Golf tournament
2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Dates March 22–26, 2017 Location Austin, 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 Format Match play – 18 holesPar 71 Length 7,108 yards (6,500 m) Field 64 players Prize fund $ 9,750,000€ 9,042,850Winner's share $1,660,000 €1,539,603 Dustin Johnson def. Jon Rahm 1 up Show map of the United States
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]
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).
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]
Rank – Official World Golf Ranking on March 19, 2017.
Results [ edit ] Pool play [ edit ] 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Final 16 bracket [ edit ] Prize money breakdown [ edit ] 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
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