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2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play

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2017 WGC-Dell Technologies
Match Play
Tournament information
DatesMarch 22–26, 2017
LocationAustin, Texas, U.S.
30°20′35″N 97°47′49″W / 30.343°N 97.797°W / 30.343; -97.797
Course(s)Austin Country Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
FormatMatch play – 18 holes
Statistics
Par71
Length7,108 yards (6,500 m)
Field64 players
Prize fund$9,750,000
9,042,850
Winner's share$1,660,000
€1,539,603
Champion
United States Dustin Johnson
def. Jon Rahm 1 up
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The 2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play was the 19th WGC Match Play, played March 22–26 at Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas. It was the second of four World Golf Championships in 2017. Dustin Johnson won the final 1 up over Jon Rahm.[1][2][3]

Field

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The field consists of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Ranking on March 12.[4] However, the seedings are based on the World Rankings on March 19.

Henrik Stenson (ranked 5 on March 12, personal reasons),[5] Adam Scott (8, personal reasons),[5] Justin Rose (13, personal reasons),[5] and Adam Hadwin (51, personal reasons)[5] did not compete, allowing entry for Jason Dufner (ranked 65), Kim Kyung-tae (66), Joost Luiten (67) and Pat Perez (68). On March 17, world number nine Rickie Fowler dropped out, replaced by Kim Si-woo (69).

Format

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In 2014 and earlier editions, the championship was a single elimination match play event. A new format was introduced in 2015, and the championship now starts with pool play, with 16 groups of four players playing round-robin matches, on Wednesday through Friday. The top 16 seeded players are allocated to the 16 groups, one in each group. The remaining 48 players are placed into three pools (seeds 17–32, seeds 33–48, seeds 49–64). Each group has one player randomly selected from each pool to complete the group.[6]

All group play matches are limited to 18 holes with one point awarded for a win and one-half point for a halved match. Ties for first place in a group are broken by a sudden-death stroke play playoff, beginning on hole 1.[6]

The winners of each group advance to a single-elimination bracket on the weekend, with the round of 16 and quarterfinals on Saturday, and the semi-finals, finals, and consolation match on Sunday.[6]

Pool A – Top 16 seeds
Seed Rank Player
1 1 United States Dustin Johnson
2 2 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
3 3 Australia Jason Day
4 4 Japan Hideki Matsuyama
5 6 United States Jordan Spieth
6 7 United States Justin Thomas
7 10 Spain Sergio García
8 11 Sweden Alex Norén
9 12 United States Patrick Reed
10 14 England Tyrrell Hatton
11 15 England Danny Willett
12 16 England Paul Casey
13 17 United States Bubba Watson
14 18 United States Phil Mickelson
15 19 South Africa Branden Grace
16 20 United States Matt Kuchar
Pool B
Seed Rank Player
17 21 Scotland Russell Knox
18 22 United States Jimmy Walker
19 23 United States Brandt Snedeker
20 24 United States Brooks Koepka
21 25 Spain Jon Rahm
22 26 Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello
23 27 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen
24 28 South Africa Charl Schwartzel
25 29 Italy Francesco Molinari
26 30 Argentina Emiliano Grillo
27 31 England Matt Fitzpatrick
28 32 Australia Marc Leishman
29 33 England Tommy Fleetwood
30 34 Belgium Thomas Pieters
31 35 United States J. B. Holmes
32 36 United States Ryan Moore
Pool C
Seed Rank Player
33 37 United States Gary Woodland
34 38 United States Kevin Kisner
35 39 United States Daniel Berger
36 40 Austria Bernd Wiesberger
37 41 Japan Yuta Ikeda
38 42 United States Kevin Chappell
39 43 United States Scott Piercy
40 45 South Korea Wang Jeung-hun
41 46 Germany Martin Kaymer
42 47 United States Bill Haas
43 49 England Lee Westwood
44 50 United States Zach Johnson
45 51 South Korea An Byeong-hun
46 52 United States Kevin Na
47 53 England Ross Fisher
48 54 United States William McGirt
Pool D
Seed Rank Player
49 55 England Chris Wood
50 56 United States Brendan Steele
51 57 United States Jim Furyk
52 58 England Andy Sullivan
53 59 Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry
54 60 Japan Hideto Tanihara
55 61 Venezuela Jhonattan Vegas
56 62 United States Pat Perez
57 63 Thailand Thongchai Jaidee
58 64 United States Webb Simpson
59 65 United States Jason Dufner
60 66 Netherlands Joost Luiten
61 67 United States Charles Howell III
62 68 Denmark Søren Kjeldsen
63 69 South Korea Kim Si-woo
64 70 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae

RankOfficial World Golf Ranking on March 19, 2017.

