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2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Friday matches, tee times, how to watch

Everything you need to know for Wednesday’s first round of matches at Austin Country Club.

It’s time for the final day of group play in Texas.

A bracket quite literally packed with the world’s best players is on to Friday at the 2023 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas, the final playing of the event. On hand are 64 of the world’s top-77 players, including world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who will look to defend his title after beating Kevin Kisner in last year’s final.

There are plenty of pivotal matchups coming Friday. Plenty of stars will advance to Saturday, but others will head home.

Here’s everything you need to know for Friday’s final round of pool play matches of the 2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. All times Eastern.

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Friday matches, tee times

Time Matches
9 a.m.
K.H. Lee vs. Nick Taylor
9:11 a.m.
Adam Svensson vs. Victor Perez
9:22 a.m.
Viktor Hovland vs. Chris Kirk
9:33 a.m.
Denny McCarthy vs Scott Stallings
9:44 a.m.
Jordan Spieth vs. Shane Lowry
9:55 a.m.
Taylor Montgomery vs. Mackenzie Hughes
10:06 a.m.
Max Homa vs. Hideki Matsuyama
10:17 a.m.
Kevin Kisner vs. Justin Suh
10:28 a.m.
Sam Burns vs. Seamus Power
10:39 a.m.
Adam Scott vs. Adam Hadwin
10:50 a.m.
Patrick Cantlay vs. Brian Harman
11:01 a.m.
Collin Morikawa vs. Jason Day
11:12 a.m.
Si Woo Kim vs. Matt Kuchar
11:23 a.m.
Sungjae Im vs. Tommy Fleetwood
11:34 a.m.
J.T. Poston vs. Maverick McNealy
11:45 a.m.
Scottie Scheffler vs. Tom Kim
11:56 a.m.
Alex Noren vs. Davis Riley
12:07 p.m.
Matt Fitzpatrick vs. Sahith Theegala
12:18 p.m.
Min Woo Lee vs. J.J. Spaun
12:29 p.m.
Xander Schauffele vs. Tom Hoge
12:40 p.m.
Aaron Wise vs. Cam Davis
12:51 p.m.
Tyrrell Hatton vs. Russell Henley
1:02 p.m.
Lucas Herbert vs. Ben Griffin
1:13 p.m.
Rory McIlroy vs. Keegan Bradley
1:24 p.m.
Tony Finau vs. Kurt Kitayama
1:35 p.m.
Adrian Meronk vs. Christiaan Bezuidenhout
1:46 p.m.
Will Zalatoris vs. Ryan Fox
1:57 p.m.
Harris English vs. Andrew Putnam
2:08 p.m.
Cameron Young vs. Sepp Straka
1:19 p.m.
Corey Conners vs. Davis Thompson
1:30 p.m.
Jon Rahm vs. Billy Horschel
1:41 p.m.
Keith Mitchell vs. Rickie Fowler

Format

The field of 64 players has been split into 16 groups of four players. Players face everyone within their group in match play Wednesday-Friday and earn one point for a win and a half point for a tie. The player with the most points in each group moves on to the knockout rounds. The group tiebreaker is sudden-death stroke play.

The Round of 16 and quarterfinal matches are Saturday, followed by the semifinal, third-place and final matches Sunday.

How to watch, listen

You can watch Golf Channel for free on fuboTV. ESPN+ is the exclusive home for PGA Tour Live streaming. All times Eastern.

Friday, March 24

TV

Golf Channel: 2-8 p.m.

Radio

SiriusXM: 2-8 p.m.

STREAM

ESPN+: 10:15 a.m.-8 p.m.
Peacock: 2-8 p.m.

Saturday, March 25

TV

Golf Channel: 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
NBC: 12-6 p.m.

Radio

SiriusXM: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

STREAM

ESPN+: 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Peacock: 12-6 p.m.

Sunday, March 26

TV

Golf Channel: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
NBC: 3-7 p.m.

Radio

SiriusXM: 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

STREAM

Peacock: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. // 3-7 p.m.

