2021 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play

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

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	394	470	440	185	370	590	201	498	490	3,638	393	194	578	317	465	440	585	150	368	3,490	7,128
Par	4	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	35	4	3	5	4	4	4	5	3	4	36	71

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]

• Brooks Koepka (12), Justin Rose (38), Adam Scott (25), Gary Woodland (51) and Tiger Woods (56) did not play^[4]

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

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.^{[citation needed]}

Group 1 Round Winner Score Loser 1 Johnson 2 up Long MacIntyre 2 & 1 Na 2 Johnson vs MacIntyre – tied Long 2 & 1 Na 3 Na 1 up Johnson MacIntyre vs Long – tied Seed Player W L T Points Finish 41 Robert MacIntyre 1 0 2 2 1 1 Dustin Johnson 1 1 1 1.5 T2 61 Adam Long 1 1 1 1.5 T2 28 Kevin Na 1 2 0 1 4

Group 2 Round Winner Score Loser 1 Kuchar 3 & 2 Thomas Kisner 2 & 1 Oosthuizen 2 Kisner 2 & 1 Thomas Kuchar 1 up Oosthuizen 3 Thomas 3 & 2 Oosthuizen Kuchar 2 & 1 Kisner Seed Player W L T Points Finish 52 Matt Kuchar 3 0 0 3 1 34 Kevin Kisner 2 1 0 2 2 2 Justin Thomas 1 2 0 1 3 22 Louis Oosthuizen 0 3 0 0 4

Group 3 Round Winner Score Loser 1 Rahm 1 up Muñoz Palmer 4 & 2 Lowry 2 Rahm 2 up Lowry Palmer 2 & 1 Muñoz 3 Rahm vs Palmer – tied Lowry 3 & 2 Muñoz Seed Player W L T Points Finish 3 Jon Rahm 2 0 1 2.5 1 24 Ryan Palmer 2 0 1 2.5 2 38 Shane Lowry 1 2 0 1 3 56 Sebastián Muñoz 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 1 Morikawa vs Poston – tied Horschel 1 up Homa 2 Homa 2 & 1 Morikawa Poston 4 & 2 Horschel 3 Horschel 3 & 2 Morikawa Homa 3 & 2 Poston Seed Player W L T Points Finish 32 Billy Horschel 2 1 0 2 1 35 Max Homa 2 1 0 2 2 63 J. T. Poston 1 1 1 1.5 3 4 Collin Morikawa 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 1 Rozner 2 up DeChambeau Fleetwood vs Kim – tied 2 DeChambeau 2 & 1 Kim Fleetwood 4 & 3 Rozner 3 Fleetwood 1 up DeChambeau Rozner 3 & 1 Kim Seed Player W L T Points Finish 21 Tommy Fleetwood 2 0 1 2.5 1 58 Antoine Rozner 2 1 0 2 2 5 Bryson DeChambeau 1 2 0 1 3 45 Kim Si-woo 0 2 1 0.5 4

Group 6 Round Winner Score Loser 1 Schauffele vs Sullivan – tied Scheffler 2 up Day 2 Schauffele 2 & 1 Day Scheffler vs Sullivan – tied 3 Schauffele vs Scheffler – tied Day 2 & 1 Sullivan Seed Player W L T Points Finish 30 Scottie Scheffler 1 0 2 2 1 6 Xander Schauffele 1 0 2 2 2 44 Jason Day 1 2 0 1 T3 57 Andy Sullivan 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 1 Reed vs Watson – tied Niemann vs Bezuidenhout – tied 2 Reed 2 & 1 Bezuidenhout Niemann vs Watson – tied 3 Niemann 5 & 4 Reed Watson 5 & 3 Bezuidenhout Seed Player W L T Points Finish 55 Bubba Watson 1 0 2 2 1 26 Joaquín Niemann 1 0 2 2 2 7 Patrick Reed 1 1 1 1.5 3 33 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 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 1 Hatton vs Wallace – tied García 4 & 3 Westwood 2 García 3 & 2 Hatton Westwood 5 & 3 Wallace 3 Westwood 4 & 3 Hatton Wallace 5 & 3 García Seed Player W L T Points Finish 39 Sergio García 2 1 0 2 1 18 Lee Westwood 2 1 0 2 2 51 Matt Wallace 1 1 1 1.5 3 8 Tyrrell Hatton 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 1 Simpson 6 & 5 Gooch Hughes 3 & 2 Casey 2 Hughes 4 & 3 Simpson Casey 3 & 2 Gooch 3 Simpson vs Casey – tied Hughes vs Gooch – tied Seed Player W L T Points Finish 48 Mackenzie Hughes 2 0 1 2.5 1 9 Webb Simpson 1 1 1 1.5 T2 17 Paul Casey 1 1 1 1.5 T2 59 Talor Gooch 0 2 1 0.5 4

Group 10 Round Winner Score Loser 1 Cantlay 1 up Harman Ortiz 4 & 3 Matsuyama 2 Cantlay 1 up Ortiz Harman 1 up Matsuyama 3 Matsuyama 4 & 2 Cantlay Harman 3 & 2 Ortiz Seed Player W L T Points Finish 54 Brian Harman 2 1 0 2 1 10 Patrick Cantlay 2 1 0 2 2 23 Hideki Matsuyama 1 2 0 1 T3 42 Carlos Ortiz 1 2 0 1 T3 Harman defeated Cantlay on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff with a par.

