# 2021 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play

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.

## 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 |

## 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

Pool A :
| Seed | Player | OWGR |
Pool B :
| Seed | Player | OWGR |
Pool C :
| Seed | Player | OWGR |
Pool D :
| Seed | Player | OWGR |

## 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 | Loser |
| 1 | Johnson | 2 up | Long |
| 1 | MacIntyre | 2 & 1 | Na |
| 2 | Johnson vs MacIntyre – tied | Johnson vs MacIntyre – tied | Johnson vs MacIntyre – tied |
| 2 | 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 | Loser |
| 1 | Kuchar | 3 & 2 | Thomas |
| 1 | Kisner | 2 & 1 | Oosthuizen |
| 2 | Kisner | 2 & 1 | Thomas |
| 2 | Kuchar | 1 up | Oosthuizen |
| 3 | Thomas | 3 & 2 | Oosthuizen |
| 3 | 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 | Loser |
| 1 | Rahm | 1 up | Muñoz |
| 1 | Palmer | 4 & 2 | Lowry |
| 2 | Rahm | 2 up | Lowry |
| 2 | Palmer | 2 & 1 | Muñoz |
| 3 | Rahm vs Palmer – tied | Rahm vs Palmer – tied | Rahm vs Palmer – tied |
| 3 | 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 |
Group 4 :
| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
| 1 | Morikawa vs Poston – tied | Morikawa vs Poston – tied | Morikawa vs Poston – tied |
| 1 | Horschel | 1 up | Homa |
| 2 | Homa | 2 & 1 | Morikawa |
| 2 | Poston | 4 & 2 | Horschel |
| 3 | Horschel | 3 & 2 | Morikawa |
| 3 | 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 |
Group 5 :
| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
| 1 | Rozner | 2 up | DeChambeau |
| Fleetwood vs Kim – tied |||
| 2 | DeChambeau | 2 & 1 | Kim |
| 2 | Fleetwood | 4 & 3 | Rozner |
| 3 | Fleetwood | 1 up | DeChambeau |
| 3 | 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 | Loser |
| 1 | Schauffele vs Sullivan – tied | Schauffele vs Sullivan – tied | Schauffele vs Sullivan – tied |
| 1 | Scheffler | 2 up | Day |
| 2 | Schauffele | 2 & 1 | Day |
| Scheffler vs Sullivan – tied |||
| 3 | Schauffele vs Scheffler – tied | Schauffele vs Scheffler – tied | Schauffele vs Scheffler – tied |
| 3 | 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 |
Group 7 :
| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
| 1 | Reed vs Watson – tied | Reed vs Watson – tied | Reed vs Watson – tied |
| Niemann vs Bezuidenhout – tied |||
| 2 | Reed | 2 & 1 | Bezuidenhout |
| Niemann vs Watson – tied |||
| 3 | Niemann | 5 & 4 | Reed |
| 3 | 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 |
Group 8 :
| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
| 1 | Hatton vs Wallace – tied | Hatton vs Wallace – tied | Hatton vs Wallace – tied |
| 1 | García | 4 & 3 | Westwood |
| 2 | García | 3 & 2 | Hatton |
| 2 | Westwood | 5 & 3 | Wallace |
| 3 | Westwood | 4 & 3 | Hatton |
| 3 | 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 |
Group 9 :
| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
| 1 | Simpson | 6 & 5 | Gooch |
| 1 | Hughes | 3 & 2 | Casey |
| 2 | Hughes | 4 & 3 | Simpson |
| 2 | Casey | 3 & 2 | Gooch |
| 3 | Simpson vs Casey – tied | Simpson vs Casey – tied | Simpson vs Casey – tied |
| Hughes 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 | Loser |
| 1 | Cantlay | 1 up | Harman |
| 1 | Ortiz | 4 & 3 | Matsuyama |
| 2 | Cantlay | 1 up | Ortiz |
| 2 | Harman | 1 up | Matsuyama |
| 3 | Matsuyama | 4 & 2 | Cantlay |
| 3 | 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 |
Group 11 :
| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
| 1 | Poulter | 6 & 5 | McIlroy |
| 1 | Smith | 1 up | Griffin |
| 2 | McIlroy | 4 & 3 | Griffin |
| 2 | Poulter | 1 up | Smith |
| 3 | McIlroy vs Smith – tied | McIlroy vs Smith – tied | McIlroy vs Smith – tied |
| 3 | 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 | Loser |
| 1 | Frittelli | 6 & 5 | Finau |
| 1 | Kokrak | 1 up | Zalatoris |
| 2 | Finau vs Zalatoris – tied | Finau vs Zalatoris – tied | Finau vs Zalatoris – tied |
| 2 | Frittelli | 3 & 2 | Kokrak |
| 3 | Finau | 2 up | Kokrak |
| 3 | 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 | Loser |
| 1 | Streelman | 4 & 2 | Hovland |
| 1 | Ancer | 3 & 2 | Wiesberger |
| 2 | Wiesberger | 4 & 2 | Hovland |
| 2 | Ancer | 2 & 1 | Streelman |
| 3 | Hovland | 1 up | Ancer |
| 3 | 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 |
Group 14 :
| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
| 1 | Berger | 6 & 4 | van Rooyen |
| 1 | English | 1 up | Todd |
| 2 | Todd | 2 & 1 | Berger |
| 2 | van Rooyen | 2 & 1 | English |
| 3 | Berger | 4 & 2 | English |
| 3 | 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 |
Group 15 :
| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
| 1 | Spieth | 3 & 1 | Fitzpatrick |
| 1 | Wolff | 3 & 1 | Conners |
| 2 | Fitzpatrick | 5 & 4 | Conners |
| Wolff vs Spieth – tied |||
| 3 | Fitzpatrick | 3 & 2 | Wolff |
| 3 | 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 | Loser |
| 1 | Im | 1 up | Henley |
| 1 | Perez | 2 & 1 | Leishman |
| 2 | Leishman | 2 & 1 | Im |
| 2 | Henley | 4 & 3 | Perez |
| 3 | Perez | 2 & 1 | Im |
| Leishman 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