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Rory McIlroy hits one of the greatest drives of all-time to win match against Denny McCarthy at WGC-Dell Match Play

You’ll have to see it to believe it.

Earlier this week, Rory McIlroy said he was in favor of the USGA and R&A proposal to roll back the golf ball for professional and top amateurs.

“I think it’s going to help identify who the best players are a bit easier,” he said.

Well, there’s no question McIlroy is one of the best players in the world. He has been for more than a decade. On Thursday, during his match against Denny McCarthy in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club, McIlroy hit one of the best drives of all-time.

And that’s no exaggeration.

McIlroy and McCarthy’s match reached the 18th hole with the Northern Irishman 1 up. He had the first shot, and his smashed his driver with 188 mph ball speed. It finally landed 349 yards away on the front of the green. It ended 3 feet, 9 inches from the hole. You’ll have to see it to believe it.

That tee shot is the only one through the first two days to end up on the green.

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McCarthy’s shot ended up short of the green, and his second shot landed outside of McIlroy’s. McCarthy conceded the match, and McIlroy won 2 up.

Earlier in their match on the par-5 12th hole, McIlroy had a drive that traveled 420 yards.

However, the highlight of the day was his incredible tee shot on the 18th.

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Rickie Fowler most likely needs a berth in the quarterfinals at the WGC-Dell Match Play to qualify for the Masters. If he gets in, watch out

Course history and form are there. All Fowler needs to do is get in.

Since his last win at the 2019 WM Phoenix Open, Rickie Fowler has been searching.

Missed weekends became a norm for the 34-year-old. During the 2020-2021 season, Fowler tallied a single top-10 finish. He missed nine cuts.

The trend continued throughout his 2021-22 campaign, finishing inside the top 10 once, the top 25 a mere three times and missing the weekend nine times once again.

But so far in 2023, Fowler has found his game.

Thanks to a few swing changes, a reunion with long-time coach Butch Harmon — who earlier this year claimed Fowler would win this season — and a switch to a mallet-style putter, the five-time PGA Tour winner has six top 25s in 10 starts, three of which are top 10s. Fowler was the runner-up to Keegan Bradley at the Zozo Championship during the wrap-around season, and collected three top-20 finishes at designed events: T-10 at the WM Phoenix Open, T-20 at the Genesis Invitational and T-13 at the Players Championship.

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Rickie Fowler tees off on hole 3 during final round action of The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, Sunday, March 12, 2023. (Bob Self/Florida Times-Union)

At this week’s WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in Austin, Texas, Fowler can most likely earn a spot in the 2023 Masters with a berth in the quarterfinals, according to Official World Golf Ranking guru Nosferatu (@VC606).

He took care of world No. 2 Jon Rahm on Wednesday, winning 2 and 1, but fell to Billy Horschel 3 and 2 on Day 2. Fowler needs a win against Keith Mitchell on Friday to have any hope of moving on.

More: 5 players due to break winless streaks

If he’s welcome through the gates of Magnolia Lane, Fowler should be considered a threat to wear the green jacket come Sunday afternoon.

His last appearance at the year’s first major was at the November edition in 2020, where he tied for 29th. Before that, he finished T-9 in 2019, solo second in 2018 and T-11 in 2017. Fowler also finished inside the top five in 2014.

The course history is there.

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As for his current form, Fowler has regained his confidence on the greens. He’s ranked inside the top 55 in almost every putting category, including SG: Putting (53rd). But more importantly, his ball-striking is back.

Entering the week at Austin Country Club, Fowler ranked 11th in SG: Approach, an area required to successfully maneuver your way around Augusta.

While the goal is to focus on this week in Texas, Fowler knows what’s on the line.

“I knew I needed to come here and play well,” he said Tuesday. “I wasn’t sure of exactly what I needed to do. The nice thing with the kind of world rankings and what’s coming off, really, anything I do that puts points on the board is only going to move me up from here moving forward.

