Who will advance? All the scenarios for Friday at Dell-Match Play
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AUSTIN, TEXAS - MARCH 25: A detailed view of a Dell tee marker on the eighth tee during the second round of the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club on March 25, 2021 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Darren Carroll/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, Texas – The World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play reaches the final day of the Group Stage on Friday. The 16 group winners will be decided, with sudden-death playoff looming if two or more players in the same group are tied in points following the completion of group play.
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Here’s a look at the scenarios for each group (current points in parentheses):
GROUP 1: Dustin Johnson (1.5) vs. Kevin Na (0.0); Robert MacIntyre (1.5) vs. Adam Long (1.0)
If MacIntyre and Johnson each win or each tie, it will force a playoff between those two.
If MacIntyre wins and Johnson ties or loses, MacIntyre advances.
If Johnson wins and MacIntyre ties or loses, Johnson advances.
If Johnson loses and Long wins, Long advances.
If Johnson ties and Long wins, it will force a playoff between those two.
Na is eliminated.
GROUP 2: Justin Thomas (0.0) vs. Louis Oosthuizen (0.0); Kevin Kisner (2.0) vs. Matt Kuchar (2.0)
The winner of the Kisner-Kuchar match advances. (A tie would force a playoff).
Thomas and Oosthuizen are eliminated.
GROUP 3: Jon Rahm (2.0) vs. Ryan Palmer (2.0); Shane Lowry (0.0) vs. Sebastian Munoz (0.0)
The winner of the Rahm-Palmer match advances. (A tie would force a playoff).
Lowry and Munoz are eliminated.
GROUP 4: Collin Morikawa (0.5) vs. Billy Horschel (1.0); Max Homa (1.0) vs. J.T. Poston (1.5)
If Poston wins, he advances.
If Poston ties and Horschel wins, it will force a playoff between those two.
If Poston ties and Morikawa wins, Poston advances.
If Homa wins and Morikawa wins or ties, Homa advances.
If Homa and Horschel win, it will force a playoff between those two.
Morikawa is eliminated
GROUP 5: Bryson DeChambeau (1.0) vs. Tommy Fleetwood (1.5); Si Woo Kim (0.5) vs. Antoine Rozner (1.0)
If Fleetwood wins, he advances.
If Fleetwood ties and Rozner wins, it will force a playoff between those two.
If Fleetwood ties and Kim wins, Fleetwood advances.
If DeChambeau wins and Kim wins or ties, DeChambeau advances.
If DeChambeau and Rozner win, it will force a playoff between those two.
Kim is eliminated
GROUP 6: Xander Schauffele (1.5) vs. Scottie Scheffler (1.5); Jason Day (0.0) vs. Andy Sullivan (1.0)
If Schauffele wins, he advances.
If Scheffler wins, he advances.
If Schauffele and Scheffler tie and Sullivan ties or loses, it will force a playoff between Schauffele and Scheffler.
If Schauffele and Scheffler tie and Sullivan wins, it will force a three-way playoff between Schauffele, Scheffler and Sullivan.
Day is eliminated.
GROUP 7: Patrick Reed (1.5) vs. Joaquin Niemann (1.0); Christiaan Bezuidenhout (0.5) vs. Bubba Watson (1.0)
If Reed wins, he advances.
If Reed ties and Watson wins, it will force a playoff between those two.
If Reed ties and Bezuidenhout wins, Reed advances.
If Niemann wins and Bezuidenhout wins or ties, Niemann advances.
If Niemann and Watson win, it will force a playoff between those two.
Bezuidenhout is eliminated.
GROUP 8: Tyrrell Hatton (0.5) vs. Lee Westwood (1.0); Sergio Garcia (2.0) vs. Matt Wallace (0.5)
If Garcia wins or ties, he advances.
If Garcia loses and Westwood ties or loses, Garcia advances.
If Garcia loses and Westwood wins, it will force a playoff between those two.
Hatton and Wallace are eliminated.
GROUP 9: Webb Simpson (1.0) vs. Paul Casey (1.0); MacKenzie Hughes (2.0) vs. Talor Gooch (0.0)
If Hughes wins or ties, he advances.
