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.
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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.