2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play
The 2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play was the 24th and final WGC Match Play, played March 22–26 at Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas.
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | March 22–26, 2023 |
| Location | Austin, Texas, U.S. 30.343°N 97.797°W |
| Course(s) | Austin Country Club |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Format | Match play (18 holes) |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,108 yards (6,500 m) |
| Field | 64 players |
| Prize fund | US$20,000,000 |
| Winner's share | $3,500,000 |
| Champion | |
 Sam Burns | |
| Location Map | |
  Austin CC Location in the United States  Austin CC Location in Texas | |
The field consisted of the top 64 available eligible players from the Official World Golf Ranking on March 13. A number of other players were in the top 64 but, having joined LIV Golf, were suspended by the PGA Tour and ineligible to compete.[1]
On March 6, 2023, tournament organizers and the PGA Tour announced that the 2023 event would be the last edition of WGC Match Play.[2][3]
Sam Burns won the event, beating Cameron Young, 6 and 5, in the final. In the morning semi-finals Burns beat world number 1 Scottie Scheffler while Young beat world number 3 Rory McIlroy, both matches going to extra holes.[4]
Format
The 64 players were placed into four seeded pools, the 16 highest ranked players as of March 20 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 is 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 advance to the knockout stage. If two or more players are tied on points at the end of the group stage, there is 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 is played on Saturday morning, with the quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon. The semi-finals are played on Sunday morning, and the final and third place playoff are played on Sunday afternoon. In total, barring withdrawals, those reaching the last four play seven rounds of golf.
Field
The field consisted of the top 64 available eligible players from the Official World Golf Ranking on March 13. They are listed with their ranking as of March 20, which determined the seeding, followed in parentheses by their ranking as of March 13.[5]
- Justin Thomas (10) and Justin Rose (32) were eligible but did not play.
Ineligible players
The following players were ineligible to compete, having been suspended by the PGA Tour after joining LIV Golf. Their world rankings as of March 13 are given.
- Cameron Smith (5)
- Joaquín Niemann (26)
- Abraham Ancer (30)
- Thomas Pieters (42)
- Talor Gooch (49)
- Mito Pereira (50)
- Harold Varner III (51)
- Dustin Johnson (62)
- Patrick Reed (65)
- Dean Burmester (71)
- Jason Kokrak (74)
Results
Pool play
Players were divided into 16 groups of four players,[6] and played round-robin matches Wednesday to Friday.
- Round 1 – March 22
- Round 2 – March 23
- Round 3 – March 24
Group 1
| Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler (1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Beat Riley 1 up | Beat Norén 5 & 4 | Beat Kim 3 & 2 |
| 2 | Davis Riley (54) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | Lost to Scheffler 1 down | Beat Kim 1 up | Tied Norén |
| 3 |  Tom Kim (17) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Beat Norén 2 & 1 | Lost to Riley 1 down | Lost to Scheffler 3 & 2 |
| 4 |  Alex Norén (38) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | Lost to Kim 2 & 1 | Lost to Scheffler 5 & 4 | Tied Riley |
Group 2
| Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy Horschel (22) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | Tied Mitchell | Beat Fowler 3 & 2 | Beat Rahm 5 & 4 |
| 2 | Rickie Fowler (49) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Beat Rahm 2 & 1 | Lost to Horschel 3 & 2 | Beat Mitchell 1 up |
| 3 |  Jon Rahm (2) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Fowler 2 & 1 | Beat Mitchell 4 & 3 | Lost to Horschel 5 & 4 |
| 4 | Keith Mitchell (39) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | Tied Horschel | Lost to Rahm 4 & 3 | Lost to Fowler 1 down |
Group 3
| Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Rory McIlroy (3) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Beat Stallings 3 & 1 | Beat McCarthy 2 up | Beat Bradley 3 & 2 |
| 2 | Keegan Bradley (20) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | Tied McCarthy | Beat Stallings 6 & 5 | Lost to McIlroy 3 & 2 |
| 3 | Scott Stallings (52) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to McIlroy 3 & 1 | Lost to Bradley 6 & 5 | Beat McCarthy 1 up |
| 4 | Denny McCarthy (48) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | Tied Bradley | Lost to McIlroy 2 down | Lost to Stallings 1 down |
Group 4
| Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Cantlay (4) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Beat Taylor 1 up | Beat Lee 4 & 2 | Beat Harman 2 & 1 |
| 2 | Brian Harman (25) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Beat Lee 3 & 1 | Beat Taylor 3 & 2 | Lost to Cantlay 2 & 1 |
| 3 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Nick Taylor (55) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Cantlay 1 down | Lost to Harman 3 & 2 | Beat Lee 3 & 2 |
| 4 | Lee Kyoung-hoon (35) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost to Harman 3 & 1 | Lost to Cantley 4 & 2 | Lost to Taylor 3 & 2 |
Group 5
| Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Homa (5) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Beat Suh 3 & 2 | Beat Kisner 3 & 2 | Beat Matsuyama (conceded)[lower-alpha 1] |
| T2 |  Hideki Matsuyama (18) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Beat Kisner 1 up | Lost to Suh 3 & 1 | Lost to Homa (conceded)[lower-alpha 1] |
| Kevin Kisner (42) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Matsuyama 1 down | Lost to Homa 3 & 2 | Beat Suh 2 up | |
| Justin Suh (63) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Homa 3 & 2 | Beat Matsuyama 3 & 1 | Lost to Kisner 2 down | |
Group 6
| Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xander Schauffele (6) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Beat Davis 4 & 3 | Beat Wise 2 & 1 | Beat Hoge 1 up |
| 2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Cameron Davis (64) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Lost to Schauffele 4 & 3 | Beat Hoge 3 & 1 | Beat Wise 1 up |
| 3 | Aaron Wise (40) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Beat Hoge 1 up | Lost to Schauffele 2 & 1 | Lost to Davis 1 down |
| 4 | Tom Hoge (23) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost to Wise 1 down | Lost to Davis 3 & 1 | Lost to Schauffele 1 down |
Group 7
| Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Putnam (56) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Beat Zalatoris 3 & 2 | Beat Fox 2 & 1 | Beat English 4 & 3 |
| 2 |  Ryan Fox (29) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Beat English 2 & 1 | Lost to Putnam 2 & 1 | Beat Zalatoris (conceded)[lower-alpha 2] |
| 3 | Harris English (37) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Fox 2 & 1 | Beat Zalatoris 5 & 3 | Lost to Putnam 4 & 3 |
| 4 | Will Zalatoris (7) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost to Putnam 3 & 2 | Lost to English 5 & 3 | Lost to Fox (conceded)[lower-alpha 2] |
Group 8
| Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Kuchar (59) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | Beat Hovland 3 & 1 | Tied Kirk | Beat Kim 7 & 6 |
| 2 | Kim Si-woo (34) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Beat Kirk 4 & 3 | Beat Hovland 4&3 | Lost to Kuchar 7 & 6 |
| 3 |  Viktor Hovland (8) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Kuchar 3 & 1 | Lost to Kim 4&3 | Beat Kirk 4 & 3 |
| 4 | Chris Kirk (28) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | Lost to Kim 4 & 3 | Tied Kuchar | Lost to Hovland 4 & 3 |
Group 9
| Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Day (32) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Beat Svensson 4 & 2 | Beat Perez 2 & 1 | Beat Morikawa 4 & 3 |
| 2 | Collin Morikawa (9) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | Beat Perez 2 & 1 | Tied Svensson | Lost to Day 4 & 3 |
| 3 |  Victor Perez (51) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Morikawa 2 & 1 | Lost to Day 2 & 1 | Beat Svensson 5 & 4 |
| 4 | Adam Svensson (44) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | Lost to Day 4 & 2 | Tied Morikawa | Lost to Perez 5 & 4 |
Group 10
| Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kurt Kitayama (19) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Lost to Meronk 2 & 1 | Beat Bezuidenhout 2 & 1 | Beat Finau 4 & 3 |
| T2 | Tony Finau (10) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Beat Bezuidenhout 2 & 1 | Beat Meronk 4 & 3 | Lost to Kitayama 4 & 3 |
 Adrian Meronk (45) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Beat Kitayama 2 & 1 | Lost to Finau 4 & 3 | Beat Bezuidenhout 5 & 4 | |
| 4 |  Christiaan Bezuidenhout (60) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost to Finau 2 & 1 | Lost to Kitayama 2 & 1 | Lost to Meronk 5 & 4 |
Kitayama won the group after a sudden-death playoff; he made a birdie on the second extra hole to defeat Meronk, after Finau had been eliminated on the first extra hole when he made a double bogey as the others made par.[9]
Group 11
| Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J. J. Spaun (61) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Beat Fitzpatrick 5 & 3 | Beat Theegala 5 & 4 | Beat Lee 2 & 1 |
| T2 |  Matt Fitzpatrick (11) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Spaun 5 & 3 | Beat Lee 2 up | Lost to Theegala 2 & 1 |
| Sahith Theegala (26) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Lee 1 down | Lost to Spaun 5 & 4 | Beat Fitzpatrick 2 & 1 | |
| Min Woo Lee (41) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Beat Theegala 1 up | Lost to Fitzpatrick 2 down | Lost to Spaun 2 & 1 | |
Group 12
| Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mackenzie Hughes (50) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Lost to Spieth 4 & 3 | Beat Lowry 4 & 3 | Beat Montgomery 6 & 4 |
| 2 | Taylor Montgomery (47) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Beat Lowry 2 & 1 | Beat Spieth 2 & 1 | Lost to Hughes 6 & 4 |
| T3 | Jordan Spieth (12) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Beat Hughes 4 & 3 | Lost to Montgomery 2 & 1 | Lost to Lowry 2 & 1 |
 Shane Lowry (21) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Montgomery 2 & 1 | Lost to Hughes 4 & 3 | Beat Spieth 2 & 1 | |
Hughes won the group after a sudden-death playoff; he made a birdie on the first extra hole to defeat Montgomery, who made a bogey.[9]
Group 13
| Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Burns (13) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Beat Hadwin 3 & 2 | Beat Scott 1 up | Beat Power 2 up |