Results

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Pool play

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Players were divided into 16 groups of four players and played round-robin matches Wednesday to Friday.

  • Round 1 – March 22
  • Round 2 – March 23
  • Round 3 – March 24

Notes: Round 1

Of the 32 matches played, 10 were "upsets" with the lower seeded player beating the higher seeded player and 5 matches were halved. These included top seeds #2 Rory McIlroy, #5 Jordan Spieth, and #11 Danny Willett losing matches, #3 Jason Day conceding his match and withdrawing from the tournament and #4 Hideki Matsuyama, #7 Sergio García, #9 Patrick Reed, and #16 Matt Kuchar halving matches.[7]

Notes: Round 2

Of the 32 matches played, 15 were upsets with the lower seeded player beating the higher seeded player and 2 matches were halved. These included top seeds #4 Hideki Matsuyama, #6 Justin Thomas, #9 Patrick Reed, #15 Branden Grace and #16 Matt Kuchar losing matches and #3 Jason Day conceding his match. Gary Woodland withdrew from the tournament for personal reasons, conceding his second- and third-round matches and Francesco Molinari withdrew after the second round with a wrist injury, conceding his third-round match. There were 14 players that had perfect 2–0–0 records, including the top seed, Dustin Johnson.[8]

Notes: Round 3

Of the 32 matches played, 14 were upsets with the lower seeded player beating the higher seeded player and 3 matches were halved. These included top seeds #3 Jason Day (concession), #4 Hideki Matsuyama, #6 Justin Thomas, #7 Sergio García, #9 Patrick Reed, #10 Tyrrell Hatton, and #15 Danny Willett losing matches and #2 Rory McIlroy, #5 Jordan Spieth, and #13 Bubba Watson halving matches. Five groups went to sudden-death playoffs, three involving two players and two involving three players. The playoffs went from one to six holes. Eight golfers advanced with perfect 3–0–0 records: #1 Dustin Johnson, #8 Alex Norén, #12 Paul Casey, #14 Phil Mickelson, #20 Brooks Koepka, #21 Jon Rahm, #48 William McGirt, and #62 Søren Kjeldsen. Five of the top 16 seeds advanced while three of the bottom 16 seeds advanced. Nine Americans advance to the round of 16.[9]

