The WGC Dell Match Play event featured 64 of the world’s top golfers competing in a match play format. The only Match Play Style Tournament of the year and also the last one for the foreseeable future as the PGA Tour has decided to move away from this tournament. 🙁

Match play is a different format than traditional stroke play. In match play, two golfers play against each other in a head-to-head competition where the winner is determined by who wins the most holes over the course of the round. The golfer with the lowest score on each hole wins that hole and earns a point, with a half-point awarded for tied holes. The golfer who wins the most holes overall is the winner of the match. The tournament began with 16 four-player round-robin groups, with each golfer playing three matches against the others in their group. The player with the best record in each group advances to the knockout stage, where they compete in single-elimination matches until a winner is crowned.

This year we saw the some of the big dawgs continue their success on the year like Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlory and Sam Burns. We also saw some fail short, not make it past the group stage like Jon Rahm, Tony Finau & Colin Morikawa. Making the biggest move of the weekend was Mackenzie Hughes, who advanced to the Quarterfinal round after beating Max Homa. Unfortunately for Hughes he ran into this years champ. Let’s see how this weekend shook out! Also another no LIV event weekend. SMH

Before we get to it…….Congrats to one of Swindle Golf’s own, Mr. Jonah Owenby for taking the crown in this years Swindle Golf Bracket! See the full bracket here