“So, yeah, I mean, my short-term goal is to obviously get myself back in Augusta. If that doesn’t happen, we’re going to continue to move forward and be in a good position.”

And if he doesn’t make it far enough, his plan is to head down the road for the Valero Texas Open.

“I’m committed and planning on playing there. If I do play well enough, we’ll kind of maybe reconsider and see where we’re at. But, yeah, kind of doing whatever I need to do to give myself the best chance to be in Augusta,” he said.

Not sure how the green jacket would look covering his iconic Sunday orange, but it’s safe to assume he wouldn’t care.

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Watch: Adam Scott nearly dunks tee shot for hole-in-one, ball ends up inches from water hazard

A whirlwind of emotions for the Aussie.

Adam Scott knew his tee shot on the par-3 11th hole was good. He gave a strong club twirl as his golf ball tracked toward the flag.

Little did he know, it was almost too good.

During Thursday’s second day of group play at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club, 33-seed Scott was tied with No. 13 Sam Burns when his tee shot on 11 nearly went in on the fly. It hit the flagstick and then the back of the cup before ricocheting back across the green and nearly in the water hazard. Luckily, Scott’s ball stopped a few inches short of the penalty area.

Nevertheless, Scott nearly made the birdie putt but settled for par and halved the hole with Burns.

A whirlwind of emotions for the Aussie, but match play is full of swings. Thankfully for Scott, his bad break didn’t result in a lost hole.

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2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play: Five matches worth watching on Thursday

Keep an eye on these matches as pool play heats up at the WGC-Match Play.

The world’s best players are in Austin, Texas, for the last playing of a unique event on the PGA Tour schedule.

Austin Country Club is playing host to the 2023 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play for the final time this week, where 64 of the world’s top 77 players are on hand to play the Tour’s last match-play event for the foreseeable future.

Thursday’s slate features a clash of fan favorites, a pair of duels from the loaded Group 2 and a handful of must-wins for top players if they are to have any shot at the knockout stage.

Check out the top five matches to watch from the second round in Austin.

2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Thursday matches, tee times, how to watch

Everything you need to know for Thursday’s second round of matches at Austin Country Club.

The Florida Swing has come and gone and the PGA Tour is back in the Longhorn State. Who’s ready for some match play?

A bracket quite literally packed with the world’s best players is set for this week’s 2023 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas, the final playing of the event. An impressive 64 of the world’s top-77 players, including world No. 1 and defending champion Scottie Scheffler, are all in action.

The big winner on Wednesday was Sungjae Im, who made quick work of Maverick McNealy, 8 and 6. Corey Conners also had a big win with his 6-and-5 takedown of Sepp Straka.

Here’s everything you need to know for Thursday’s second round of matches of the 2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. All times Eastern.

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Match Play: 10 best matches to watch in pool play

Wednesday matches, tee times

Time Matches
10:20 a.m. Tony Finau vs. Adrian Meronk
10:31 a.m. Kurt Kitayama vs. Christiaan Bezuidenhout
10:42 a.m. Will Zalatoris vs. Harris English
10:53 a.m. Ryan Fox vs. Andrew Putnam
11:04 a.m. Cameron Young vs. Corey Conners
11:15 a.m. Sepp Straka vs. Davis Thompson
11:26 a.m. Jon Rahm vs. Keith Mitchell
11:37 a.m. Billy Horschel vs. Rickie Fowler
11:48 a.m. Jordan Spieth vs. Taylor Montgomery
11:59 a.m. Shane Lowry vs. Mackenzie Hughes
12:10 p.m. Max Homa vs. Kevin Kisner
12:21 p.m. Hideki Matsuyama vs. Justin Suh
12:32 p.m. Sam Burns vs. Adam Scott
12:43 p.m. Seamus Power vs. Adam Hadwin
12:54 p.m. Patrick Cantlay vs. K.H. Lee
1:05 p.m. Brian Harman vs. Nick Taylor
1:16 p.m. Collin Morikawa vs. Adam Svensson
1:27 p.m. Jason Day vs. Victor Perez
1:38 p.m. Viktor Hovland vs. Si Woo Kim
1:49 p.m. Chris Kirk vs. Matt Kuchar
2 p.m. Sungjae Im vs. J.T. Poston
2:11 p.m. Tommy Fleetwood vs. Maverick McNealy
2:22 p.m. Scottie Scheffler vs. Alex Noren
2:33 p.m. Tom Kim vs. Davis Riley
2:44 p.m. Matt Fitzpatrick vs. Min Woo Lee
2:55 p.m. Sahith Theegala vs. J.J. Spaun
3:06 p.m. Xander Schauffele vs. Aaron Wise
3:17 p.m. Tom Hoge vs. Cam Davis
3:28 p.m. Tyrrell Hatton vs. Lucas Herbert
3:39 p.m. Russell Henley vs. Ben Griffin
3:50 p.m. Rory McIlroy vs. Denny McCarthy
4:01 p.m. Keegan Bradley vs. Scott Stallings

