The 2021 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play was the 22nd WGC Match Play, and was played on March 24–28 at Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas. It was the second of the World Golf Championships in 2021.

Billy Horschel defeated Scottie Scheffler in the final, 2 and 1, for his first WGC win.

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Field The following players made up the field, which consisted of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Ranking on March 15. They are listed with their world ranking as of March 15 in parentheses; seedings were determined by their world ranking as of March 22.

Dustin Johnson (1) Justin Thomas (2) Jon Rahm (3) Collin Morikawa (4) Bryson DeChambeau (5) Xander Schauffele (6) Patrick Reed (7) Tyrrell Hatton (8) Patrick Cantlay (9) Webb Simpson (10) Rory McIlroy (11) Tony Finau (13) Viktor Hovland (14) Daniel Berger (15) Matt Fitzpatrick (16) Paul Casey (17) Im Sung-jae (18) Lee Westwood (19) Harris English (20) Matthew Wolff (21) Tommy Fleetwood (22) Louis Oosthuizen (23) Hideki Matsuyama (24) Ryan Palmer (26) Cameron Smith (27) Abraham Ancer (28) Joaquín Niemann (29) Kevin Na (30) Jason Kokrak (31) Scottie Scheffler (32) Victor Perez (33) Billy Horschel (34) Christiaan Bezuidenhout (35) Kevin Kisner (36) Max Homa (37) Marc Leishman (39) Shane Lowry (40) Corey Conners (41) Sergio García (42) Will Zalatoris (43) Robert MacIntyre (44) Bernd Wiesberger (45) Carlos Ortiz (46) Jason Day (47) Kim Si-woo (48) Lanto Griffin (49) Brendon Todd (50) Jordan Spieth (52) Mackenzie Hughes (53) Matt Kuchar (54) Matt Wallace (55) Bubba Watson (57) Brian Harman (58) Kevin Streelman (59) Russell Henley (60) Sebastián Muñoz (61) Andy Sullivan (62) Antoine Rozner (63) Talor Gooch (64) Ian Poulter (65) Erik van Rooyen (66) Adam Long (67) J. T. Poston (68) Dylan Frittelli (69)

Brooks Koepka (12), Justin Rose (38), Adam Scott (25), Gary Woodland (51) and Tiger Woods (56) did not play

Format The 64 players were placed into four seeded pools, the 16 highest ranked players as of March 22 in Pool A, the next 16 in Pool B, etc. The top seeds (Pool A) were placed into 16 groups in order, with the groups completed by means of a random draw of one player from each of the remaining pools.

Each group was decided by a round-robin match play matches played on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, with one point awarded for a win and half a point for a tie. The sixteen group winners advanced to the knockout stage. If two or more players were tied on points at the end of the group stage, there was a sudden death stroke play playoff between the tied players to determine the winner of the group.

The round of sixteen were played on Saturday morning, with the quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon. The semifinals were played on Sunday morning, and the final and third place playoff were played on Sunday afternoon. In total, the winner played seven rounds of golf.

Pools

SeedPlayerOWGR+Pool A1 Dustin Johnson 12 Justin Thomas 23 Jon Rahm 34 Collin Morikawa 45 Bryson DeChambeau 56 Xander Schauffele 67 Patrick Reed 78 Tyrrell Hatton 89 Webb Simpson 910 Patrick Cantlay 1011 Rory McIlroy 1112 Tony Finau 1313 Viktor Hovland 1414 Daniel Berger 1515 Matt Fitzpatrick 1616 Im Sung-jae 17

SeedPlayerOWGR+Pool B17 Paul Casey 1818 Lee Westwood 1919 Harris English 2020 Matthew Wolff 2121 Tommy Fleetwood 2222 Louis Oosthuizen 2323 Hideki Matsuyama 2424 Ryan Palmer 2625 Cameron Smith 2726 Joaquín Niemann 2827 Abraham Ancer 2928 Kevin Na 3029 Jason Kokrak 3130 Scottie Scheffler 3231 Victor Perez 3332 Billy Horschel 34

SeedPlayerOWGR+Pool C33 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 3534 Kevin Kisner 3635 Max Homa 3736 Marc Leishman 3937 Corey Conners 4038 Shane Lowry 4139 Sergio García 4240 Will Zalatoris 4341 Robert MacIntyre 4442 Carlos Ortiz 4543 Bernd Wiesberger 4644 Jason Day 4745 Kim Si-woo 4846 Lanto Griffin 5047 Brendon Todd 5148 Mackenzie Hughes 53

SeedPlayerOWGR+Pool D49 Jordan Spieth 5450 Russell Henley 5551 Matt Wallace 5652 Matt Kuchar 5753 Kevin Streelman 5854 Brian Harman 5955 Bubba Watson 6056 Sebastián Muñoz 6257 Andy Sullivan 6358 Antoine Rozner 6459 Talor Gooch 6560 Ian Poulter 6661 Adam Long 6762 Erik van Rooyen 6863 J. T. Poston 7064 Dylan Frittelli 71

Results

Group stage Group stage matches were played from March 24 to March 26. Only one player qualified from pool A, with 4 qualifying from pool B, 3 from pool C and 8 from pool D.

