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°20′35″N 97°47′49″W / 30.343°N 97.797°W / 30.343; -97.797Coordinates: 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 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
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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 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   Matt 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   Matt 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

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

Third place

48

Kevin Kisner

6&5

48

Kevin Kisner

2&1

50

Lucas Bjerregaard

19

Louis Oosthuizen

7

Francesco Molinari

4&2

17

Marc Leishman

19

Louis Oosthuizen

2&1

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

• Source:^[6]

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.
6. "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