If Hughes loses, he can still advance if Simpson-Casey tie.
If Simpson wins and Hughes loses, it will force a playoff between those two.
If Casey wins and Hughes loses, it will force a playoff between those two.
Gooch is eliminated.
GROUP 10: Patrick Cantlay (2.0) vs. Hideki Matsuyama (0.0); Carlos Ortiz (1.0) vs. Brian Harman (1.0)
If Cantlay wins or ties, he advances.
If Cantlay loses, he can still advance if Ortiz-Harman tie.
If Ortiz wins and Cantlay loses, it will force a playoff between those two.
If Harman wins and Cantlay loses, it will force a playoff between those two.
Matsuyama is eliminated.
GROUP 11: Rory McIlroy (1.0) vs. Cameron Smith (1.0); Lanto Griffin (0.0) vs. Ian Poulter (2.0)
If Poulter wins or ties, he advances.
If Poulter loses, he can still advance if McIlroy-Smith tie.
If McIlroy wins and Poulter loses, it will force a playoff between those two.
If Smith wins and Poulter loses, it will force a playoff between those two.
Griffin is eliminated.
GROUP 12: Tony Finau (0.5) vs. Jason Kokrak (1.0); Will Zalatoris (0.5) vs. Dylan Fritelli (2.0)
If Frittelli wins or ties, he advances.
If Frittelli loses and Kokrak ties or loses, Frittelli advances.
If Frittelli loses and Kokrak wins, it will force a playoff between those two.
Finau and Zalatoris are eliminated.
GROUP 13: Viktor Hovland (0.0) vs. Abraham Ancer (2.0); Bernd Wiesberger (1.0) vs Kevin Streelman (1.0)
If Ancer wins or ties, he advances.
If Ancer loses, he can still advance if Wiesberger-Streelman tie.
If Wiesberger wins and Ancer loses, it will force a playoff between those two.
If Streelman wins and Ancer loses, it will force a playoff between those two.
Hovland is eliminated.
GROUP 14: Daniel Berger (1.0) vs. Harris English (1.0); Brendon Todd (1.0) vs Erik Van Rooyen (1.0)
If Berger wins and Todd and Van Rooyen tie, Berger advances.
If English wins and Todd and Van Rooyen tie, English advances.
If Todd wins and Berger and English tie, Todd advances.
If Van Rooyen wins and Berger and English tie, Van Rooyen advances.
If Berger and Todd win, it will force a playoff between those two.
If Berger and Van Rooyen win, it will force a playoff between those two.
If English and Todd win, it will force a playoff between those two.
If English and Van Rooyen win, it will force a playoff between those two.
If Berger and English tie, and Todd and Van Rooyen tie, it will force a four-man playoff.
GROUP 15: Matt Fitzpatrick (1.0) vs. Matthew Wolff (1.5); Corey Conners (0.0) vs. Jordan Spieth (1.5)
If Wolff and Spieth each win or each tie, it will force a playoff between those two.
If Wolff wins and Spieth ties or loses, Wolff advances.
If Spieth wins and Wolff ties or loses, Spieth advances.
If Spieth loses and Fitzpatrick wins, Fitzpatrick advances.
If Spieth ties and Fitzpatrick wins, it will force a playoff between those two.
Conners is eliminated.
GROUP 16: Sungjae Im (1.0) vs. Victor Perez (1.0); Marc Leishman (1.0) vs. Russell Henley (1.0)
If Im wins and Leishman and Henley tie, Im advances.
If Perez wins and Leishman and Henley tie, Perez advances.
If Leishman wins and Im and Perez tie, Leishman advances.
If Henley wins and Im and Perez tie, Henley advances.
If Im and Leishman win, it will force a playoff between those two.
If Im and Henley win, it will force a playoff between those two.
If Perez and Leishman win, it will force a playoff between those two.
If Perez and Henley win, it will force a playoff between those two.
If Im and Perez tie, and Leishman and Henley tie, it will force a four-man playoff.