer (seed)WLTPtsMatch results
1 Kevin Na (25) 2 0 1 2.5 Beat Henley 1 up Tied McNealy Beat Niemann 1 up
2 Maverick McNealy (64) 2 0 1 2.5 Beat Niemann 8 & 6 Tied Na Beat Henley 2 & 1
3 Joaquín Niemann (14) 1 2 0 1 Lost to McNealy 8 & 6 Beat Henley 2 & 1 Lost to Na 1 down
4 Russell Henley (34) 0 3 0 0 Lost to Na 1 down Lost to Niemann 2 & 1 Lost to McNealy 2 & 1

Na defeated McNealy on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with a birdie.

Group 15

RankPlayer (seed)WLTPtsMatch results
1 Abraham Ancer (15) 2 0 1 2.5 Beat Watson 3 & 1 Tied Harman Beat Simpson 2 up
2 Bubba Watson (57) 1 1 1 1.5 Lost to Ancer 3 & 1 Beat Simpson 1 up Tied Harman
T3 Webb Simpson (31) 1 2 0 1 Beat Harman 1 up Lost to Watson 1 down Lost to Ancer 2 down
T3 Brian Harman (44) 0 1 2 1 Lost to Simpson 1 down Tied Ancer Tied Watson

Group 16

RankPlayer (seed)WLTPtsMatch results
1 Brooks Koepka (16) 3 0 0 3 Beat van Rooyen 3 & 2 Beat Varner 2 & 1 Beat Lowry 1 up
2 Harold Varner III (35) 2 1 0 2 Beat Lowry 2 & 1 Lost to Koepka 2 & 1 Beat van Rooyen 5 & 4
3 Shane Lowry (28) 1 2 0 1 Lost to Varner 2 & 1 Beat van Rooyen 2 up Lost to Koepka 1 down
4 Erik van Rooyen (55) 0 3 0 0 Lost to Koepka 3 & 2 Lost to Lowry 2 down Lost to Varner 5 & 4

Final 16 bracket

Prize money breakdown

Place Description US$
1 Champion 2,100,000
2 Runner-up 1,320,000
3 Third place 852,000
4 Fourth place 685,000
T5 Losing quarter-finalists x 4 386,000
T9 Losing round of 16 x 8 220,000
17 Those with 2.5 points in pool play x 1 164,000
T18 Those with 2 points in pool play x 8 133,875
T26 Those with 1.5 points in pool play x 9 97,111
T35 Those with 1 point in pool play x 23 58,239
T58 Those with 0.5 points in pool play x 2 42,750
T60 Those with 0 points in pool play x 5 41,000
Total 12,000,000
Prize money for players who did not qualify for the knockout stage was from $164,000 to $40,000. Positions for these players were based on points scored in pool play.

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External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ferguson . Doug . Scottie Scheffler claims world No. 1 throne at Match Play after third win in six weeks . Golf Channel . March 28, 2022 . March 27, 2022.
  2. Web site: World Match Play: Scottie Scheffler beats Kevin Kisner to move to world number one . BBC Sport . March 28, 2022 . March 27, 2022.
  3. Web site: Top 64 players qualify to the WGC-Dell Technologies match play . PGA Tour . March 15, 2022 . March 16, 2022.
  4. Web site: Final field set for 2022 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies match play . PGA Tour . March 18, 2022 . March 19, 2022.
  5. Web site: Powell . Colby . Cameron Smith withdraws from next week's WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play . Golf Channel . March 16, 2022 . March 16, 2022.
  6. Web site: Powell . Colby . Sam Burns withdraws from WGC-Match Play after winning Valspar Championship . Golf Channel . March 21, 2022 . March 21, 2022.
  7. Web site: WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play: Rory McIlroy skips event; Bryson DeChambeau named in field . Sky Sports . March 19, 2022 . March 18, 2022.
  8. Web site: Groups announced for the 2022 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play . PGA Tour . March 21, 2022 . March 22, 2022.
  9. Web site: World Golf Championships–Dell Technologies Match Play 2022 Media Guide . 8 . PGA Tour . March 24, 2022.

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