| First round March 27 – morning | First round March 27 – morning | First round March 27 – morning | Quarterfinals March 27 – afternoon | Quarterfinals March 27 – afternoon | Quarterfinals March 27 – afternoon | Semifinals March 28 – morning | Semifinals March 28 – morning | Semifinals March 28 – morning | | Final March 28 – afternoon | Final March 28 – afternoon | Final March 28 – afternoon |
| 41 | Robert MacIntyre | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 31 | Victor Perez | 5&4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 31 | Victor Perez | 5&4 | 31 | Victor Perez | 4&3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 39 | Sergio García | | | | | | | | |
| 39 | Sergio García | 2&1 | 39 | Sergio García | | | | | | | | |
| 48 | Mackenzie Hughes | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 48 | Mackenzie Hughes | | | | | 31 | Victor Perez | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 32 | Billy Horschel | 3&2 | | | | |
| 32 | Billy Horschel | 3&1 | | | | | | | 32 | Billy Horschel | 3&2 | | | |
| 53 | Kevin Streelman | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 53 | Kevin Streelman | | 32 | Billy Horschel | 19h | | | | | | | |
| | | | 21 | Tommy Fleetwood | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | Tommy Fleetwood | 4&3 | 21 | Tommy Fleetwood | | | | | | | | |
| 64 | Dylan Frittelli | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 64 | Dylan Frittelli | | | | | | | | | 32 | Billy Horschel | 2&1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 30 | Scottie Scheffler | |
| 52 | Matt Kuchar | 1up | | | | | | | | | | | 30 | Scottie Scheffler |
| 49 | Jordan Spieth | | | | | | | |
| 49 | Jordan Spieth | | 52 | Matt Kuchar | 2&1 | | | |
| | | | 54 | Brian Harman | | | | |
| 55 | Bubba Watson | | 54 | Brian Harman | | | | |
| 54 | Brian Harman | 2&1 | | | | | | |
| 54 | Brian Harman | 2&1 | | | | 52 | Matt Kuchar | |
| | | | | | | 30 | Scottie Scheffler | 2&1 |
| 3 | Jon Rahm | 3&2 | | | | 30 | Scottie Scheffler | 2&1 | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| 62 | Erik van Rooyen | | | | | | | |
| 62 | Erik van Rooyen | | 3 | Jon Rahm | | | | | | 31 | Victor Perez | |
| | | | 30 | Scottie Scheffler | 3&1 | | | | | 52 | Matt Kuchar | 2&1 |
| 30 | Scottie Scheffler | 5&4 | 30 | Scottie Scheffler | 3&1 | | | | | 52 | Matt Kuchar | 2&1 |
| 60 | Ian Poulter | | | | | | | |

## Prize money breakdown

| Place | Description | US ($) |
| 1 | Champion | 1,820,000 |
| 2 | Runner-up | 1,150,000 |
| 3 | Third place | 740,000 |
| 4 | Fourth place | 600,000 |
| T5 | Losing quarter-finalists x 4 | 337,000 |
| T9 | Losing round of 16 x 8 | 189,000 |
| 17 | Those with 2.5 points in pool play x 1 | 144,000 |
| T18 | Those with 2 points in pool play x 10 | 113,700 |
| T28 | Those with 1.5 points in pool play x 14 | 75,000 |
| T42 | Those with 1 point in pool play x 14 | 47,571 |
| T56 | Those with 0.5 points in pool play x 5 | 38,000 |
| T61 | Those with 0 points in pool play x 4 | 35,750 |
| | Total | 10,500,000 |
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