# 2018 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play

The 2018 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play was the 20th WGC Match Play, played March 21–25 at Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas. It was the second of four World Golf Championships in 2018.

## Field

The field consisted of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Ranking on March 11. However, the seedings were based on the World Rankings on March 18.
Justin Rose (ranked 5th on March 12, personal reasons), Rickie Fowler (7th, personal reasons), Brooks Koepka (8th, wrist injury), Henrik Stenson (15th, personal reasons), Adam Scott (56th, personal reasons), and Joost Luiten (67th, wrist injury) did not compete, allowing entry for Kevin Na (ranked 65th), Charles Howell III (66th), Keegan Bradley (68th), Luke List (69th), and Julian Suri (70th).

## Format

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.
All group play matches are limited to 18 holes with one point awarded for a win and one-half point for a halved match. Only one player advances to the weekend from each of the 16 groupings. After all 3 rounds are played, if 2 or more players are tied for first place in their group, then they play a sudden-death stroke play playoff, beginning on hole 1 and moving beyond if necessary.
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.
Pool A – Top 16 seeds :
| Seed | Rank | Player |
| 1 | 1 | Dustin Johnson |
| 2 | 2 | Justin Thomas |
| 3 | 3 | Jon Rahm |
| 4 | 4 | Jordan Spieth |
| 5 | 6 | Hideki Matsuyama |
| 6 | 7 | Rory McIlroy |
| 7 | 10 | Sergio García |
| 8 | 11 | Jason Day |
| 9 | 12 | Tommy Fleetwood |
| 10 | 13 | Paul Casey |
| 11 | 15 | Marc Leishman |
| 12 | 16 | Tyrrell Hatton |
| 13 | 17 | Alex Norén |
| 14 | 18 | Phil Mickelson |
| 15 | 19 | Pat Perez |
| 16 | 20 | Matt Kuchar |
Pool B :
| Seed | Rank | Player |
| 17 | 21 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello |
| 18 | 22 | Brian Harman |
| 19 | 23 | Patrick Reed |
| 20 | 24 | Xander Schauffele |
| 21 | 25 | Francesco Molinari |
| 22 | 26 | Charley Hoffman |
| 23 | 27 | Branden Grace |
| 24 | 28 | Gary Woodland |
| 25 | 29 | Louis Oosthuizen |
| 26 | 30 | Daniel Berger |
| 27 | 31 | Ross Fisher |
| 28 | 32 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat |
| 29 | 33 | Tony Finau |
| 30 | 34 | Patrick Cantlay |
| 31 | 35 | Matt Fitzpatrick |
| 32 | 36 | Kevin Kisner |
Pool C :
| Seed | Rank | Player |
| 33 | 37 | Kevin Chappell |
| 34 | 38 | Li Haotong |
| 35 | 39 | Bubba Watson |
| 36 | 40 | Brendan Steele |
| 37 | 41 | Webb Simpson |
| 38 | 42 | Adam Hadwin |
| 39 | 43 | Thomas Pieters |
| 40 | 44 | Satoshi Kodaira |
| 41 | 45 | Dylan Frittelli |
| 42 | 45 | Jason Dufner |
| 43 | 47 | Chez Reavie |
| 44 | 48 | Jhonattan Vegas |
| 45 | 49 | Kyle Stanley |
| 46 | 50 | Cameron Smith |
| 47 | 51 | Yuta Ikeda |
| 48 | 52 | Patton Kizzire |
Pool D :
| Seed | Rank | Player |
| 49 | 53 | Charl Schwartzel |
| 50 | 54 | Kim Si-woo |
| 51 | 55 | Russell Henley |
| 52 | 56 | Bernd Wiesberger |
| 53 | 57 | Yūsaku Miyazato |
| 54 | 58 | Zach Johnson |
| 55 | 60 | Alexander Lévy |
| 56 | 62 | James Hahn |
| 57 | 63 | Peter Uihlein |
| 58 | 64 | Ian Poulter |
| 59 | 65 | Charles Howell III |
| 60 | 67 | Luke List |
| 61 | 68 | Kevin Na |
| 62 | 69 | Shubhankar Sharma |
| 63 | 70 | Keegan Bradley |
| 64 | 72 | Julian Suri |
Rank – Official World Golf Ranking on March 19, 2018.

