WGC Match Play Draws Another Strong Field
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Always one of the best weeks of the year, the 2021 WGC Dell Match Play has lured a strong field this year despite its proximity to the Masters. I wondered if we might see more defections not wanting to risk a COVID positive so close to the Masters. Particularly after a Players week scene produced three positive cases.
One of those players, Gary Woodland, is not playing, nor are other recently injured stars who qualified: Koepka, Rose and Woods.
For Immediate Release…
Final field set for the 2021 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play
Star-studded event features the world’s top-ranked players returning to Austin Country Club
AUSTIN, Texas – Tournament officials announced today that the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play field is officially set with 64 of the top 69 players in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) committed. The event returns to Austin Country Club, March 24-28, and will feature golf’s biggest stars for the only match-play tournament on the PGA TOUR.
Reigning FedExCup champion Dustin Johnson, 2021 PLAYERS champion Justin Thomas, World No. 3 Jon Rahm, 18-time PGA TOUR winner Rory McIlroy, former Texas Longhorn Jordan Spieth and defending champion Kevin Kisner are among the notables returning to Austin. The event annually boasts an international group of players and the 2021 tournament will be no exception, including representation from 17 different countries across the globe.
The field is comprised of 50 PGA TOUR winners with a collective 229 wins to their credit. Twenty-two players will make their tournament debut including UT graduate Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland, Sungjae Im and Matthew Wolff.
Final seeds for the 64-player field will be determined based on the Official World Golf Ranking as of Monday, March 22.
WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play field list as of Friday, March 19 at 5:00 p.m. ET:
Rank Player Country
1 Dustin Johnson (USA)
2 Justin Thomas (USA)
3 John Rahm (Spain)
4 Collin Morikawa (USA)
5 Bryson DeChambeau (USA)
6 Xander Schauffele (USA)
7 Patrick Reed (USA)
8 Tyrrell Hatton (England)
9 Patrick Cantlay (USA)
10 Webb Simpson (USA)
11 Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland)
13 Tony Finau (USA)
14 Viktor Hovland (Norway)
15 Daniel Berger (USA)
16 Matt Fitzpatrick (England)
17 Paul Casey (England)
18 Sungjae Im (South Korea)
19 Lee Westwood (England)
20 Harris English (USA)
21 Matthew Wolff (USA)
22 Tommy Fleetwood (England)
23 Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa)
24 Hideki Matsuyama (Japan)
26 Ryan Palmer (USA)
27 Cameron Smith (Australia)
28 Abraham Ancer (Mexico)
29 Joaquin Niemann (Chile)
30 Kevin Na (USA)
31 Jason Kokrak (USA)
32 Scottie Scheffler (USA)
33 Victor Perez (France)
34 Billy Horschel (USA)
35 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (South Africa)
36 Kevin Kisner (USA)
37 Max Homa (USA)
39 Marc Leishman (Australia)
40 Shane Lowry (Ireland)
41 Corey Conners (Canada)
42 Sergio Garcia (Spain)
43 Will Zalatoris (USA)
44 Robert MacIntyre (Scotland)
45 Bernd Wiesberger (Austria)
46 Carlos Ortiz (Mexico)
47 Jason Day (Australia)
48 Si Woo Kim (South Korea)
49 Lanto Griffin (USA)
50 Brendon Todd (USA)
52 Jordan Spieth (USA)
53 Mackenzie Hughes (Canada)
54 Matt Kuchar (USA)
55 Matt Wallace (England)
57 Bubba Watson (USA)
58 Brian Harman (USA)
59 Kevin Streelman (USA)
60 Russell Henley (USA)
61 Sebastian Munoz (Colombia)
62 Andy Sullivan (England)
63 Antoine Rozner (France)
64 Talor Gooch (USA)
65 Ian Poulter (England)
66 Erik van Rooyen (South Africa)
67 Adam Long (USA)
68 J.T. Poston (USA)
69 Dylan Frittelli (South Africa)
The match play bracket reveal will happen on PGATour.com at 10 am CT and you’ll be able to play along at dellmatchplay.com.
