The 2018 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play was the 20th WGC Match Play, played March 21–25 at Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas. It was the second of four World Golf Championships in 2018.

Field The field consisted of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Ranking on March 11. However, the seedings were based on the World Rankings on March 18.

Justin Rose (ranked 5th on March 12, personal reasons), Rickie Fowler (7th, personal reasons), Brooks Koepka (8th, wrist injury), Henrik Stenson (15th, personal reasons), Adam Scott (56th, personal reasons), and Joost Luiten (67th, wrist injury) did not compete, allowing entry for Kevin Na (ranked 65th), Charles Howell III (66th), Keegan Bradley (68th), Luke List (69th), and Julian Suri (70th).

Format 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.

All group play matches are limited to 18 holes with one point awarded for a win and one-half point for a halved match. Only one player advances to the weekend from each of the 16 groupings. After all 3 rounds are played, if 2 or more players are tied for first place in their group, then they play a sudden-death stroke play playoff, beginning on hole 1 and moving beyond if necessary.

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.

+Pool A – Top 16 seedsSeedRankPlayer1 1 Dustin Johnson 2 2 Justin Thomas3 3 Jon Rahm 4 4 Jordan Spieth 5 6 Hideki Matsuyama6 7 Rory McIlroy 7 10 Sergio García 8 11 Jason Day 9 12 Tommy Fleetwood 10 13 Paul Casey 11 15 Marc Leishman 12 16 Tyrrell Hatton 13 17 Alex Norén 14 18 Phil Mickelson15 19 Pat Perez16 20 Matt Kuchar +Pool BSeedRankPlayer17 21 Rafa Cabrera-Bello 18 22 Brian Harman 19 23 Patrick Reed 20 24 Xander Schauffele 21 25 Francesco Molinari 22 26 Charley Hoffman 23 27 Branden Grace 24 28 Gary Woodland 25 29 Louis Oosthuizen 26 30 Daniel Berger 27 31 Ross Fisher 28 32 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 29 33 Tony Finau 30 34 Patrick Cantlay31 35 Matt Fitzpatrick32 36 Kevin Kisner

+Pool C SeedRankPlayer 33 37 Kevin Chappell 34 38 Li Haotong 35 39 Bubba Watson 36 40 Brendan Steele 37 41 Webb Simpson 38 42 Adam Hadwin 39 43 Thomas Pieters 40 44 Satoshi Kodaira41 45 Dylan Frittelli 42 45 Jason Dufner 43 47 Chez Reavie 44 48 Jhonattan Vegas 45 49 Kyle Stanley46 50 Cameron Smith47 51 Yuta Ikeda48 52 Patton Kizzire +Pool DSeedRankPlayer 49 53 Charl Schwartzel50 54 Kim Si-woo 51 55 Russell Henley 52 56 Bernd Wiesberger 53 57 Yūsaku Miyazato 54 58 Zach Johnson 55 60 Alexander Lévy 56 62 James Hahn57 63 Peter Uihlein 58 64 Ian Poulter 59 65 Charles Howell III 60 67 Luke List 61 68 Kevin Na62 69 Shubhankar Sharma63 70 Keegan Bradley64 72 Julian Suri

Rank – Official World Golf Ranking on March 19, 2018.

Results Pool play Players were divided into 16 groups of four players and played round-robin matches Wednesday to Friday. Round 1 – March 21 Round 2 – March 22 Round 3 – March 23

+ Group 1 Round Winner Score Loser 1 Wiesberger 3 & 1 D. Johnson Kisner vs Hadwin – halved2 Hadwin 4 & 3 D. Johnson Kisner 5 & 4 Wiesberger3 Kisner 4 & 3 D. JohnsonHadwin vs Wiesberger – halved Seed Player W L H Points Finish 32 Kevin Kisner 2 0 1 2.5 1 38 Adam Hadwin 1 0 2 2 2 52 Bernd Wiesberger 1 1 1 1.5 3 1 Dustin Johnson 0 3 0 0 4

+ Group 2 Round Winner Score Loser1 Thomas 2 up List Molinari 3 & 1 Kizzire2 Thomas 3 & 1 Kizzire Molinari 3 & 2 List 3 Thomas 7 & 5 Molinari Kizzire 4 & 2 List Seed Player W L H Points Finish 2 Justin Thomas 3 0 0 3 1 21 Francesco Molinari 2 1 0 2 2 48 Patton Kizzire 1 2 0 1 3 60 Luke List 0 3 0 0 4