## Results
### Pool play

Players were divided into 16 groups of four players and played round-robin matches Wednesday to Friday.
* Round 1 – March 21
* Round 2 – March 22
* Round 3 – March 23
Group 1 :
| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
| 1 | Wiesberger | 3 & 1 | D. Johnson |
| Kisner vs Hadwin – halved |||
| 2 | Hadwin | 4 & 3 | D. Johnson |
| 2 | Kisner | 5 & 4 | Wiesberger |
| 3 | Kisner | 4 & 3 | D. Johnson |
| Hadwin vs Wiesberger – halved |||
| Seed | Player | W | L | H | Points | Finish |
| 32 | Kevin Kisner | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 38 | Adam Hadwin | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 52 | Bernd Wiesberger | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 3 |
| 1 | Dustin Johnson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Group 2 :
| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
| 1 | Thomas | 2 up | List |
| 1 | Molinari | 3 & 1 | Kizzire |
| 2 | Thomas | 3 & 1 | Kizzire |
| 2 | Molinari | 3 & 2 | List |
| 3 | Thomas | 7 & 5 | Molinari |
| 3 | Kizzire | 4 & 2 | List |
| Seed | Player | W | L | H | Points | Finish |
| 2 | Justin Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | Francesco Molinari | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 48 | Patton Kizzire | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 60 | Luke List | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Group 3 :
| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
| 1 | Rahm vs Bradley – halved | Rahm vs Bradley – halved | Rahm vs Bradley – halved |
| 1 | Aphibarnrat | 3 & 2 | Reavie |
| 2 | Reavie | 1 up | Rahm |
| 2 | Aphibarnrat | 1 up | Bradley |
| 3 | Aphibarnrat | 4 & 3 | Rahm |
| Reavie vs Bradley – halved |||
| Seed | Player | W | L | H | Points | Finish |
| 28 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 43 | Chez Reavie | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 63 | Keegan Bradley | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Jon Rahm | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 4 |
Group 4 :
| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
| 1 | Spieth | 2 & 1 | Schwartzel |
| 1 | Reed | 3 & 2 | Li |
| 2 | Spieth | 4 & 2 | Li |
| 2 | Reed | 2 up | Schwartzel |
| 3 | Reed | 2 & 1 | Spieth |
| 3 | Schwartzel | 3 & 2 | Li |
| Seed | Player | W | L | H | Points | Finish |
| 19 | Patrick Reed | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | Jordan Spieth | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 49 | Charl Schwartzel | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 34 | Li Haotong | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Group 5 :
| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
| 1 | Matsuyama | 2 & 1 | Miyazato |
| 1 | Smith | 2 up | Cantlay |
| 2 | Smith | 1 up | Matsuyama |
| 2 | Cantlay | 1 up | Miyazato |
| 3 | Cantlay | 4 & 3 | Matsuyama |
| Smith vs Miyazato – halved |||
| Seed | Player | W | L | H | Points | Finish |
| 46 | Cameron Smith | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 30 | Patrick Cantlay | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Hideki Matsuyama | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 53 | Yūsaku Miyazato | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 4 |
Group 6 :
| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
| 1 | Uihlein | 2 & 1 | McIlroy |
| Harman vs Vegas – halved |||
| 2 | McIlroy | 2 & 1 | Vegas |
| 2 | Harman | 3 & 2 | Uihlein |
| 3 | Harman | 5 & 3 | McIlroy |
| 3 | Uihlein | 4 & 3 | Vegas |
| Seed | Player | W | L | H | Points | Finish |
| 18 | Brian Harman | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 57 | Peter Uihlein | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Rory McIlroy | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 44 | Jhonattan Vegas | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 4 |
Group 7 :
| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
| 1 | García | 1 up | Sharma |
| 1 | Schauffele | 1 up | Frittelli |
| 2 | García | 2 up | Frittelli |
| 2 | Schauffele | 2 & 1 | Sharma |
| 3 | García | 3 & 1 | Schauffele |
| 3 | Frittelli | 1 up | Sharma |
| Seed | Player | W | L | H | Points | Finish |
| 7 | Sergio García | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | Xander Schauffele | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 41 | Dylan Frittelli | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 62 | Shubhankar Sharma | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Group 8 :
| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
| 1 | Day | 4 & 2 | Hahn |
| 1 | Oosthuizen | 1 up | Dufner |
| 2 | Dufner | 3 & 1 | Day |
| 2 | Hahn | 3 & 1 | Oosthuizen |
| 3 | Oosthuizen | 2 up | Day |
| 3 | Dufner | 3 & 2 | Hahn |
| Seed | Player | W | L | H | Points | Finish |
| 25 | Louis Oosthuizen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 42 | Jason Dufner | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Jason Day | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | T3 |