+ Group 1 Round Winner Score Loser1 Johnson 2 up Long MacIntyre 2 & 1 Na2 Johnson vs MacIntyre – tied Long 2 & 1 Na 3 Na 1 up Johnson MacIntyre vs Long – tied Seed Player W L T Points Finish 41 Robert MacIntyre 1 0 2 2 1 1 Dustin Johnson 1 1 1 1.5 T2 61 Adam Long 1 1 1 1.5 T2 28 Kevin Na 1 2 0 1 4+ Group 2 Round Winner Score Loser1 Kuchar 3 & 2 Thomas Kisner 2 & 1 Oosthuizen2 Kisner 2 & 1 Thomas Kuchar 1 up Oosthuizen3 Thomas 3 & 2 Oosthuizen Kuchar 2 & 1 Kisner Seed Player W L T Points Finish 52 Matt Kuchar 3 0 0 3 1 34 Kevin Kisner 2 1 0 2 2 2 Justin Thomas 1 2 0 1 3 22 Louis Oosthuizen 0 3 0 0 4

+ Group 3 Round Winner Score Loser1 Rahm 1 up Muñoz Palmer 4 & 2 Lowry2 Rahm 2 up Lowry Palmer 2 & 1 Muñoz3 Rahm vs Palmer – tied Lowry 3 & 2 Muñoz Seed Player W L T Points Finish 3 Jon Rahm 2 0 1 2.5 1 24 Ryan Palmer 2 0 1 2.5 2 38 Shane Lowry 1 2 0 1 3 56 Sebastián Muñoz 0 3 0 0 4 Rahm defeated Palmer on the second hole of asudden-death playoff with a birdie. + Group 4 Round Winner Score Loser1 Morikawa vs Poston – tied Horschel 1 up Homa2 Homa 2 & 1 Morikawa Poston 4 & 2 Horschel 3 Horschel 3 & 2 Morikawa Homa 3 & 2 Poston Seed Player W L T Points Finish 32 Billy Horschel 2 1 0 2 1 35 Max Homa 2 1 0 2 2 63 J. T. Poston 1 1 1 1.5 3 4 Collin Morikawa 0 2 1 0.5 4 Horschel defeated Homa on the third hole of asudden-death playoff with a birdie. + Group 5 Round Winner Score Loser1 Rozner 2 up DeChambeauFleetwood vs Kim – tied2 DeChambeau 2 & 1 Kim Fleetwood 4 & 3 Rozner3 Fleetwood 1 up DeChambeau Rozner 3 & 1 Kim Seed Player W L T Points Finish 21 Tommy Fleetwood 2 0 1 2.5 1 58 Antoine Rozner 2 1 0 2 2 5 Bryson DeChambeau 1 2 0 1 3 45 Kim Si-woo 0 2 1 0.5 4+ Group 6 Round Winner Score Loser1 Schauffele vs Sullivan – tied Scheffler 2 up Day2 Schauffele 2 & 1 DayScheffler vs Sullivan – tied3 Schauffele vs Scheffler – tied Day 2 & 1 Sullivan Seed Player W L T Points Finish 30 Scottie Scheffler 1 0 2 2 1 6 Xander Schauffele 1 0 2 2 2 44 Jason Day 1 2 0 1 T3 57 Andy Sullivan 0 1 2 1 T3 Scheffler defeated Schauffele on the second hole of asudden-death playoff with a birdie. + Group 7 Round Winner Score Loser1 Reed vs Watson – tiedNiemann vs Bezuidenhout – tied2 Reed 2 & 1 BezuidenhoutNiemann vs Watson – tied3 Niemann 5 & 4 Reed Watson 5 & 3 Bezuidenhout Seed Player W L T Points Finish 55 Bubba Watson 1 0 2 2 1 26 Joaquín Niemann 1 0 2 2 2 7 Patrick Reed 1 1 1 1.5 3 33 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 0 2 1 0.5 4 Watson defeated Niemann on the second hole of asudden-death playoff with a par. + Group 8 Round Winner Score Loser1 Hatton vs Wallace – tied García 4 & 3 Westwood 2 García 3 & 2 Hatton Westwood 5 & 3 Wallace3 Westwood 4 & 3 Hatton Wallace 5 & 3 García Seed Player W L T Points Finish 39 Sergio García 2 1 0 2 1 18 Lee Westwood 2 1 0 2 2 51 Matt Wallace 1 1 1 1.5 3 8 Tyrrell Hatton 0 2 1 0.5 4 García defeated Westwood on the fourth hole of asudden-death playoff with a hole-in-one. + Group 9 Round Winner Score Loser1 Simpson 6 & 5 Gooch Hughes 3 & 2 Casey 2 Hughes 4 & 3 Simpson Casey 3 & 2 Gooch3 Simpson vs Casey – tiedHughes vs Gooch – tied Seed Player W L T Points Finish 48 Mackenzie Hughes 2 0 1 2.5 1 9 Webb Simpson 1 1 1 1.5 T2 17 Paul Casey 1 1 1 1.5 T2 59 Talor Gooch 0 2 1 0.5 4+ Group 10 Round Winner Score Loser1 Cantlay 1 up Harman Ortiz 4 & 3 Matsuyama2 Cantlay 1 up Ortiz Harman 1 up Matsuyama3 Matsuyama 4 & 2 Cantlay Harman 3 & 2 Ortiz Seed Player W L T Points Finish 54 Brian Harman 2 1 0 2 1 10 Patrick Cantlay 2 1 0 2 2 23 Hideki Matsuyama 1 2 0 1 T3 42 Carlos Ortiz 1 2 0 1 T3 Harman defeated Cantlay on the second hole of asudden-death playoff with a par.