+ Group 3 Round Winner Score Loser1 Rahm vs Bradley – halved Aphibarnrat 3 & 2 Reavie2 Reavie 1 up Rahm Aphibarnrat 1 up Bradley 3 Aphibarnrat 4 & 3 RahmReavie vs Bradley – halved Seed Player W L H Points Finish 28 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 3 0 0 3 1 43 Chez Reavie 1 1 1 1.5 2 63 Keegan Bradley 0 1 2 1 3 3 Jon Rahm 0 2 1 0.5 4 + Group 4 Round Winner Score Loser1 Spieth 2 & 1 Schwartzel Reed 3 & 2 Li 2 Spieth 4 & 2 Li Reed 2 up Schwartzel3 Reed 2 & 1 Spieth Schwartzel 3 & 2 Li Seed Player W L H Points Finish 19 Patrick Reed 3 0 0 3 1 4 Jordan Spieth 2 1 0 2 2 49 Charl Schwartzel 1 2 0 1 3 34 Li Haotong 0 3 0 0 4

+ Group 5 Round Winner Score Loser1 Matsuyama 2 & 1 Miyazato Smith 2 up Cantlay 2 Smith 1 up Matsuyama Cantlay 1 up Miyazato 3 Cantlay 4 & 3 MatsuyamaSmith vs Miyazato – halved Seed Player W L H Points Finish 46 Cameron Smith 2 0 1 2.5 1 30 Patrick Cantlay 2 1 0 2 2 5 Hideki Matsuyama 1 2 0 1 3 53 Yūsaku Miyazato 0 2 1 0.5 4 + Group 6 Round Winner Score Loser1 Uihlein 2 & 1 McIlroyHarman vs Vegas – halved2 McIlroy 2 & 1 Vegas Harman 3 & 2 Uihlein3 Harman 5 & 3 McIlroy Uihlein 4 & 3 Vegas Seed Player W L H Points Finish 18 Brian Harman 2 0 1 2.5 1 57 Peter Uihlein 2 1 0 2 2 6 Rory McIlroy 1 2 0 1 3 44 Jhonattan Vegas 0 2 1 0.5 4

+ Group 7 Round Winner Score Loser1 García 1 up Sharma Schauffele 1 up Frittelli2 García 2 up Frittelli Schauffele 2 & 1 Sharma 3 García 3 & 1 Schauffele Frittelli 1 up Sharma Seed Player W L H Points Finish 7 Sergio García 3 0 0 3 1 20 Xander Schauffele 2 1 0 2 2 41 Dylan Frittelli 1 2 0 1 3 62 Shubhankar Sharma 0 3 0 0 4 + Group 8 Round Winner Score Loser1 Day 4 & 2 Hahn Oosthuizen 1 up Dufner 2 Dufner 3 & 1 Day Hahn 3 & 1 Oosthuizen3 Oosthuizen 2 up Day Dufner 3 & 2 Hahn Seed Player W L H Points Finish 25 Louis Oosthuizen 2 1 0 2 1 42 Jason Dufner 2 1 0 2 2 8 Jason Day 1 2 0 1 T3 56 James Hahn 1 2 0 1 T3 Oosthuizen advanced in sudden-death playoff over Dufner – 1 hole

+ Group 9 Round Winner Score Loser1 Poulter 3 & 2 Fleetwood Chappell 3 & 2 Berger2 Fleetwood 7 & 6 Chappell Poulter 2 & 1 Berger3 Fleetwood 2 & 1 Berger Poulter con Chappell Seed Player W L H Points Finish 58 Ian Poulter 3 0 0 3 1 9 Tommy Fleetwood 2 1 0 2 2 33 Kevin Chappell 1 2 0 1 3 26 Daniel Berger 0 3 0 0 4 Chappell conceded his match with Poulter after 9 holes(Poulter 3 up) and withdrew from the tournament.+ Group 10 Round Winner Score Loser1 Casey 1 up Henley Stanley 1 up Fitzpatrick 2 Casey 3 & 2 Stanley Henley 2 & 1 Fitzpatrick 3 Fitzpatrick 3 & 2 Casey Stanley 1 up Henley Seed Player W L H Points Finish 45 Kyle Stanley 2 1 0 2 1 10 Paul Casey 2 1 0 2 2 51 Russell Henley 1 2 0 1 T3 31 Matt Fitzpatrick 1 2 0 1 T3 Stanley advanced in a sudden-death playoff vs Caseywinning with birdie on the 2nd hole.

+ Group 11 Round Winner Score Loser1 Suri 3 & 2 Leishman Watson 5 & 3 Grace2 Watson 3 & 2 Leishman Grace 2 & 1 Suri 3 Leishman vs Grace – halvedWatson vs Suri – halved Seed Player W L H Points Finish 35 Bubba Watson 2 0 1 2.5 1 23 Branden Grace 1 1 1 1.5 T2 64 Julian Suri 1 1 1 1.5 T2 11 Marc Leishman 0 2 1 0.5 4+ Group 12 Round Winner Score Loser1 Hatton 3 & 2 Lévy Steele 1 up Hoffman2 Hatton 3 & 2 Steele Lévy 1 up Hoffman3 Hoffman 3 & 2 Hatton Steele 3 & 1 Lévy Seed Player W L H Points Finish 12 Tyrrell Hatton 2 1 0 2 1 36 Brendan Steele 2 1 0 2 2 55 Alexander Lévy 1 2 0 1 T3 22 Charley Hoffman 1 2 0 1 T3 Hatton advanced in sudden-death playoff over Steele – 1 hole

+ Group 13 Round Winner Score Loser1 Norén 4 & 2 Na Finau 2 & 1 Pieters 2 Norén 5 & 4 Pieters Finau 3 & 2 Na 3 Norén 1 up FinauPieters vs Na – halved Seed Player W L H Points Finish 13 Alex Norén 3 0 0 3 1 29 Tony Finau 2 1 0 2 2 39 Thomas Pieters 0 2 1 0.5 T3 61 Kevin Na 0 2 1 0.5 T3 + Group 14 Round Winner Score Loser1 Howell III 3 & 2 Mickelson Cabrera-Bello 2 & 1 Kodaira 2 Mickelson 1 up Kodaira Howell III 3 & 1 Cabrera-Bello3 Mickelson 1 up Cabrera-Bello Howell III 2 & 1 Kodaira Seed Player W L H Points Finish 59 Charles Howell III 3 0 0 3 1 14 Phil Mickelson 2 1 0 2 2 17 Rafa Cabrera-Bello 1 2 0 1 3 40 Satoshi Kodaira 0 3 0 0 4

+ Group 15 Round Winner Score Loser1 Perez vs Kim – halvedWoodland vs Simpson – halved2 Simpson 2 & 1 Perez Kim 5 & 3 Woodland 3 Woodland 1 up Perez Kim 2 up Simpson Seed Player W L H Points Finish 50 Kim Si-woo 2 0 1 2.5 1 24 Gary Woodland 1 1 1 1.5 T2 37 Webb Simpson 1 1 1 1.5 T2 15 Pat Perez 0 2 1 0.5 4+ Group 16 Round Winner Score Loser1 Kuchar vs Z. Johnson – halved Ikeda 2 & 1 Fisher2 Kuchar 1 up Ikeda Fisher 2 up Z. Johnson 3 Kuchar 6 & 4 FisherIkeda vs Z. Johnson – halved Seed Player W L H Points Finish 16 Matt Kuchar 2 0 1 2.5 1 47 Yuta Ikeda 1 1 1 1.5 2 27 Ross Fisher 1 2 0 1 T3 54 Zach Johnson 0 1 2 1 T3

Final 16 bracket

Prize money breakdown Place Description US ($)1 Champion 1,700,0002 Runner-up 1,072,0003 Third place 695,0004 Fourth place 559,000T5 Losing quarter-finalists x 4 306,000T9 Losing round of 16 x 8 163,000T17 Those with 2 points in pool play x 12 97,917T29 Those with 1.5 points in pool play x 7 77,429T36 Those with 1 point in pool play x 16 65,500T52 Those with 0.5 points in pool play x 7 54,214T59 Those with 0 points in pool play x 6 50,250 Total 10,000,000 Source:

References

External links

Coverage on the European Tour's official site Austin Country Club