Group 1
Round Winner Score Loser
1 D Johnson 5 & 3 Simpson
Kaymer 3 & 2 Walker
2 D Johnson 3 & 2 Kaymer
Walker 3 & 2 Simpson
3 D Johnson 5 & 3 Walker
Kaymer 3 & 2 Simpson
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
1 United States Dustin Johnson 3 0 0 3 1
46 Germany Martin Kaymer 2 1 0 2 2
22 United States Jimmy Walker 1 2 0 1 3
58 United States Webb Simpson 0 3 0 0 4
Group 2
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Kjeldsen 2 & 1 McIlroy
Woodland 3 & 2 Grillo
2 McIlroy Conceded Woodland
Kjeldsen 4 & 3 Grillo
3 McIlroy vs Grillo – halved
Kjeldsen Conceded Woodland
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
62 Denmark Søren Kjeldsen 3 0 0 3 1
2 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 1 1 1 1.5 2
33 United States Gary Woodland 1 2 0 1 3
26 Argentina Emiliano Grillo 0 2 1 0.5 4
  • Woodland withdrew from the tournament prior to the second round,
    conceding matches to McIlroy and Kjeldsen.[10]
Group 3
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Perez Conceded Day
Leishman 3 & 2 Westwood
2 Westwood Conceded Day
Perez 2 & 1 Leishman
3 Leishman Conceded Day
Westwood 2 & 1 Perez
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
28 Australia Marc Leishman 2 1 0 2 1
43 England Lee Westwood 2 1 0 2 T2
56 United States Pat Perez 2 1 0 2 T2
3 Australia Jason Day 0 3 0 0 4
  • Day conceded his match with Perez after 6 holes
    (Perez 3 up) and withdrew from the tournament.[11]
  • Leishman advanced in sudden-death playoff
    over Perez and Westwood – 2 holes.
Group 4
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Matsuyama vs Furyk – halved
Oosthuizen 4 & 3 Fisher
2 Fisher 2 & 1 Matsuyama
Furyk 3 & 2 Oosthuizen
3 Oosthuizen 6 & 4 Matsuyama
Fisher 4 & 2 Furyk
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
47 England Ross Fisher 2 1 0 2 1
23 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen 2 1 0 2 2
51 United States Jim Furyk 1 1 1 1.5 3
4 Japan Hideki Matsuyama 0 2 1 0.5 4
  • Fisher advanced in sudden-death playoff over Oosthuizen – 2 holes
Group 5
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Tanihara 4 & 2 Spieth
Moore vs Ikeda – halved
2 Spieth 4 & 2 Ikeda
Moore vs Tanihara – halved
3 Spieth vs Moore – halved
Tanihara 3 & 1 Ikeda
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
54 Japan Hideto Tanihara 2 0 1 2.5 1
5 United States Jordan Spieth 1 1 1 1.5 T2
32 United States Ryan Moore 0 0 3 1.5 T2
41 Japan Yuta Ikeda 0 2 1 0.5 4
Group 6
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Thomas 2 & 1 Wood
Na 5 & 4 Fitzpatrick
2 Na 4 & 2 Thomas
Fitzpatrick 4 & 2 Wood
3 Fitzpatrick 2 & 1 Thomas
Wood 2 & 1 Na
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
46 United States Kevin Na 2 1 0 2 1
27 England Matt Fitzpatrick 2 1 0 2 2
6 United States Justin Thomas 1 2 0 1 T3
49 England Chris Wood 1 2 0 1 T3
  • Na advanced in sudden-death playoff over Fitzpatrick – 1 hole.
Group 7
Round Winner Score Loser
1 García vs Lowry – halved
Rahm 3 & 2 Chappell
2 García 4 & 3 Chappell
Rahm 2 & 1 Lowry
3 Rahm 6 & 4 García
Chappell 1 up Lowry
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
21 Spain Jon Rahm 3 0 0 3 1
7 Spain Sergio García 1 1 1 1.5 2
38 United States Kevin Chappell 1 2 0 1 3
53 Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry 0 2 1 0.5 4
Group 8
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Norén 3 & 2 Jaidee
Wiesberger 2 up Molinari
2 Norén 3 & 2 Wiesberger
Jaidee 5 & 3 Molinari
3 Norén Conceded Molinari
Wiesberger 1 up Jaidee
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
8 Sweden Alex Norén 3 0 0 3 1
36 Austria Bernd Wiesberger 2 1 0 2 2
57 Thailand Thongchai Jaidee 1 2 0 1 3
25 Italy Francesco Molinari 0 3 0 0 4
  • Molinari withdrew from the tournament after the second round
    with a wrist injury, conceding his third-round match to Norén.[8]
Group 9
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Reed vs Dufner – halved
Koepka 6 & 5 Kisner
2 Kisner 1 up Reed
Koepka 6 & 5 Dufner
3 Koepka 1 up Reed
Kisner 2 & 1 Dufner
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
20 United States Brooks Koepka 3 0 0 3 1
34 United States Kevin Kisner 2 1 0 2 2
9 United States Patrick Reed 0 2 1 0.5 T3
59 United States Jason Dufner 0 2 1 0.5 T3
Group 10
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Hatton 2 & 1 Howell
Cabrera-Bello 4 & 3 Wang
2 Hatton 2 up Wang
Howell 1 up Cabrera-Bello
3 Cabrera-Bello 2 & 1 Hatton
Howell 2 & 1 Wang
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
61 United States Charles Howell III 2 1 0 2 1
10 England Tyrrell Hatton 2 1 0 2 T2
22 Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello 2 1 0 2 T2
40 South Korea Wang Jeung-hun 0 3 0 0 4
  • Howell advanced in sudden-death playoff
    over Hatton and Cabrera-Bello– 6 holes.
Group 11
Round Winner Score Loser
1 KT Kim 4 & 2 Willett
Knox 3 & 2 Haas
2 Haas 6 & 5 Willett
KT Kim 3 & 1 Knox
3 Willett 4 & 2 Knox
Haas 4 & 2 KT Kim
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
42 United States Bill Haas 2 1 0 2 1
64 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae 2 1 0 2 2
11 England Danny Willett 1 2 0 1 T3
17 Scotland Russell Knox 1 2 0 1 T3
  • Haas advanced in sudden-death playoff over Kim – 6 holes.
Group 12
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Casey 2 & 1 Luiten
Schwartzel 6 & 5 An
2 Casey 1 up An
Schwartzel 4 & 3 Luiten
3 Casey 4 & 3 Schwartzel
Luiten 1 up An
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
12 England Paul Casey 3 0 0 3 1
24 South Africa Charl Schwartzel 2 1 0 2 2
60 Netherlands Joost Luiten 1 2 0 1 3
45 South Korea An Byeong-hun 0 3 0 0 4
Group 13
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Watson 1 up Vegas
Pieters 3 & 2 Piercy
2 Watson 4 & 3 Piercy
Vegas 3 & 1 Pieters
3 Watson vs Pieters – halved
Vegas 3 & 1 Piercy
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
13 United States Bubba Watson 2 0 1 2.5 1
55 Venezuela Jhonattan Vegas 2 1 0 2 2
30 Belgium Thomas Pieters 1 1 1 1.5 3
39 United States Scott Piercy 0 3 0 0 4
Group 14
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Mickelson 5 & 3 SW Kim
Berger 7 & 5 Holmes
2 Mickelson 5 & 4 Berger
Holmes vs SW Kim – halved
3 Mickelson 6 & 5 Holmes
SW Kim 1 up Berger
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
14 United States Phil Mickelson 3 0 0 3 1
63 South Korea Kim Si-woo 1 1 1 1.5 2
35 United States Daniel Berger 1 2 0 1 3
31 United States J. B. Holmes 0 2 1 0.5 4
Group 15
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Grace 4 & 2 Sullivan
McGirt 2 up Snedeker
2 McGirt 2 & 1 Grace
Snedeker 2 & 1 Sullivan
3 Snedeker 5 & 4 Grace
McGirt 1 up Sullivan
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
48 United States William McGirt 3 0 0 3 1
19 United States Brandt Snedeker 2 1 0 2 2
15 South Africa Branden Grace 1 2 0 1 3
52 England Andy Sullivan 0 3 0 0 4
Group 16
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Kuchar vs Steele – halved
Fleetwood 1 up Z Johnson
2 Z Johnson 2 up Kuchar
Steele 1 up Fleetwood
3 Kuchar 4 & 2 Fleetwood
Z Johnson 1 up Steele
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
44 United States Zach Johnson 2 1 0 2 1
16 United States Matt Kuchar 1 1 1 1.5 T2
50 United States Brendan Steele 1 1 1 1.5 T2
29 England Tommy Fleetwood 1 2 0 1 4

