WGC-Dell Match Play Top-10 Power Rankings

Rory McIlroy came out on top at last year’s WGC-Dell Match Play. Who will be the last man standing this year?

The WGC-Dell Match Play tournament offers a break in PGA TOUR‘s stroke play routine. Sports fans across the country have painstakingly filled out their NCAA Tournament brackets. But those ones aren’t the only brackets that are going to be busted in the month of March.

This week’s WGC-Dell Match Play is sure to feature plenty of thrilling performances and no shortage of upsets, so if you’re a fan of both golf and basketball, get ready for double the heartbreak over the next week.

While it’s sure to be entertaining, the Match Play is probably the single hardest PGA TOUR event to project, especially this year. There are a number of reasons for this. First, match play is an extremely unpredictable format–it’s a phenomenon I’ve written about in the past. Basically, match play pits two players against each other, as opposed to an entire field of 150. In theory, a player could win the Match Play by shooting 75s all week; all that matters is that his opponents shoot 76 or worse. The bottom line is that a player’s current form is less relevant this week than in others.

Furthermore, the tournament’s new venue–Austin Country Club–has never before hosted a PGA Tour event, so we don’t have any course history to go off of. Thus, this week’s power rankings feature some steady, prominent players who tend to find success wherever they go. Next year, we’ll have a bit more information to work with.

Without further ado, let’s get to it. Here are some of the best bets for success at the WGC-Dell Match Play.

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