WGC-Match Play: Predictions for All 16 Groups

Sixty-four of the world’s best players are in town for the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. Check out our staff picks for pool play.

With everyone’s March Madness bracket already busted, you’d be crazy to open yourself up to even more heartbreak, but golf fans, with their 7 a.m. tee times and blatant disregard for the weather, are known for being a crazy bunch. For that reason, thousands will be filling out their brackets for this week’s WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, which will get underway this Wednesday at Austin Country Club.

While fantasy logic doesn’t completely go out the window when we’re dealing with this format, the truth is that match play is infinitely more volatile than stroke play. Rest assured, we’re going to get some unpredictable results this week — perhaps counterintuitively, it’s all a matter of figuring out where those results are most likely to arise.

This week, the Pro Golf Now team will be bringing you our projections throughout the week, starting with these picks for the group stage. This weekend, we’ll make predictions for the knockout stages, as well as the consolation match and finale.

But until then, here’s our breakdown of the best bets to advance out of the group stage of the WGC-Match Play.