2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play

The field consists of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Ranking on March 12.{{cite web |url=http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/archive/2017/owgr10f2017.pdf |title=Week 10 – 2017 |publisher=Official World Golf Ranking |date=March 12, 2017}} However, the seedings are based on the World Rankings on March 19.

Henrik Stenson (ranked 5 on March 12, personal reasons),{{cite news |url=http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golf-central-blog/dufner-perez-line-wgc-match-pay-spots/ |title=Dufner, Perez in line for WGC-Match Play spots |work=Golf Channel |last=Lavner |first=Ryan |date=March 12, 2017 |access-date=March 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314153352/http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golf-central-blog/dufner-perez-line-wgc-match-pay-spots/ |archive-date=March 14, 2017 |url-status=dead }} Adam Scott (8, personal reasons), Justin Rose (13, personal reasons), and Adam Hadwin (51, personal reasons) did not compete, allowing entry for Jason Dufner (ranked 65), Kim Kyung-tae (66), Joost Luiten (67) and Pat Perez (68). On March 17, world number nine Rickie Fowler dropped out, replaced by Kim Si-woo (69).

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/dell-match-play/world-golf-championships-dell-match-play-format.html |title=Format Overview and Glossary |publisher=PGA Tour |date=February 11, 2016 |access-date=August 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160228054336/http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/dell-match-play/world-golf-championships-dell-match-play-format.html |archive-date=February 28, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

All group play matches are limited to 18 holes with one point awarded for a win and one-half point for a halved match. Ties for first place in a group are broken by a sudden-death stroke play playoff, beginning on hole 1.

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.

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Rank – Official World Golf Ranking on March 19, 2017.

Players were divided into 16 groups of four players and played round-robin matches Wednesday to Friday.

• Round 1 – March 22
• Round 2 – March 23
• Round 3 – March 24

Notes: Round 1

Of the 32 matches played, 10 were "upsets" with the lower seeded player beating the higher seeded player and 5 matches were halved. These included top seeds #2 Rory McIlroy, #5 Jordan Spieth, and #11 Danny Willett losing matches, #3 Jason Day conceding his match and withdrawing from the tournament and #4 Hideki Matsuyama, #7 Sergio García, #9 Patrick Reed, and #16 Matt Kuchar halving matches.{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/18980466/dustin-johnson-opens-dell-technologies-match-play-5-3-win-webb-simpson |title=Dustin Johnson makes 5 birdies en route to first-round Match Play win |work=ESPN |date=March 22, 2017}}

Notes: Round 2

Of the 32 matches played, 15 were upsets with the lower seeded player beating the higher seeded player and 2 matches were halved. These included top seeds #4 Hideki Matsuyama, #6 Justin Thomas, #9 Patrick Reed, #15 Branden Grace and #16 Matt Kuchar losing matches and #3 Jason Day conceding his match. Gary Woodland withdrew from the tournament for personal reasons, conceding his second- and third-round matches and Francesco Molinari withdrew after the second round with a wrist injury, conceding his third-round match. There were 14 players that had perfect 2–0–0 records, including the top seed, Dustin Johnson.{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/18987491/soren-kjeldsen-alex-noren-win-groups-wild-day-match-play |title=Soren Kjeldsen, Alex Noren win groups in wild day at Match Play |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=March 24, 2017}}

Notes: Round 3

Of the 32 matches played, 14 were upsets with the lower seeded player beating the higher seeded player and 3 matches were halved. These included top seeds #3 Jason Day (concession), #4 Hideki Matsuyama, #6 Justin Thomas, #7 Sergio García, #9 Patrick Reed, #10 Tyrrell Hatton, and #15 Danny Willett losing matches and #2 Rory McIlroy, #5 Jordan Spieth, and #13 Bubba Watson halving matches. Five groups went to sudden-death playoffs, three involving two players and two involving three players. The playoffs went from one to six holes. Eight golfers advanced with perfect 3–0–0 records: #1 Dustin Johnson, #8 Alex Norén, #12 Paul Casey, #14 Phil Mickelson, #20 Brooks Koepka, #21 Jon Rahm, #48 William McGirt, and #62 Søren Kjeldsen. Five of the top 16 seeds advanced while three of the bottom 16 seeds advanced. Nine Americans advance to the round of 16.{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/18992984/world-golf-championships-dell-technologies-match-play-results-friday |title=Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson reach knockout stage of Match Play |work=ESPN |date=March 24, 2017}}

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• Woodland withdrew from the tournament prior to the second round,
  conceding matches to McIlroy and Kjeldsen.{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/18985211/gary-woodland-withdraws-match-play-personal-reasons |title=Gary Woodland withdraws from Match Play for personal reasons |work=ESPN |date=March 23, 2017}}

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• Day conceded his match with Perez after 6 holes
  (Perez 3 up) and withdrew from the tournament.{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/18978878/emotional-jason-day-concedes-match-pat-perez-6-holes |title=Jason Day withdraws from Match Play to be with ailing mother |work=ESPN |first=Jason |last=Sobel |date=March 22, 2017}}
• Leishman advanced in sudden-death playoff
  over Perez and Westwood – 2 holes.