| T2 | Séamus Power (30) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Scott 1 down | Beat Hadwin 1 up | Lost to Burns 2 down |
| Adam Scott (33) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Beat Power 1 up | Lost to Burns 1 down | Lost to Hadwin 3 & 2 | |
| Adam Hadwin (53) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Burns 3 & 2 | Lost to Power 1 down | Beat Scott 3 & 2 | |
Group 14
| Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucas Herbert (46) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Beat Henley 1 up | Beat Hatton 2 & 1 | Beat Griffin 3 & 1 |
| 2 | Russell Henley (31) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Lost to Herbert 1 down | Beat Griffin 5 & 4 | Beat Hatton 3 & 2 |
| 3 | Ben Griffin (62) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Beat Hatton 3 & 1 | Lost to Henley 5 & 4 | Lost to Herbert 3 & 1 |
| 4 | Tyrrell Hatton (14) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost to Griffin 3 & 1 | Lost to Herbert 2 & 1 | Lost to Henley 3 & 2 |
Group 15
| Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameron Young (15) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Beat Thompson 3 & 2 | Beat Conners 1 up | Beat Straka 5 & 3 |
| 2 | Corey Conners (36) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Beat Straka 6 & 5 | Lost to Young 1 down | Beat Thompson 2 & 1 |
| 3 | Davis Thompson (57) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Young 3 & 2 | Beat Straka 4 & 3 | Lost to Conners 2 & 1 |
| 4 |  Sepp Straka (27) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost to Conners 6 & 5 | Lost to Thompson 4 & 3 | Lost to Young 5 & 3 |
Group 16
| Rank | Player (seed) | W | L | T | Pts | Match results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J. T. Poston (43) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Beat Fleetwood 3 & 2 | Beat Im 1 up | Beat McNealy 3 & 1 |
| 2 | Im Sung-jae (16) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Beat McNealy 8 & 6 | Lost to Poston 1 down | Beat Fleetwood 4 & 3 |
| T3 | Tommy Fleetwood (24) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | Lost to Poston 3 & 2 | Tied McNealy | Lost to Im 4 & 3 |
| Maverick McNealy (58) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | Lost to Im 8 & 6 | Tied Fleetwood | Lost to Poston 3 & 1 | |
Final 16 bracket
| First round March 25 – morning | Quarter-finals March 25 – afternoon | Semi-finals March 26 – morning | Final March 26 – afternoon | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler
| 1 up | |||||||||||||||||
| 43 | J. T. Poston
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| 1 | Scottie Scheffler
| 2&1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 32 | Jason Day
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| 32 | Jason Day
| 1 up | |||||||||||||||||
| 59 | Matt Kuchar
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| 1 | Scottie Scheffler
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| 13 | Sam Burns
| 21h | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Max Homa
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| 50 | Mackenzie Hughes
| 3&2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 50 | Mackenzie Hughes
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| 13 | Sam Burns
| 3&2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Sam Burns
| 2&1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Patrick Cantlay
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| 13 | Sam Burns
| 6&5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Cameron Young
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| 22 | Billy Horschel
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| 15 | Cameron Young
| 5&4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Cameron Young
| 1 up | |||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Kurt Kitayama
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| 19 | Kurt Kitayama
| 6&5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 56 | Andrew Putnam
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| 15 | Cameron Young
| 19h | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Rory McIlroy
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| 6 | Xander Schauffele
| 3&2 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||
| 61 | J. J. Spaun
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| 6 | Xander Schauffele
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler
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| 3 | Rory McIlroy
| 1 up | 3 | Rory McIlroy
| 2&1 | ||||||||||||||
| 46 | Lucas Herbert
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| 3 | Rory McIlroy
| 2 up | |||||||||||||||||
Prize money breakdown
| Place | Description | US$ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Champion | 3,500,000 |
| 2 | Runner-up | 2,200,000 |
| 3 | Third place | 1,420,000 |
| 4 | Fourth place | 1,145,000 |
| T5 | Losing quarter-finalists x 4 | 645,000 |
| T9 | Losing round of 16 x 8 | 365,000 |
| T17 | Those with 2 points in pool play x 11 | 219,909 |
| T28 | Those with 1.5 points in pool play x 3 | 166,000 |
| T31 | Those with 1 point in pool play x 21 | 113,762 |
| T52 | Those with 0.5 points in pool play x 7 | 74,857 |
| T59 | Those with 0 points in pool play x 6 | 67,500 |
| Total | 20,000,000 |
Positions for players who did not qualify for the knockout stage were based on points scored in pool play.
Notes
References
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