Steph Chambers/Getty Images. Pictured: Dustin Johnson.
The 2021 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play wraps up round-robin play on Friday, when one player each will advance from 16 groups. That sets up the bracket-style portion of the tournament the remainder of the weekend.
The tiebreaker scenarios are simple — if players finish with the same number of points, they go to a sudden-death playoff. There’s no head-to-head or total points tiebreakers based on previous matches.
None of the group winners are totally set entering Friday, but a few are close. Here’s the (blank) WGC Match Play bracket, standings for all 16 groups, and scenarios for each player to advance.
2021 WGC Match Play Bracket
Group 1
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
| Dustin Johnson | 1.5 |
| Robert MacIntyre | 1.5 |
| Adam Long | 1 |
| Kevin Na | 0 |
- Playoff: MacIntyre and Johnson each win or each tie; or if Long wins and Johnson ties.
- MacIntyre advances if he wins, Johnson loses or ties
- Johnson advances if MacIntyre ties or loses.
- Long advances if he wins and Johnson loses.
Group 2
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
| Kevin Kisner | 2 |
| Matt Kuchar | 2 |
| Justin Thomas | 0 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | 0 |
The winner of the Kisner-Kuchar match will advance. A tie will result in a sudden-death playoff.
Group 3
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
| Jon Rahm | 2 |
| Ryan Palmer | 2 |
| Shane Lowry | 0 |
| Sebastian Munoz | 0 |
Winner of the Rahm-Palmer match advances, while a tie would force a sudden-death playoff
Group 4
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
| JT Poston | 1.5 |
| Max Homa | 1 |
| Billy Horschel | 1 |
| Collin Morikawa | 0.5 |
- Poston advances if he wins, or if he ties and Morikawa wins
- Playoff if Poston ties and Horschel wins; if Homa and Horschel win, playoff between those two
- Homa advances if he wins and Morikawa wins or ties
Group 5
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
| Tommy Fleetwood | 1.5 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | 1 |
| Antoine Rozner | 1 |
| Si Woo Kim | 0.5 |
- Fleetwood advances if he wins; or if he ties and Kim wins
- Playoff: Fleetwood tie and Rozner win; DeChambeau and Rozner win
- DeChambeau advances if DeChambeau wins and Kim wins or ties
Group 6
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
| Xander Schauffele | 1.5 |
| Scottie Scheffler | 1.5 |
| Andy Sullivan | 1 |
| Jason Day | 0.5 |
- Schauffele advances if he wins
- Scheffler advances if he wins
- Two-way playoff: Schauffele and Scheffler tie and Sullivan ties or loses
- Three-way playoff: Schauffele and Scheffler tie and Sullivan wins
Group 7
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
| Patrick Reed | 1.5 |
| Joaquin Niemann | 1.5 |
| Bubba Watson | 1 |
| Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 0.5 |
- Reed advances if he wins; or if he ties and Bezuidenhout wins
- Playoff between these two if: Reed and Watson win; Niemann and Watson win
- Niemann advances if he wins and Bezuidenhout wins or ties
Group 8
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
| Sergio Garcia | 2 |
| Lee Westwood | 1 |
| Tyrell Hatton | 0.5 |
| Matt Wallace | 0.5 |
- Garcia advances if he wins, or Westwood ties or loses
- Playoff: Garcia loses and Westwood wins
Group 9
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
| MacKenzie Hughes | 2 |
| Webb Simpson | 1 |
| Paul Casey | 1 |
| Talor Gooch | 0 |
- Hughes advances if he wins, or with Simpson-Casey tie
- Playoff: If Simpson wins and Hughes loses; if Casey wins and Hughes loses
Group 10
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
| Patrick Cantlay | 2 |
| Carlos Ortiz | 1 |
| Brian Harman | 1 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 0 |
- Cantlay advances if he wins, or with Ortiz-Harman tie
- Playoff: Ortiz wins and Cantlay loses; Harman wins and Cantlay loses
Group 11
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
| Ian Poulter | 2 |
| Rory McIlroy | 1 |
| Cameron Smith | 1 |
| Lanto Griffin | 0 |
- Poulter advances if he wins, or with McIlroy-Smith tie
- Playoff: McIlroy wins and Poulter loses; Smith wins and Poulter loses
Group 12
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
| Dylan Fritelli | 2 |
| Jason Kokrak | 1 |
| Will Zalatoris | 1 |
| Tony Finau | 0 |
- Frittelli advances if he wins, or if he loses and Kokrak ties or loses
- Playoff: Fritelli loses, Kokrak wins
- Zalatoris and Finau are already eliminated
Group 13
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
| Abraham Ancer | 2 |
| Bernd Wiesberger | 1 |
| Kevin Streelman | 1 |
| Viktor Hovland | 0 |
- Ancer advances if he wins or ties, or if Wiesberger-Streelman tie
- Playoff: Ancer loses, Streelman or Wiesberger wins; winner forces playoff vs. Ancer
Group 14
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
| Daniel Berger | 1 |
| Harris English | 1 |
| Erik Van Rooyen | 1 |
| Brendon Todd | 1 |
This is the most complicated group by far, but also among the most straightforward — the winner of Berger vs. English and EVR vs. Todd will go to a playoff, unless there’s a tie, then the winner of the match that didn’t tie will advance.
If there are two ties, it will force a four-way playoff.
Group 15
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
| Jordan Spieth | 1.5 |
| Matthew Wolff | 1.5 |
| Matthew Fitzpatrick | 1 |
| Corey Conners | 0 |
- Playoff: Wolff and Spieth each win or each tie; Spieth ties and Fitzpatrick wins
- Wolff advances with win and if Spieth ties or loses
- Spieth advances with win and Wolff loss
- Fitzpatrick advances with win and Spieth loss
Group 16
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
| Sungjae Im | 1 |
| Victor Perez | 1 |
| Marc Leishman | 1 |
| Russell Henley | 1 |
Same scenario as Group 14 — the winner of Im vs. Perez and Henley vs. Leishman will go to a playoff, unless there’s a tie, then the winner of the match that didn’t tie will advance.
If there are two ties, it will force a four-way playoff.