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• Fisher advanced in sudden-death playoff over Oosthuizen – 2 holes

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• Na advanced in sudden-death playoff over Fitzpatrick – 1 hole.

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• Molinari withdrew from the tournament after the second round
  with a wrist injury, conceding his third-round match to Norén.

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• Howell advanced in sudden-death playoff
  over Hatton and Cabrera-Bello– 6 holes.

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• Haas advanced in sudden-death playoff over Kim – 6 holes.

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|RD1=First round
March 25 – morning

|RD2=Quarter-finals
March 25 – afternoon

|RD3=Semi-finals
March 26 – morning

|RD4=Final
March 26 – afternoon

|team-width=145

| RD1-seed01 = 1

| RD1-seed02 = 44

| RD1-team01= {{flagicon|USA}} Dustin Johnson

| RD1-team02= {{flagicon|USA}} Zach Johnson

| RD1-score01= 5&4

| RD1-score02=

| RD1-seed03 = 8

| RD1-seed04 = 20

| RD1-team03= {{flagicon|SWE}} Alex Norén

| RD1-team04= {{flagicon|USA}} Brooks Koepka

| RD1-score03= 3&1

| RD1-score04=

| RD1-seed07 = 54

| RD1-seed08 = 12

| RD1-team07= {{flagicon|JPN}} Hideto Tanihara

| RD1-team08= {{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Casey

| RD1-score07= 2&1

| RD1-score08=

| RD1-seed05 = 47

| RD1-seed06 = 13

| RD1-team05= {{flagicon|ENG}} Ross Fisher

| RD1-team06= {{flagicon|USA}} Bubba Watson

| RD1-score05= 4&3

| RD1-score06=

| RD1-seed15 = 46

| RD1-seed16 = 42

| RD1-team15= {{flagicon|USA}} Kevin Na

| RD1-team16= {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Haas

| RD1-score15=

| RD1-score16=1up

| RD1-seed13 = 28

| RD1-seed14 = 14

| RD1-team13= {{flagicon|AUS}} Marc Leishman

| RD1-team14= {{flagicon|USA}} Phil Mickelson

| RD1-score13=

| RD1-score14= 4&3

| RD1-seed11 = 21

| RD1-seed12 = 61

| RD1-team11= {{flagicon|ESP}} Jon Rahm

| RD1-team12= {{flagicon|USA}} Charles Howell III

| RD1-score11= 6&4

| RD1-score12=

| RD1-seed09 = 62

| RD1-seed10 = 48

| RD1-team09= {{flagicon|DNK}} Søren Kjeldsen

| RD1-team10= {{flagicon|USA}} William McGirt

| RD1-score09=5&4

| RD1-score10=

| RD2-seed01= 1

| RD2-team01= {{flagicon|USA}} Dustin Johnson

| RD2-seed02= 8

| RD2-team02= {{flagicon|SWE}} Alex Norén

| RD2-score01= 3&2

| RD2-score02=

| RD2-seed03= 47

| RD2-team03= {{flagicon|ENG}} Ross Fisher

| RD2-seed04= 54

| RD2-team04= {{flagicon|JPN}} Hideto Tanihara

| RD2-score03=

| RD2-score04= 4&2

| RD2-seed05= 62

| RD2-team05= {{flagicon|DEN}} Søren Kjeldsen

| RD2-seed06= 21

| RD2-team06= {{flagicon|ESP}} Jon Rahm

| RD2-score05=

| RD2-score06= 7&5

| RD2-seed07= 14

| RD2-team07= {{flagicon|USA}} Phil Mickelson

| RD2-seed08= 42

| RD2-team08= {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Haas

| RD2-score07=

| RD2-score08= 2&1

| RD3-seed01= 1

| RD3-team01= {{flagicon|USA}} Dustin Johnson

| RD3-seed02= 54

| RD3-team02= {{flagicon|JPN}} Hideto Tanihara

| RD3-score01= 1up

| RD3-score02=

| RD3-seed03= 21

| RD3-team03= {{flagicon|ESP}} Jon Rahm

| RD3-seed04= 42

| RD3-team04= {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Haas

| RD3-score03= 3&2

| RD3-score04=

| RD4-seed01= 1

| RD4-team01= {{flagicon|USA}} Dustin Johnson

| RD4-seed02= 21

| RD4-team02= {{flagicon|ESP}} Jon Rahm

| RD4-score01= 1up

| RD4-score02=

| RD4-seed03= 54

| RD4-team03= {{flagicon|JPN}} Hideto Tanihara

| RD4-score03=

| RD4-seed04= 42

| RD4-team04= {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Haas

| RD4-score04= 2&1

}}

• Source:{{cite web |url=https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/wgc-dell-technologies-match-play/past-results.html |title=Past Results – World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play |access-date=March 30, 2021}}

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• [http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2017/tournamentid=2017024/index.html Coverage on the European Tour's official site]
• [http://www.austincountryclub.com/Club/Scripts/Home/home.asp Austin Country Club]

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