WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play

DATE: Wednesday 24th – Sunday 28th March 2021

CLOSING DATE: 5PM EST (US time) on Friday 19th March 2021

FIELD: 64 Players

ELIGIBILITY:

• The top 64 available Players to a floor of 100 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of Monday 15th March 2021.

Any ties in the 64 starting positions will be broken by the following criteria in order:

a) Total Official World Golf Ranking points earned in the 52 week period leading up to Monday 15th March 2020.

b) Total Official World Golf Ranking points earned in the 13 week period leading up to Monday 15th March 2020.

Eligibility Notes:

(i) This tournament is excluded from the top 5/10 Regulation.

FORMAT:

Wednesday to Friday: A series of Group Stage matches will take place over the first 3 days with the field of 64 players split into 16 groups of 4 and each player playing the other 3 players in their group once. Points will be awarded as follows: Win = 1 point; Halved match – ½ point; Loss = 0 points. The player who has accumulated the most points* within each group at the end of the Group Stage matches will advance to the 16 player Knockout Stage matches where traditional match play will decide all subsequent matches.

The following process will be used to fill the 16 groups of four players:

• The top 16 ranked players from the OWGR as of Monday 22nd March 2021 will be placed in order in groups 1 to 16.

• The remaining 48 players will be split into three criteria:-

o Players with OWGR ranking 17-32

o Players with OWGR ranking 33-48

o Players with OWGR ranking 49-64

• To complete group 1, one player from each of the above 3 criteria will be selected by random draw. This process will be repeated for groups 2-16.

Saturday AM: 8 x elimination matches (16 players)

Saturday PM: 4 x quarter-finals

Sunday AM: 2 x semi-finals

Sunday PM: 18 hole final & consolation match for losing semi-finalists

*In the event of a tie between two or three players in a group at the conclusion of the Group Stage matches, a hole by hole play-off (to take place once all scheduled group matches have teed off on the final day of the Group Stage matches), will decide the player that will advance to the Knockout Stage matches.

WITHDRAWALS & SUBSTITUTIONS POLICY:

After the commitment deadline and up to one hour prior to the telecast to determine the seed numbers, a Player who withdraws from the WGC- Dell Technologies Match Play will be replaced by the highest eligible Player from the list of eligible Players, provided such Player is ranked among the top 100 Players on the Official World Golf Ranking as of the eligibility cut-off for the tournament.

After one hour prior to the start of the telecast to determine the seed numbers, a Player who withdraws, or is disqualified prior to the start of his first Group Stage match will be replaced by the highest available Player from the list of eligible Players, provided such Player is ranked among the top 100 Players on the Official World Golf Ranking as of the eligibility cut-off for the tournament. The Player will take the place of the player who withdrew or was disqualified in the seed numbers.

In the event that another eligible Player is not available, the number of Players in the group that the Player has withdrawn from, will be reduced. The leading* Player from that group at the end of the “Group Stage” matches will still advance to the Knockout Stage matches as per all other groups.

After starting his first Group Stage match, a Player that concedes or is disqualified from a Group Stage match, is eligible to play in remaining Group Stage matches and advance to the Knockout Stage matches should he have the highest points total in his group or win a hole by hole playoff if one is required.

After starting his first Group Stage match, a player that withdraws from the tournament during the Group Stage matches is deemed to concede any of his Group Stage matches not played to a conclusion and the result of any of his Group Stage matches already played to a conclusion shall stand.

A player that qualifies for Knockout Stage matches who subsequently withdraws from the tournament concedes his Knockout State match that has not been played to a conclusion.

PRIZE MONEY:

A player who withdraws or is disqualified prior to the start of his first Group Stage match at the WGC - Dell Technologies Match Play will be ineligible to receive prize money or Race to Dubai Points.

At any time after starting his first Group Stage match, a Player who withdraws from the WGC- Dell Technologies Match Play will receive official prize money and Race to Dubai Points based on the results of his Group Stage matches to that point or thereafter his finish position in the subsequent Knockout Stage matches.

Position US($)

Winner TBC

Runner up TBC

3rd place TBC

4th place TBC

Losing ¼ finalists TBC

Losing 2nd round TBC

*Players who do not qualify from the Group Stage matches will receive Official Prize money and Race to Dubai Points based on the number of points accumulated. Official Prize money and Race to Dubai Points will be allocated equally amongst all players in all groups who accumulate the same number of points.

Official Prize money will be calculated as the appropriate share of the remaining prize money breakdown below with those winning no matches receiving a minimum of US$TBC. The same principle will be applied to the standard European Tour Race to Dubai Points breakdown for 8000 Points.

Prize Money breakdown from 17-64 TBC

VENUE:

Austin Country Club

4408 Long Champ Drive

Austin

TX 78746

USA

Tel: +1 512 328 0090

Location: 10 miles north of Austin

Nearest Airport: Austin-Bergstrom International (AUS) (30mins)

Golf Course Website: www.austincountryclub.com

Tournament Website: www.worldgolfchampionships.com/dell-match-play.html

PROMOTER:

WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Office

Austin Country Club

4408 Long Champ Drive

Austin

TX 78746

USA

Tel: +1 512 949 5881

Contact: Jordan Uppleger – Executive Director

Email: jordanuppleger@pgatourhq.com

WGC - Dell Match Play

Venue

Austin CC