| 56 | James Hahn | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | T3 |
Group 9 :
| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
| 1 | Poulter | 3 & 2 | Fleetwood |
| 1 | Chappell | 3 & 2 | Berger |
| 2 | Fleetwood | 7 & 6 | Chappell |
| 2 | Poulter | 2 & 1 | Berger |
| 3 | Fleetwood | 2 & 1 | Berger |
| 3 | Poulter | con | Chappell |
| Seed | Player | W | L | H | Points | Finish |
| 58 | Ian Poulter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | Tommy Fleetwood | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | Kevin Chappell | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 26 | Daniel Berger | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Group 10 :
| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
| 1 | Casey | 1 up | Henley |
| 1 | Stanley | 1 up | Fitzpatrick |
| 2 | Casey | 3 & 2 | Stanley |
| 2 | Henley | 2 & 1 | Fitzpatrick |
| 3 | Fitzpatrick | 3 & 2 | Casey |
| 3 | Stanley | 1 up | Henley |
| Seed | Player | W | L | H | Points | Finish |
| 45 | Kyle Stanley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | Paul Casey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 51 | Russell Henley | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | T3 |
| 31 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | T3 |
Group 11 :
| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
| 1 | Suri | 3 & 2 | Leishman |
| 1 | Watson | 5 & 3 | Grace |
| 2 | Watson | 3 & 2 | Leishman |
| 2 | Grace | 2 & 1 | Suri |
| 3 | Leishman vs Grace – halved | Leishman vs Grace – halved | Leishman vs Grace – halved |
| Watson vs Suri – halved |||
| Seed | Player | W | L | H | Points | Finish |
| 35 | Bubba Watson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 23 | Branden Grace | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | T2 |
| 64 | Julian Suri | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | T2 |
| 11 | Marc Leishman | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 4 |
Group 12 :
| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
| 1 | Hatton | 3 & 2 | Lévy |
| 1 | Steele | 1 up | Hoffman |
| 2 | Hatton | 3 & 2 | Steele |
| 2 | Lévy | 1 up | Hoffman |
| 3 | Hoffman | 3 & 2 | Hatton |
| 3 | Steele | 3 & 1 | Lévy |
| Seed | Player | W | L | H | Points | Finish |
| 12 | Tyrrell Hatton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 36 | Brendan Steele | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 55 | Alexander Lévy | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | T3 |
| 22 | Charley Hoffman | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | T3 |
Group 13 :
| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
| 1 | Norén | 4 & 2 | Na |
| 1 | Finau | 2 & 1 | Pieters |
| 2 | Norén | 5 & 4 | Pieters |
| 2 | Finau | 3 & 2 | Na |
| 3 | Norén | 1 up | Finau |
| Pieters vs Na – halved |||
| Seed | Player | W | L | H | Points | Finish |
| 13 | Alex Norén | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | Tony Finau | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 39 | Thomas Pieters | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | T3 |
| 61 | Kevin Na | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | T3 |
Group 14 :
| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
| 1 | Howell III | 3 & 2 | Mickelson |
| 1 | Cabrera-Bello | 2 & 1 | Kodaira |
| 2 | Mickelson | 1 up | Kodaira |
| 2 | Howell III | 3 & 1 | Cabrera-Bello |
| 3 | Mickelson | 1 up | Cabrera-Bello |
| 3 | Howell III | 2 & 1 | Kodaira |
| Seed | Player | W | L | H | Points | Finish |
| 59 | Charles Howell III | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | Phil Mickelson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 40 | Satoshi Kodaira | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Group 15 :
| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
| 1 | Perez vs Kim – halved | Perez vs Kim – halved | Perez vs Kim – halved |
| Woodland vs Simpson – halved |||
| 2 | Simpson | 2 & 1 | Perez |
| 2 | Kim | 5 & 3 | Woodland |
| 3 | Woodland | 1 up | Perez |
| 3 | Kim | 2 up | Simpson |
| Seed | Player | W | L | H | Points | Finish |
| 50 | Kim Si-woo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 24 | Gary Woodland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | T2 |
| 37 | Webb Simpson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | T2 |
| 15 | Pat Perez | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 4 |
Group 16 :
| Round | Winner | Score | Loser |
| 1 | Kuchar vs Z. Johnson – halved | Kuchar vs Z. Johnson – halved | Kuchar vs Z. Johnson – halved |
| 1 | Ikeda | 2 & 1 | Fisher |
| 2 | Kuchar | 1 up | Ikeda |
| 2 | Fisher | 2 up | Z. Johnson |
| 3 | Kuchar | 6 & 4 | Fisher |
| Ikeda vs Z. Johnson – halved |||
| Seed | Player | W | L | H | Points | Finish |
| 16 | Matt Kuchar | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 47 | Yuta Ikeda | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 27 | Ross Fisher | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | T3 |
| 54 | Zach Johnson | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | T3 |

