2019 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play

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.

2019 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play

Advertisement for the final day's play featuring winner Kevin Kisner, runner up Matt Kuchar, and losing semi finalists Francesco Molinari and Lucas Bjerregaard.
Tournament information
Dates	March 27–31, 2019
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	$10,250,00 €9,125,710
Winner's share	$1,745,000 €$1,553,597
Champion
Kevin Kisner
def. Matt Kuchar 3 & 2
Location Map
Austin Location in the United States Austin Location in Texas

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).

Nationalities in the field

North America (30)	South America (1)	Europe (21)	Oceania (3)	Asia (6)	Africa (3)
Mexico (1)	Argentina (1)	England (10)	Australia (3)	China (1)	South Africa (3)
United States (29)		Northern Ireland (1)		Japan (2)
		Scotland (1)		South Korea (2)
		Ireland (1)		Thailand (1)
		Denmark (2)
		Italy (1)
		Spain (3)
		Sweden (2)

Past champions in the field

Player	Country	Year(s) won	Record	Advanced to	Finish
Matt Kuchar	United States	2013	5−1−1	Finals	2
Tiger Woods	United States	2003, 2004, 2008	3−2−0	Quarterfinals	T5
Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	2015	3−1−0	Round of 16	T9
Henrik Stenson	Sweden	2007	3−1−0	Round of 16	T9
Ian Poulter	England	2010	2−1−0	Group play	T17
Dustin Johnson	United States	2017	1−2−0	Group play	T40
Bubba Watson	United States	2018	1−2−0	Group play	T40
Jason Day	Australia	2014, 2016	0−3−0	Group play	T61

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 Seed Player OWGR 1 Dustin Johnson 1 2 Justin Rose 2 3 Brooks Koepka 3 4 Rory McIlroy 4 5 Justin Thomas 5 6 Bryson DeChambeau 6 7 Francesco Molinari 7 8 Jon Rahm 8 9 Xander Schauffele 9 10 Paul Casey 11 11 Tommy Fleetwood 12 12 Jason Day 13 13 Tiger Woods 14 14 Tony Finau 15 15 Bubba Watson 16 16 Patrick Reed 17

Pool B Seed Player OWGR 17 Marc Leishman 18 18 Patrick Cantlay 19 19 Louis Oosthuizen 20 20 Phil Mickelson 21 21 Webb Simpson 22 22 Gary Woodland 23 23 Matt Kuchar 24 24 Hideki Matsuyama 25 25 Cameron Smith 26 26 Sergio García 27 27 Alex Norén 28 28 Jordan Spieth 30 29 Rafa Cabrera-Bello 31 30 Ian Poulter 32 31 Keegan Bradley 33 32 Matthew Fitzpatrick 34

Pool C Seed Player OWGR 33 Matt Wallace 35 34 Eddie Pepperell 36 35 Tyrrell Hatton 37 36 Li Haotong 38 37 Henrik Stenson 39 38 Billy Horschel 40 39 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 41 40 Branden Grace 42 41 Kyle Stanley 43 42 Charles Howell III 44 43 J. B. Holmes 45 44 Brandt Snedeker 46 45 Thorbjørn Olesen 47 46 Shane Lowry 48 47 Justin Harding 49 48 Kevin Kisner 50

Pool D Seed Player OWGR 49 An Byeong-hun 51 50 Lucas Bjerregaard 52 51 Andrew Putnam 53 52 Jim Furyk 54 53 Emiliano Grillo 55 54 Kim Si-woo 56 55 Chez Reavie 57 56 Keith Mitchell 58 57 Kevin Na 60 58 Abraham Ancer 61 59 Russell Knox 62 60 Tom Lewis 63 61 Aaron Wise 64 62 Lee Westwood 65 63 Satoshi Kodaira 67 64 Luke List 69

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 Seed Player W L H Points Finish 40 Branden Grace 3 0 0 3 1 24 Hideki Matsuyama 1 1 1 1.5 2 1 Dustin Johnson 1 2 0 1 3 55 Chez Reavie 0 2 1 0.5 4

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 Seed Player W L H Points Finish 2 Justin Rose 2 0 1 2.5 1 22 Gary Woodland 2 1 0 2 2 53 Emiliano Grillo 1 2 0 1 3 34 Eddie Pepperell 0 2 1 0.5 4

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 Seed Player W L H Points Finish 36 Li Haotong 2 1 0 2 1 27 Alex Norén 2 1 0 2 2 60 Tom Lewis 1 1 1 1.5 3 3 Brooks Koepka 0 2 1 0.5 4 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 Seed Player W L H Points Finish 4 Rory McIlroy 3 0 0 3 1 47 Justin Harding 2 1 0 2 2 64 Luke List 1 2 0 1 3 32 Matthew Fitzpatrick 0 3 0 0 4

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 Seed Player W L H Points Finish 50 Lucas Bjerregaard 2 0 1 2.5 1 5 Justin Thomas 1 1 1 1.5 2 33 Matt Wallace 1 2 0 1 T3 31 Keegan Bradley 0 1 2 1 T3

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 Seed Player W L H Points Finish 17 Marc Leishman 3 0 0 3 1 6 Bryson DeChambeau 1 2 0 1 T2 39 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 1 2 0 1 T2 59 Russell Knox 1 2 0 1 T2

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 Seed Player W L H Points Finish 7 Francesco Molinari 3 0 0 3 1 63 Satoshi Kodaira 1 1 1 1.5 2 45 Thorbjørn Olesen 1 2 0 1 3 21 Webb Simpson 0 2 1 0.5 4