+ Group 11 Round Winner Score Loser1 Poulter 6 & 5 McIlroy Smith 1 up Griffin2 McIlroy 4 & 3 Griffin Poulter 1 up Smith3 McIlroy vs Smith – tied Poulter 2 & 1 Griffin Seed Player W L T Points Finish 60 Ian Poulter 3 0 0 3 1 25 Cameron Smith 1 1 1 1.5 T2 11 Rory McIlroy 1 1 1 1.5 T2 46 Lanto Griffin 0 3 0 0 4 + Group 12 Round Winner Score Loser1 Frittelli 6 & 5 Finau Kokrak 1 up Zalatoris2 Finau vs Zalatoris – tied Frittelli 3 & 2 Kokrak3 Finau 2 up Kokrak Zalatoris 2 up Frittelli Seed Player W L T Points Finish 64 Dylan Frittelli 2 1 0 2 1 12 Tony Finau 1 1 1 1.5 T2 40 Will Zalatoris 1 1 1 1.5 T2 29 Jason Kokrak 1 2 0 1 4

+ Group 13 Round Winner Score Loser1 Streelman 4 & 2 Hovland Ancer 3 & 2 Wiesberger2 Wiesberger 4 & 2 Hovland Ancer 2 & 1 Streelman3 Hovland 1 up Ancer Streelman 1 up Wiesberger Seed Player W L T Points Finish 53 Kevin Streelman 2 1 0 2 1 27 Abraham Ancer 2 1 0 2 2 13 Viktor Hovland 1 2 0 1 T3 43 Bernd Wiesberger 1 2 0 1 T3 Streelman defeated Ancer on the first hole of asudden-death playoff with a birdie. + Group 14 Round Winner Score Loser1 Berger 6 & 4 van Rooyen English 1 up Todd2 Todd 2 & 1 Berger van Rooyen 2 & 1 English 3 Berger 4 & 2 English van Rooyen 2 & 1 Todd Seed Player W L T Points Finish 62 Erik van Rooyen 2 1 0 2 1 14 Daniel Berger 2 1 0 2 2 19 Harris English 1 2 0 1 T3 47 Brendon Todd 1 2 0 1 T3 van Rooyen defeated Berger on the first hole of asudden-death playoff with a par. + Group 15 Round Winner Score Loser1 Spieth 3 & 1 Fitzpatrick Wolff 3 & 1 Conners2 Fitzpatrick 5 & 4 ConnersWolff vs Spieth – tied3 Fitzpatrick 3 & 2 Wolff Spieth 3 & 2 Conners Seed Player W L T Points Finish 49 Jordan Spieth 2 0 1 2.5 1 15 Matt Fitzpatrick 2 1 0 2 2 20 Matthew Wolff 1 1 1 1.5 3 37 Corey Conners 0 3 0 0 4 + Group 16 Round Winner Score Loser1 Im 1 up Henley Perez 2 & 1 Leishman2 Leishman 2 & 1 Im Henley 4 & 3 Perez3 Perez 2 & 1 ImLeishman vs Henley – tied Seed Player W L T Points Finish 31 Victor Perez 2 1 0 2 1 36 Marc Leishman 1 1 1 1.5 T2 50 Russell Henley 1 1 1 1.5 T2 16 Im Sung-jae 1 2 0 1 4

Final 16 bracket

Prize money breakdown Place Description US ($)1 Champion 1,820,0002 Runner-up 1,150,0003 Third place 740,0004 Fourth place 600,000T5 Losing quarter-finalists x 4 337,000T9 Losing round of 16 x 8 189,00017 Those with 2.5 points in pool play x 1 144,000T18 Those with 2 points in pool play x 10 113,700T28 Those with 1.5 points in pool play x 14 75,000T42 Those with 1 point in pool play x 14 47,571T56 Those with 0.5 points in pool play x 5 38,000T61 Those with 0 points in pool play x 4 35,750 Total 10,500,000 Source:

References

External links

Official 2021 Leaderboard Coverage on the European Tour's official site OWGR through 03/21/21 http://www.owgr.com/archive/PastRankings/2021/Rankings/owgr12f2021.pdf Media Guide