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The 2019 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play was the 21st WGC Match Play, played March 27–31 at Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas. It was the second of four World Golf Championships in 2019.
Kevin Kisner, runner-up in 2018, defeated 2013 champion Matt Kuchar in the final, 3 & 2.[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 |
Source:[2]
Field
The field consisted of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Ranking on March 17.[3] However, the seedings were based on the World Rankings on March 24.[4]
Rickie Fowler (ranked 8th on March 17, personal reasons) and Adam Scott (29th, personal reasons) did not compete, allowing entry for Satoshi Kodaira (65th) and Luke List (66th).
Format
The first phase of the tournament involves players being split into 16 groups of four players. Each group is decided by a round-robin format played over Wednesday to Friday, with the sixteen group winners advancing to the knock out phase. The group winner is decided by awarding 1 point for a win, and ½ point for a halved match. If two or more players are tied on points at the conclusion of the group phase, sudden death stroke play playoff is played between tied players.
The group winners play the round of sixteen on Saturday morning, and the quarterfinal on Saturday afternoon. The semifinals are played on Sunday morning, and the final and third place playoff are played on Sunday afternoon. In total, the winner will play seven rounds of golf.[5]
Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
Results
Pool play
Players were divided into 16 groups of four players and play round-robin matches Wednesday to Friday.
- Round 1 – March 27
- Round 2 – March 28
- Round 3 – March 29
Group 1 Round | Winner | Score | Loser | 1 | Johnson | 4 & 3 | Reavie | Grace | 4 & 3 | Matsuyama | 2 | Grace | 1 up | Johnson | Matsuyama vs Reavie – halved | 3 | Matsuyama | 4 & 2 | Johnson | Grace | 2 & 1 | Reavie | | Group 2 Round | Winner | Score | Loser | 1 | Rose | 2 & 1 | Grillo | Woodland | 2 & 1 | Pepperell | 2 | Rose vs Pepperell – halved | Woodland | 1 up | Grillo | 3 | Rose | 1 up | Woodland | Grillo | 4 & 3 | Pepperell | |
Group 3 Round | Winner | Score | Loser | 1 | Koepka vs Lewis – halved | Li | 5 & 4 | Norén | 2 | Li | 1 up | Koepka | Norén | 4 & 2 | Lewis | 3 | Norén | 3 & 2 | Koepka | Lewis | 1 up | Li | - Li defeated Norén on the first hole of a
sudden-death playoff with a birdie. | Group 4 Round | Winner | Score | Loser | 1 | McIlroy | 5 & 4 | List | Harding | 1 up | Fitzpatrick | 2 | McIlroy | 3 & 2 | Harding | List | 2 & 1 | Fitzpatrick | 3 | McIlroy | 4 & 2 | Fitzpatrick | Harding | 2 up | List | |
Group 5 Round | Winner | Score | Loser | 1 | Bjerregaard | 3 & 2 | Thomas | Wallace | 1 up | Bradley | 2 | Thomas | 3 & 1 | Wallace | Bradley vs Bjerregaard – halved | 3 | Thomas vs Bradley – halved | Bjerregaard | 1 up | Wallace | | Group 6 Round | Winner | Score | Loser | 1 | DeChambeau | 3 & 1 | Knox | Leishman | 2 up | Aphibarnrat | 2 | Aphibarnrat | 2 & 1 | DeChambeau | Leishman | 2 up | Knox | 3 | Leishman | 5 & 4 | DeChambeau | Knox | 2 up | Aphibarnrat | |