Final 16 bracket

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First round
March 25 – morning
Quarter-finals
March 25 – afternoon
Semi-finals
March 26 – morning
Final
March 26 – afternoon
            
1 United States Dustin Johnson 5&4
44 United States Zach Johnson
1 United States Dustin Johnson 3&2
8 Sweden Alex Norén
8 Sweden Alex Norén 3&1
20 United States Brooks Koepka
1 United States Dustin Johnson 1up
54 Japan Hideto Tanihara
47 England Ross Fisher 4&3
13 United States Bubba Watson
47 England Ross Fisher
54 Japan Hideto Tanihara 4&2
54 Japan Hideto Tanihara 2&1
12 England Paul Casey
1 United States Dustin Johnson 1up
21 Spain Jon Rahm
62 Denmark Søren Kjeldsen 5&4
48 United States William McGirt
62 Denmark Søren Kjeldsen
21 Spain Jon Rahm 7&5
21 Spain Jon Rahm 6&4
61 United States Charles Howell III
21 Spain Jon Rahm 3&2
42 United States Bill Haas
28 Australia Marc Leishman Third place
14 United States Phil Mickelson 4&3
14 United States Phil Mickelson 54 Japan Hideto Tanihara
42 United States Bill Haas 2&1 42 United States Bill Haas 2&1
46 United States Kevin Na
42 United States Bill Haas 1up

Prize money breakdown

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Place Description US ($)
1 Champion 1,660,000
2 Runner-up 1,045,000
3 Third place 678,000
4 Fourth place 545,000
T5 Losing quarter-finalists x 4 298,000
T9 Losing round of 16 x 8 158,000
T17 Those with 2 points in pool play x 13 93,308
T30 Those with 1.5 points in pool play x 9 74,000
T39 Those with 1 point in pool play x 12 63,500
T51 Those with 0.5 points in pool play x 7 54,071
T58 Those with 0 points in pool play x 7 49,500
Total 9,750,000

References

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  8. ^ a b "Soren Kjeldsen, Alex Noren win groups in wild day at Match Play". ESPN. Associated Press. March 24, 2017.
  9. ^ "Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson reach knockout stage of Match Play". ESPN. March 24, 2017.
  10. ^ "Gary Woodland withdraws from Match Play for personal reasons". ESPN. March 23, 2017.
  11. ^ Sobel, Jason (March 22, 2017). "Jason Day withdraws from Match Play to be with ailing mother". ESPN.
  12. ^ "Past Results – World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play". Retrieved March 30, 2021.
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