With the Florida swing over, the PGA Tour heads to Texas for the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club. This is the only tournament that deviates from traditional stroke-play and lasts five days instead of four. The field of 64 players is divided into 16 groups of four with round-robin play over the first three days starting on Wednesday. The winners from each bracket will advance to the weekend’s round of 16. After that, single-elimination knockout matches take place through the final round until a champion is crowned. World No. 1 Jon Rahm top the odds board and is a massive favorite in his first-round matchup with Sebastian Munoz. Odds listed below are for Wednesday’s first-round matchups with odds for the next two rounds posted later. Be sure to visit BookMaker.eu for a complete list of matchup betting odds when you’re ready to place a wager.
WGC Dell Technologies Match Play Round 1 Matchup Odds
Jordan Spieth -130 vs. Keegan Bradley +100
Adam Scott -125 vs. Justin Rose -105
Justin Thomas -215 vs. Luke List +168
Kevin Kisner -110 vs. Marc Leishman -120
Joaquin Niemann -145 vs. Maverick McNealy +115
Kevin Na +124 vs. Russell Henley -155
Viktor Hovland -205 vs. Sepp Straka +161
Will Zalatoris -150 vs. Cameron Tringale +120
Louis Oosthuizen -140 vs. Alex Noren +110
Paul Casey -125 vs. Corey Conners -105
Xander Schauffele -230 vs. Takumi Kanaya +179
Tony Finau -150 vs. Lucas Herbert +120
Abraham Ancer -125 vs. Bubba Watson -105
Webb Simpson -115 vs. Brian Harman -115
Collin Morikawa -190 vs. Robert MacIntyre +150
Jason Kokrak -105 vs. Sergio Garcia -125
Billy Horschel -190 vs. Min Woo Lee +150
Thomas Pieters -105 vs. Tom Hoge -125
Scottie Scheffler -190 vs. Ian Poulter +150
Matthew Fitzpatrick -125 vs. Tommy Fleetwood -105
Tyrrell Hatton -150 vs. Christiaan Bezuidenhout +120
Daniel Berger -170 vs. Si Woo Kim +135
Patrick Cantlay -180 vs. Keith Mitchell +143
Sungjae Im -140 vs. Seamus Power +110
Bryson DeChambeau -190 vs. Richard Bland +150
Talor Gooch -160 vs. Lee Westwood +127
Dustin Johnson -185 vs. Mackenzie Hughes +146
Max Homa -190 vs. Matthew Wolff +150
Brooks Koepka -140 vs. Erik Van Rooyen +110
Shane Lowry -140 vs. Harold Varner III +110
Jon Rahm -215 vs. Sebastian Munoz +168
Patrick Reed -110 vs. Cameron Young -120
Need to Know
The match-play and round-robin format over the first three days open a number of different betting options. Odds will be posted for each of the three round-robin matches that take place over the first three days of the tournament. Each player will go head-to-head with the others in his group with the winner advancing to the round of 16. The tournament has apparently found a home in Texas with Austin CC serving as host since 2016. It’s as if the field will be playing two separate courses the way it’s set up. The front nine rolls through the Texas hills while the back nine play alongside the Colorado River and Lake Austin. Players shouldn’t get too caught up in the course, though. The format requires more attention to your game and opponent. Key areas for success are tee-to-green accuracy and a strong short game. The ability to play the wind is also helpful.
WGC Dell Technologies Match Play – Round 1 Matchup Picks
Richard Bland +150 vs. Bryson DeChambeau
This pick has more to do with DeChambeau’s health rather than Bland’s recent play. DeChambeau has been shelved since early January due to wrist and ankle injuries and is making his first start since a MC at the Farmers. That first round after dealing with injuries is always difficult and while Bryson may come around the next two days, I expect some hiccups in the opening matchup. A consistent performer on the DP World Tour, Bland just needs to hit a few shots for a nice payout.
Kevin Kisner -110 vs. Marc Leishman
A two-time finalist and 2019 winner of this event, Kisner is a fixture in the match-play portion giving him plenty of value in this head-to-head. He’s also had a hot start to 2022 with three top-10s in seven starts, including a solo fourth a few weeks back at THE PLAYERS. Kisner is in a tough group that includes Justin Thomas and in order to reach the knockout round winning this head to head is imperative.
Maverick McNealy +115 vs. Joaquin Niemann
You get the feeling McNealy is playing with house money and that makes him dangerous. The last man into the field when Sam Burns withdrew, the former Stanford product has a date with Niemann in the first round. McNealy has been consistent this season going 11 for 12 with a solo second in Napa and more recently a T7 at the Genesis. He was a respectable T46 at THE PLAYERS and definitely has game or he wouldn’t be here. But with nothing to lose expect him to let it all go, at least in this first round.
Patrick Cantlay -180 vs. Keith Mitchell
I’m not a big fan of backing a player, no matter how good he is, at the price attached to Cantlay. But I do make exceptions every so often and this is one of those times. A strong performer in match-play events and the reigning FedExCup champ, Cantlay has enjoyed a strong start to this season. I’ll let last week’s MC slide and continue to back one of the hottest players on Tour, even if the price isn’t to my liking.
Bubba Watson -105 vs. Abraham Ancer
It doesn’t matter where Watson is positioned in the rankings he always seems to perform well in this event. He emerged as winner of his pool six times and won the 2018 title as the 39th ranked player in the world. He was the lowest seed in his foursome last year eventually winning a sudden death playoff to advance to the knockout round again. Finding value in matchups is always a goal and there is plenty in backing Watson in his first-round scrap with Ancer.
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