Group 7 Round | Winner | Score | Loser | 1 | Molinari | 5 & 4 | Kodaira | Olesen | 2 & 1 | Simpson | 2 | Molinari | 4 & 3 | Olesen | Simpson vs Kodaira – halved | 3 | Molinari | 2 & 1 | Simpson | Kodaira | 2 & 1 | Olesen | | Group 8 Round | Winner | Score | Loser | 1 | Rahm | 7 & 5 | Kim | Kuchar | 3 & 1 | Holmes | 2 | Holmes | 2 & 1 | Rahm | Kuchar | 6 & 4 | Kim | 3 | Rahm vs Kuchar – halved | Holmes | 6 & 4 | Kim | |
Group 9 Round | Winner | Score | Loser | 1 | Schauffele | 1 up | Westwood | Hatton | 4 & 3 | Cabrera-Bello | 2 | Schauffele vs Hatton – halved | Cabrera-Bello vs Westwood – halved | 3 | Cabrera-Bello | 1 up | Schauffele | Hatton | 3 & 1 | Westwood | | Group 10 Round | Winner | Score | Loser | 1 | Casey | 5 & 3 | Ancer | Howell III | 2 & 1 | Smith | 2 | Casey vs Howell III – halved | Ancer | 3 & 2 | Smith | 3 | Casey | 4 & 3 | Smith | Ancer | 5 & 3 | Howell III | |
Group 11 Round | Winner | Score | Loser | 1 | Fleetwood | 3 & 2 | An | Stanley | 3 & 2 | Oosthuizen | 2 | Fleetwood vs Stanley – halved | Oosthuizen | 1 up | An | 3 | Oosthuizen | 4 & 3 | Fleetwood | An | 6 & 5 | Stanley | | Group 12 Round | Winner | Score | Loser | 1 | Furyk | 2 up | Day | Stenson | 2 & 1 | Mickelson | 2 | Stenson | 4 & 3 | Day | Furyk | 1 up | Mickelson | 3 | Mickelson | 2 up | Day | Stenson | 5 & 4 | Furyk | |
Group 13 Round | Winner | Score | Loser | 1 | Woods | 3 & 1 | Wise | Cantlay vs Snedeker – halved | 2 | Snedeker | 2 & 1 | Woods | Cantlay | 4 & 2 | Wise | 3 | Woods | 4 & 2 | Cantlay | Wise | 6 & 4 | Snedeker | | Group 14 Round | Winner | Score | Loser | 1 | Finau | 2 & 1 | Mitchell | Poulter | 2 up | Kisner | 2 | Kisner | 2 up | Finau | Mitchell | 1 up | Poulter | 3 | Poulter | 1 up | Finau | Kisner | 2 & 1 | Mitchell | - Kisner defeated Poulter on the third hole of a
sudden-death playoff with a birdie. |
Group 15 Round | Winner | Score | Loser | 1 | Na | 1 up | Watson | Spieth vs Horschel – halved | 2 | Horschel | 2 & 1 | Watson | Spieth | 3 & 2 | Na | 3 | Watson | 1 up | Spieth | Na | 3 & 1 | Horschel | | Group 16 Round | Winner | Score | Loser | 1 | Putnam | 3 & 2 | Reed | García | 4 & 2 | Lowry | 2 | Reed vs Lowry – halved | García | 5 & 4 | Putnam | 3 | Reed | 2 & 1 | García | Lowry | 3 & 2 | Putnam | |
Final 16 bracket
Prize money breakdown
Place | Description | US ($) |
1 | Champion | 1,745,000 |
2 | Runner-up | 1,095,000 |
3 | Third place | 712,000 |
4 | Fourth place | 574,000 |
T5 | Losing quarter-finalists x 4 | 315,000 |
T9 | Losing round of 16 x 8 | 167,000 |
T17 | Those with 2 points in pool play x 7 | 108,429 |
T24 | Those with 1.5 points in pool play x 16 | 81,313 |
T40 | Those with 1 point in pool play x 16 | 62,500 |
T56 | Those with 0.5 points in pool play x 5 | 53,000 |
T61 | Those with 0 points in pool play x 4 | 50,750 |
| Total | 10,250,000 |
References
- ^ "Kisner wins Match Play year after losing in final". ESPN. Associated Press. March 31, 2019.
- ^ "WGC-Match Play: Card of the course". European Tour. March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ "Week 11 – 2019" (PDF). Official World Golf Ranking. March 17, 2019.
- ^ "Week 12 – 2019" (PDF). Official World Golf Ranking. March 24, 2019.
- ^ "Match Play : How it works". PGA Tour. February 5, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- ^ "Past Results – World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play". Retrieved March 30, 2021.
External links
- Official website
- Official 2019 Leaderboard
- Coverage on the European Tour's official site
- Austin Country Club