World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play

The PGA TOUR’s lone match-play celebration returns to Austin Place Club with a 64-participant field divided into 16 groups of four for round-robin engage in.

Billy Horschel is back to protect his title. He defeat Scottie Scheffler 2 and 1 in past year’s closing. 

Subject NOTES: Sixty-four of the world’s leading 69 players are established it to tee it up… The subject contains 8-time TOUR winner Bryson DeChambeau, who has been sidelined with a wrist injuries because he missed the cut at the Farmers Insurance policies Open up in late January… 5 of the prime 5 players in the OWGR are in the subject, including Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland, Patrick Cantlay, and Scottie Scheffler. Since his runner-up result in 2021, Scheffler has shone for the U.S. Ryder Cup group and received twice on TOUR… Eleven gamers are set to make their Match Engage in debuts, like TOUR winners Sam Burns, Seamus Electricity, Lucas Herbert, and Tom Hoge… Sepp Straka, who gained The Honda Common for his maiden TOUR title, was the very last golfer to earn a location in the field… People who competent for the event and are not actively playing in Austin incorporate Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama, Harris English, Phil Mickelson, and THE Gamers Championship winner Cameron Smith… Recent WGC-Match Participate in winners in the discipline incorporate Horschel, Kevin Kisner, Bubba Watson and Dustin Johnson.

FEDEXCUP: Winner receives 550 FedExCup details.

Study course: Austin Region Club, par 71, 7,108 yards (yardage issue to change). The Pete Dye layout has yielded diverse sorts of winners, from long-bombers Dustin Johnson and Bubba Watson to limited-game wizards like Kevin Kisner. This is the sixth calendar year Austin CC has hosted. With roots relationship to 1899, the system is thought to be the oldest in Texas it was relocated 2 times ahead of landing on its present-day area. The course options two distinctive nines. The front showcases some of the Texas hill region, when the back again is additional in the lowlands beside Lake Austin – a scenic backdrop as the matches reach their conclusion.

STORYLINES: Closing seeds will be decided dependent on the OWGR launched on March 22… The area will be divided into 16 four-player groups with the major 16 gamers being the top rated participant in each individual team. The remaining players will be picked randomly. Points are awarded primarily based on the subsequent outcomes: 1 issue to the winner of a match, to the loser, and .5 for a halved match. Just after group enjoy, the structure turns to single elimination… Soon after injuries prevented him from defending his title at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, DeChambeau – who lives in Dallas, only a three-hour push away – is back again in action… The previous No.1 seed to gain it all was Dustin Johnson, who defeated yet another No.1 (Jon Rahm) in 2017. Jason Day was a No.2 seed when he received in 2016, while Rory McIlroy was another No.1 seed when he received in 2015… The rankings of the very last three winners have been 32-48-35… Tiger Woods is the only one to productively protect his title. Woods received in the two 2003 and 2004. There have been some other shut calls, however: Paul Casey completed runner-up two many years in a row (2009, 2010), even though Hunter Mahan won in 2012 and was runner-up in 2013. Jason Working day gained in 2014 and 2016.

Greatest MARGIN OF VICTORY: 9 & 8, Tiger Woods def. Stephen Ames (1st spherical, 2006 at La Costa Vacation resort & Spa).

LONGEST MATCH: 26 holes, Mike Weir def. Loren Roberts (1st spherical, 2003 at La Costa), Scott Verplank def. Lee Westwood (1st round, 2006 at La Costa)

Past TIME: Billy Horschel defeated Scottie Scheffler in the championship match 2 and 1. It marked Horschel’s sixth TOUR title and arrived immediately after he unsuccessful to get previous the spherical of 16 in his previous four commences at the WGC-Dell Systems Match Engage in. Matt Kuchar defeated Victor Perez 2 and 1 in the consolation match. For the first time due to the fact team enjoy was introduced in 2015 the semifinals did not include a seed from the best 16. Horschel also defeated Kevin Streelman, Tommy Fleetwood, and Perez on his way to capturing the title. Jon Rahm, Fleetwood, Sergio Garcia, and Brian Harman were the other quarterfinalists.

HOW TO Abide by

Television: Wednesday-Friday, 2 p.m.-8 p.m. ET (Golfing Channel). Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2 p.m.-6 p.m. (NBC). Sunday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3 p.m.-7 p.m. (NBC)

Radio: Wednesday-Saturday, 2 p.m.-8 p.m. ET. Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio)

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