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 Seed Player W L H Points Finish 23 Matt Kuchar 2 0 1 2.5 1 43 J. B. Holmes 2 1 0 2 2 8 Jon Rahm 1 1 1 1.5 3 54 Kim Si-woo 0 3 0 0 4

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 Seed Player W L H Points Finish 35 Tyrrell Hatton 2 0 1 2.5 1 9 Xander Schauffele 1 1 1 1.5 T2 29 Rafa Cabrera-Bello 1 1 1 1.5 T2 62 Lee Westwood 0 2 1 0.5 4

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 Seed Player W L H Points Finish 10 Paul Casey 2 0 1 2.5 1 58 Abraham Ancer 2 1 0 2 2 42 Charles Howell III 1 1 1 1.5 3 25 Cameron Smith 0 3 0 0 4

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 Seed Player W L H Points Finish 19 Louis Oosthuizen 2 1 0 2 1 11 Tommy Fleetwood 1 1 1 1.5 T2 41 Kyle Stanley 1 1 1 1.5 T2 49 An Byeong-hun 1 2 0 1 4

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 Seed Player W L H Points Finish 37 Henrik Stenson 3 0 0 3 1 52 Jim Furyk 2 1 0 2 2 20 Phil Mickelson 1 2 0 1 3 12 Jason Day 0 3 0 0 4

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 Seed Player W L H Points Finish 13 Tiger Woods 2 1 0 2 1 18 Patrick Cantlay 1 1 1 1.5 T2 44 Brandt Snedeker 1 1 1 1.5 T2 61 Aaron Wise 1 2 0 1 4

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 Seed Player W L H Points Finish 48 Kevin Kisner 2 1 0 2 1 30 Ian Poulter 2 1 0 2 2 14 Tony Finau 1 2 0 1 T3 56 Keith Mitchell 1 2 0 1 T3 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 Seed Player W L H Points Finish 57 Kevin Na 2 1 0 2 1 28 Jordan Spieth 1 1 1 1.5 T2 38 Billy Horschel 1 1 1 1.5 T2 15 Bubba Watson 1 2 0 1 4

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 Seed Player W L H Points Finish 26 Sergio García 2 1 0 2 1 16 Patrick Reed 1 1 1 1.5 T2 46 Shane Lowry 1 1 1 1.5 T2 51 Andrew Putnam 1 2 0 1 4

Final 16 bracket

Players by pool: A=5, B=4, C=5, D=2

Round of 16 — 18 holes March 30 – morning

Quarterfinals — 18 holes March 30 – afternoon

Semifinals — 18 holes March 31 – morning

Final — 18 holes March 31 – afternoon

40

Branden Grace

26

Sergio García

1 up

26

Sergio García

23

Matt Kuchar

2 up

23

Matt Kuchar

4&3

35

Tyrrell Hatton

23

Matt Kuchar

1 up

50

Lucas Bjerregaard

4

Rory McIlroy

13

Tiger Woods

2&1

13

Tiger Woods

50

Lucas Bjerregaard

1 up

50

Lucas Bjerregaard

3&2

37

Henrik Stenson

23

Matt Kuchar

48

Kevin Kisner

3&2

2

Justin Rose

57

Kevin Na

2 up

57

Kevin Na

7

Francesco Molinari

6&5

7

Francesco Molinari

5&4

10

Paul Casey

7

Francesco Molinari

48

Kevin Kisner

1 up

36

Li Haotong

48

Kevin Kisner

6&5

Third place

48

Kevin Kisner

2&1

19

Louis Oosthuizen

17

Marc Leishman

50

Lucas Bjerregaard

19

Louis Oosthuizen

2&1

7

Francesco Molinari

4&2

Breakdown by country

Country	64	R16	QF	SF	F	Ch
United States	29	4	4	2	2	1
Denmark	2	1	1	1
Italy	1	1	1	1
South Africa	3	2	1
Spain	3	1	1
England	10	3
Australia	3	1
Sweden	2	1
China	1	1
Northern Ireland	1	1
Japan	2
South Korea	2
Argentina	1
Ireland	1
Mexico	1
Scotland	1
Thailand	1

Prize money and FedEx Cup/OWGR points breakdown

Place	Description	US ($)	Euro (€)	Points	OWGR
1	Champion	1,745,000	1,553,597	550	76
2	Runner-up	1,095,000	974,893	315	45.6
3	Third place	712,000	633,903	200	30.4
4	Fourth place	574,000	511,040	140	22.8
T5	Losing quarterfinalists x 4	315,000	280,449	101	14.82
T9	Losing round of 16 x 8	167,000	148,682	68.25	8.88
T17	Those with 2 points in pool play x 7	108,429	96,535	50.06	5.35
T24	Those with 1.5 points in pool play x 16	81,313	72,394	29.71	3.38
T40	Those with 1 point in pool play x 16	62,500	55,645	11.58	2.09
T56	Those with 0.5 points in pool play x 5	53,000	47,187	6.12	1.30
T61	Those with 0 points in pool play x 4	50,750	45,183	5.10	0
	Total	10,250,000		3,217

References

1. "Kisner wins Match Play year after losing in final". ESPN. Associated Press. March 31, 2019.
2. "WGC-Match Play: Card of the course". European Tour. March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
3. "Week 11 – 2019" (PDF). Official World Golf Ranking. March 17, 2019.
4. "Week 12 – 2019" (PDF). Official World Golf Ranking. March 24, 2019.
5. "Match Play : How it works". PGA Tour. February 5, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2019.

External links

• Official website
• Official 2019 Leaderboard
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site
• Austin Country Club