Format

The field of 64 players has been split into 16 groups of four players. Players face everyone within their group in match play Wednesday-Friday and earn one point for a win and a half point for a tie. The player with the most points in each group moves on to the knockout rounds. The group tiebreaker is sudden-death stroke play.

The Round of 16 and quarterfinal matches are Saturday, followed by the semifinal, third-place and final matches Sunday.

How to watch, listen

You can watch Golf Channel for free on fuboTV. ESPN+ is the exclusive home for PGA Tour Live streaming. All times Eastern.

Thursday, March 23

TV

Golf Channel: 2-8 p.m.

Radio

SiriusXM: 2-8 p.m.

STREAM

ESPN+: 10:15 a.m.-8 p.m.
Peacock: 2-8 p.m.

Friday, March 24

TV

Golf Channel: 2-8 p.m.

Radio

SiriusXM: 2-8 p.m.

STREAM

ESPN+: 10:15 a.m.-8 p.m.
Peacock: 2-8 p.m.

Saturday, March 25

TV

Golf Channel: 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
NBC: 12-6 p.m.

Radio

SiriusXM: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

STREAM

ESPN+: 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Peacock: 12-6 p.m.

Sunday, March 26

TV

Golf Channel: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
NBC: 3-7 p.m.

Radio

SiriusXM: 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

STREAM

Peacock: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. // 3-7 p.m.

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Did Rory McIlroy have 19 putts in a practice round at Augusta National last week? ‘Yeah, look, I had two good days’

“We played 54 holes in two days, and it was good. I was really happy with where my game was.”

Nineteen putts in one round? At Augusta National?

The Masters is two weeks away, and plenty of players have made their way to Augusta, Georgia, in recent weeks to get some practice in.

World No. 3 Rory McIlroy is one of those players. He went last week between missing the cut at the Players Championship and ahead of the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. And one of his rounds seems to have been pretty special.

After beating Scott Stallings 3 and 1 in his first match Wednesday at Austin Country Club, McIlroy was asked about a rumor he had 19 putts during one of his practice rounds, and he didn’t exactly shoot that statement down.

“Yeah, look, I had two good days,” McIlroy said. “We played 54 holes in two days, and it was good. I was really happy with where my game was.”

McIlroy switched out putters this week, using a Scotty Cameron Newport. And if he’s able to rekindle that old flame, there’s a chance he could slip on a green jacket in two weeks for the first time, completing the career grand slam.

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Photos: 2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club

Check out the best photos from the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club.

It’s time for the final WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play.

That’s right, it’s the last time this tournament will be held at Austin Country Club in Texas. The famed club in the Texas capital has hosted Match Play since 2016 when Dell became the title sponsor. As one of the Tour’s designated events for the season, the loaded field, which includes 64 of the top 77 players in the world, will compete for a tournament-record purse of $20 million.

The 64 players are seeded and placed in 16 different groups. Golfers play everyone in their group in matches from Wednesday-Friday and earn one point for a win and half a point for a tie. The 16 group winners with the most points will then advance to the knockout stage with the Round of 16 on Saturday morning, the quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon, semifinals on Sunday morning and final and third place-matches on Sunday afternoon.

Here’s a look at some of the best photos from the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play.

WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play: Best showdowns | Best bets

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Xander Schauffele hopes convincing opening win helps emerge from pool play at WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play

Pardon Xander Schauffele if he didn’t get too chesty after comfortably capturing his opening match.

AUSTIN, Texas — Pardon Xander Schauffele if he didn’t get too chesty after comfortably capturing his opening match during the 2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club.

Sure, Schauffele played well Wednesday against Cam Davis, using birdies on five of the opening seven holes to cruise to a 4-and-3 victory during a round in which he said he hit only one bad shot.

But the World No. 7 has been in this position before, and he knows that a group that includes red-hot Tom Hoge and Aaron Wise will still be tough to navigate. In fact, in four previous starts at the Pete Dye-designed course, Schauffele has never emerged from pool play, even though he’s played some solid golf along the way.

With the tournament scratched from the 2024 PGA Tour schedule (and the entire World Golf Championships franchise perhaps riding off in the sunset), Schauffele knows this is his last chance to finally make some noise in an event strong-willed players seem to love.

“There’s been plenty of times where you go 2-1 and you don’t get out because somebody goes 3-0,” Schauffele said. “If you want to get out of your group, just go 3-0 and that’ll do the job. That’s kind of what we have in mind.”

Schauffele has seven PGA Tour victories and has thrice finished in the top three at a major, but he admitted he hasn’t always come to Austin in peak form, especially with preparation for the upcoming Masters often taking precedence.

“I don’t think I’ve been in great form coming in in the past. The one time I played really well I think Sergio (Garcia) was like 9 under through 16 or something and I was 6under,” Schauffele said. “I was playing well and he beat me straight up. It’s one of those things where you can match up against someone, shoot 1 over and win your match, or you can shoot 7 under and lose your match.

“That’s just the beauty of match play and the beauty of all these players being the top players in the world, and it’s also this golf course. Anyone can birdie any hole on any given day, so it makes it pretty exciting.”

On Wednesday, Schauffele hit 10 of 12 fairways and was among the day’s longest players off the tee in getting out to a sizable lead over the Australian Davis. Schauffele was 4 up at the turn and coasted home, despite making a bogey at No. 14.

After tinkering with his driver, the native of Southern California felt right at home during a warm, foggy Texas afternoon that made the greens approachable. He’s hoping the success will continue through the week.

“It’s been a work in progress with equipment on the woods side. I’ve been hitting my irons pretty good, and I don’t know if it’s a speed thing or a delivery thing, but my whole bag wasn’t really married to each other. I’d hit my irons really good and my driver or hit my driver okay and my irons bad,” “We’ve been kind of working through it a lot last week and earlier this week, Monday, Tuesday.

“It’s nice that it worked out.”

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Schauffele will meet Wise in a pool-play match Thursday that’s scheduled to tee off at 3:06 p.m. ET.

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Check the yardage book: Austin Country Club for the 2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play on the PGA Tour

StrackaLine offers hole-by-hole maps for Austin Country Club, site of the 2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play on the PGA Tour.

Austin Country Club’s course, site of the 2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play on the PGA Tour, was designed by Pete Dye and opened in 1984.

The club was founded in 1899 but changed sites several times before building the current course. The layout has been the site of the Match Play since 2016, and this will be the last year of the event at the club.

Austin Country Club ranks No. 12 in Texas on Golfweek’s Best list of private courses, and it ties for No. 176 on Golfweek’s Best list of modern courses built in or after 1960 in the U.S.

The course will play to 7,108 yards with a par of 71 for the Match Play. The PGA Tour has advised the course might look a little different this year, as an ice storm in February damaged more than 1,200 trees.

Thanks to yardage books provided by StrackaLine – the maker of detailed yardage books for thousands of courses around the world – we can see exactly the challenges the pros face this week.