Group 11 Round Winner Score Loser 1 Poulter 6 & 5 McIlroy Smith 1 up Griffin 2 McIlroy 4 & 3 Griffin Poulter 1 up Smith 3 McIlroy vs Smith – tied Poulter 2 & 1 Griffin Seed Player W L T Points Finish 60 Ian Poulter 3 0 0 3 1 25 Cameron Smith 1 1 1 1.5 T2 11 Rory McIlroy 1 1 1 1.5 T2 46 Lanto Griffin 0 3 0 0 4

Group 12 Round Winner Score Loser 1 Frittelli 6 & 5 Finau Kokrak 1 up Zalatoris 2 Finau vs Zalatoris – tied Frittelli 3 & 2 Kokrak 3 Finau 2 up Kokrak Zalatoris 2 up Frittelli Seed Player W L T Points Finish 64 Dylan Frittelli 2 1 0 2 1 12 Tony Finau 1 1 1 1.5 T2 40 Will Zalatoris 1 1 1 1.5 T2 29 Jason Kokrak 1 2 0 1 4

Group 13 Round Winner Score Loser 1 Streelman 4 & 2 Hovland Ancer 3 & 2 Wiesberger 2 Wiesberger 4 & 2 Hovland Ancer 2 & 1 Streelman 3 Hovland 1 up Ancer Streelman 1 up Wiesberger Seed Player W L T Points Finish 53 Kevin Streelman 2 1 0 2 1 27 Abraham Ancer 2 1 0 2 2 13 Viktor Hovland 1 2 0 1 T3 43 Bernd Wiesberger 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 1 Berger 6 & 4 van Rooyen English 1 up Todd 2 Todd 2 & 1 Berger van Rooyen 2 & 1 English 3 Berger 4 & 2 English van Rooyen 2 & 1 Todd Seed Player W L T Points Finish 62 Erik van Rooyen 2 1 0 2 1 14 Daniel Berger 2 1 0 2 2 19 Harris English 1 2 0 1 T3 47 Brendon Todd 1 2 0 1 T3 van Rooyen defeated Berger on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with a par.

Group 15 Round Winner Score Loser 1 Spieth 3 & 1 Fitzpatrick Wolff 3 & 1 Conners 2 Fitzpatrick 5 & 4 Conners Wolff vs Spieth – tied 3 Fitzpatrick 3 & 2 Wolff Spieth 3 & 2 Conners Seed Player W L T Points Finish 49 Jordan Spieth 2 0 1 2.5 1 15 Matt Fitzpatrick 2 1 0 2 2 20 Matthew Wolff 1 1 1 1.5 3 37 Corey Conners 0 3 0 0 4

Group 16 Round Winner Score Loser 1 Im 1 up Henley Perez 2 & 1 Leishman 2 Leishman 2 & 1 Im Henley 4 & 3 Perez 3 Perez 2 & 1 Im Leishman vs Henley – tied Seed Player W L T Points Finish 31 Victor Perez 2 1 0 2 1 36 Marc Leishman 1 1 1 1.5 T2 50 Russell Henley 1 1 1 1.5 T2 16 Im Sung-jae 1 2 0 1 4

Final 16 bracket

First round March 27 – morning

Quarterfinals March 27 – afternoon

Semifinals March 28 – morning

Final March 28 – afternoon

41

Robert MacIntyre

31

Victor Perez

5&4

31

Victor Perez

4&3

39

Sergio García

39

Sergio García

2&1

48

Mackenzie Hughes

31

Victor Perez

32

Billy Horschel

3&2

32

Billy Horschel

3&1

53

Kevin Streelman

32

Billy Horschel

19h

21

Tommy Fleetwood

21

Tommy Fleetwood

4&3

64

Dylan Frittelli

32

Billy Horschel

2&1

30

Scottie Scheffler

52

Matt Kuchar

1up

49

Jordan Spieth

52

Matt Kuchar

2&1

54

Brian Harman

55

Bubba Watson

54

Brian Harman

2&1

52

Matt Kuchar

30

Scottie Scheffler

2&1

3

Jon Rahm

3&2

Third place

62

Erik van Rooyen

3

Jon Rahm

31

Victor Perez

30

Scottie Scheffler

3&1

52

Matt Kuchar

2&1

30

Scottie Scheffler

5&4

60

Ian Poulter

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

• Source:^[5]

References

External links

• Official website
• Official 2021 Leaderboard
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site
• OWGR through 03/21/21 http://www.owgr.com/archive/PastRankings/2021/Rankings/owgr12f2021.pdf
• Media Guide