### Final 16 bracket

| First round March 24 – morning | First round March 24 – morning | First round March 24 – morning | Quarter-finals March 24 – afternoon | Quarter-finals March 24 – afternoon | Quarter-finals March 24 – afternoon | Semi-finals March 25 – morning | Semi-finals March 25 – morning | Semi-finals March 25 – morning | | Final March 25 – afternoon | Final March 25 – afternoon | Final March 25 – afternoon |
| 32 | Kevin Kisner | 1 up | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Matt Kuchar | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Matt Kuchar | | 32 | Kevin Kisner | 8&6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 58 | Ian Poulter | | | | | | | | |
| 25 | Louis Oosthuizen | | 58 | Ian Poulter | | | | | | | | |
| 58 | Ian Poulter | 2&1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 58 | Ian Poulter | 2&1 | | | | 32 | Kevin Kisner | 19 h | | | | |
| | | | | | | 13 | Alex Norén | | | | | |
| 19 | Patrick Reed | | | | | | | | 13 | Alex Norén | | | | | |
| 13 | Alex Norén | 5&3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Alex Norén | 5&3 | 13 | Alex Norén | 4&2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 46 | Cameron Smith | | | | | | | | |
| 46 | Cameron Smith | 2&1 | 46 | Cameron Smith | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Tyrrell Hatton | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Tyrrell Hatton | | | | | | | | | 32 | Kevin Kisner | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 35 | Bubba Watson | 7&6 |
| 2 | Justin Thomas | 6&5 | | | | | | | | | | | 35 | Bubba Watson | 7&6 |
| 50 | Kim Si-woo | | | | | | | |
| 50 | Kim Si-woo | | 2 | Justin Thomas | 2&1 | | | |
| | | | 45 | Kyle Stanley | | | | |
| 7 | Sergio García | | 45 | Kyle Stanley | | | | |
| 45 | Kyle Stanley | 3&1 | | | | | | |
| 45 | Kyle Stanley | 3&1 | | | | 2 | Justin Thomas | |
| | | | | | | 35 | Bubba Watson | 3&2 |
| 28 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 1 up | | | | 35 | Bubba Watson | 3&2 | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| 59 | Charles Howell III | | | | | | | |
| 59 | Charles Howell III | | 28 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | | | | | | 13 | Alex Norén | 5&3 |
| | | | 35 | Bubba Watson | 5&3 | | | | | 2 | Justin Thomas | |
| 18 | Brian Harman | | 35 | Bubba Watson | 5&3 | | | | | 2 | Justin Thomas | |
| 35 | Bubba Watson | 2&1 | | | | | | |

## Prize money breakdown

| Place | Description | US ($) |
| 1 | Champion | 1,700,000 |
| 2 | Runner-up | 1,072,000 |
| 3 | Third place | 695,000 |
| 4 | Fourth place | 559,000 |
| T5 | Losing quarter-finalists x 4 | 306,000 |
| T9 | Losing round of 16 x 8 | 163,000 |
| T17 | Those with 2 points in pool play x 12 | 97,917 |
| T29 | Those with 1.5 points in pool play x 7 | 77,429 |
| T36 | Those with 1 point in pool play x 16 | 65,500 |
| T52 | Those with 0.5 points in pool play x 7 | 54,214 |
| T59 | Those with 0 points in pool play x 6 | 50,250 |
| | Total | 10,000,000 |
* Source: