The field consisted of the top 64 available eligible players from the
Official World Golf Ranking on March 13. A number of other players were in the top 64 but, having joined
LIV Golf, were suspended by the PGA Tour and ineligible to compete.[1]
On March 6, 2023, tournament organizers and the
PGA Tour announced that the 2023 event would be the last edition of WGC Match Play.[2][3]
Sam Burns won the event, beating
Cameron Young, 6 and 5, in the final. In the morning semi-finals Burns beat world number 1
Scottie Scheffler while Young beat world number 3
Rory McIlroy, both matches going to extra holes.[4]
Format
The 64 players were placed into four seeded pools, the 16 highest
ranked players as of March 20 in Pool A, the next 16 in Pool B, etc. The top seeds (Pool A) are placed into 16 groups in order, with the groups completed by means of a random draw of one player from each of the remaining pools.
Each group is played as a
round-robin of
match play matches, held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, with one point awarded for a win and half a point for a tie. The 16 group winners advance to the
knockout stage. If two or more players are tied on points at the end of the group stage, there is a sudden death
stroke play playoff between the tied players to determine the winner of the group.
In the knockout stage, the round of 16 is played on Saturday morning, with the quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon. The semi-finals are played on Sunday morning, and the final and third place playoff are played on Sunday afternoon. In total, barring withdrawals, those reaching the last four play seven rounds of golf.
Field
The field consisted of the top 64 available eligible players from the
Official World Golf Ranking on March 13. They are listed with their ranking as of March 20, which determined the seeding, followed in parentheses by their ranking as of March 13.[5]
The following players were ineligible to compete, having been suspended by the PGA Tour after joining
LIV Golf. Their world rankings as of March 13 are given.
Kitayama won the group after a sudden-death playoff; he made a birdie on the second extra hole to defeat Meronk, after Finau had been eliminated on the first extra hole when he made a double bogey as the others made par.[9]
The field consisted of the top 64 available eligible players from the
Official World Golf Ranking on March 13. A number of other players were in the top 64 but, having joined
LIV Golf, were suspended by the PGA Tour and ineligible to compete.[1]
On March 6, 2023, tournament organizers and the
PGA Tour announced that the 2023 event would be the last edition of WGC Match Play.[2][3]
Sam Burns won the event, beating
Cameron Young, 6 and 5, in the final. In the morning semi-finals Burns beat world number 1
Scottie Scheffler while Young beat world number 3
Rory McIlroy, both matches going to extra holes.[4]
Format
The 64 players were placed into four seeded pools, the 16 highest
ranked players as of March 20 in Pool A, the next 16 in Pool B, etc. The top seeds (Pool A) are placed into 16 groups in order, with the groups completed by means of a random draw of one player from each of the remaining pools.
Each group is played as a
round-robin of
match play matches, held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, with one point awarded for a win and half a point for a tie. The 16 group winners advance to the
knockout stage. If two or more players are tied on points at the end of the group stage, there is a sudden death
stroke play playoff between the tied players to determine the winner of the group.
In the knockout stage, the round of 16 is played on Saturday morning, with the quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon. The semi-finals are played on Sunday morning, and the final and third place playoff are played on Sunday afternoon. In total, barring withdrawals, those reaching the last four play seven rounds of golf.
Field
The field consisted of the top 64 available eligible players from the
Official World Golf Ranking on March 13. They are listed with their ranking as of March 20, which determined the seeding, followed in parentheses by their ranking as of March 13.[5]
The following players were ineligible to compete, having been suspended by the PGA Tour after joining
LIV Golf. Their world rankings as of March 13 are given.
Kitayama won the group after a sudden-death playoff; he made a birdie on the second extra hole to defeat Meronk, after Finau had been eliminated on the first extra hole when he made a double bogey as the others made par.[9]