The 2019 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play was the 21st WGC Match Play, played March 27–31 at

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in Austin, Texas. It was the second of four World Golf Championships in

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. Kevin Kisner, runner-up in

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, defeated

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champion Matt Kuchar in the final, 3 & 2.

Course layout

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Field

The field consisted of the top 64 players available from the

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on March 17. However, the seedings were based on the World Rankings on March 24.

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(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

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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. Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D

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

Final 16 bracket

Prize money breakdown

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References

External links

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Official 2019 LeaderboardAustin Country Club
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WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play The WGC Match Play, currently titled as the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play for sponsorship reasons, is a professional men's golf tournament that has been held since 1999. It is the only one of the World Golf Championships to have been contest ...