AUSTIN, TEXAS – MARCH 22: Scottie Scheffler of the United States plays his shot from the 16th tee during day one of the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club on March 22, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images)
Did Josh McCown spoil the Panthers plan for No. 1 pick?
Checking in on the WGC-Dell Match Play and the group stage standings for the tournament to see which players are in line to advance.
The action got underway a day earlier than normal on the PGA Tour with the WGC-Dell Match Play taking over Austin Country Club. And the first matches of the groups stage on Wednesday offered plenty of drama.
Right out of the gate, as we always do at this event, we got a big upset with J.J. Spaun taking down Matt Fitzpatrick. That really set the tone for some shocking results with Rickie Fowler beating Jon Rahm, Matt Kuchar topping a red-hot Viktor Hovland, Will Zalatoris losing to Andrew Putnam, and much more.
But this is the round-robin part of the bracket and no one is eliminated yet. However, we need to check in on the group stage standings to see where players stand to try and advance in the bracket.
WGC-Dell Match Play group stage standings – Updated after Wednesday matches
Group 1
- T1. Scottie Scheffler (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T1. Tom Kim (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T3. Alex Noren (0-1-0) – 0 pt
- T3. Davis Riley (0-1-0) – 0 pt
Group 2
- 1. Rickie Fowler (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T2. Billy Horschel (0-0-1) – 0.5 pt
- T2. Keith Mitchell (0-0-1) – 0.5 pt
- 4. Jon Rahm (0-1-0) – 0 pt
Group 3
- 1. Rory McIlroy (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T2. Keegan Bradley (0-0-1) – 0.5 pt
- T2. Denny McCarthy (0-0-1) – 0.5 pt
- 4. Scott Stallings (0-1-0) – 0 pt
Group 4
- T1. Patrick Cantlay (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T1. Brian Harman (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T3. K.H. Lee (0-1-0) – 0 pt
- T3. Nick Taylor (0-1-0) – 0 pt
Group 5
- T1. Max Homa (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T1. Hideki Matsuyama (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T3. Kevin Kisner (0-1-0) – 0 pt
- T3. Justin Suh (0-1-0) – 0 pt
Group 6
- T1. Xander Schauffele (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T1. Aaron Wise (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T3. Tom Hoge (0-1-0) – 0 pt
- T3. Cam Davis (0-1-0) – 0 pt
Group 7
- T1. Ryan Fox (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T1. Andrew Putnam (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T3. Will Zalatoris (0-1-0) – 0 pt
- T3. Harris English (0-1-0) – 0 pt
Group 8
- T1. Si Woo Kim (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T1. Matt Kuchar (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T3. Viktor Hovland (0-1-0) – 0 pt
- T3. Chris Kirk (0-1-0) – 0 pt
Group 9
- T1. Collin Morikawa (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T1. Jason Day (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T3. Adam Svensson (0-1-0) – 0 pt
- T3. Victor Perez (0-1-0) – 0 pt
Group 10
- T1. Tony Finau (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T1. Adrian Meronk (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T3. Kurt Kitayama (0-1-0) – 0 pt
- T3. Christiaan Bezuidenhout (0-1-0) – 0 pt
Group 11
- T1. Min Woo Lee (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T1. J.J. Spaun (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T3. Matt Fitzpatrick (0-1-0) – 0 pt
- T3. Sahith Theegala (0-1-0) – 0 pt
Group 12
- T1. Jordan Spieth (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T1. Taylor Montgomery (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T3. Shane Lowry (0-1-0) – 1 pt
- T3. Mackenzie Hughes (0-1-0) – 1 pt
Group 13
- T1. Sam Burns (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T1. Adam Scott (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T3. Seamus Power (0-1-0) – 0 pt
- T3. Adam Hadwin (0-1-0) – 0 pt
Group 14
- T1. Lucas Herbert (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T1. Ben Griffin (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T3. Tyrrell Hatton (0-1-0) – 0 pt
- T3. Russell Henley (0-1-0) – 0 pt
Group 15
- T1. Cameron Young (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T1. Corey Conners (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T3. Sepp Straka (0-1-0) – 1 pt
- T3. Davis Thompson (0-1-0) – 1 pt
Group 16
- T1. Sungjae Im (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T1. J.T. Poston (1-0-0) – 1 pt
- T3. Tommy Fleetwood (0-1-0) – 0 pt
- T3. Maverick McNealy (0-1-0) – 0 pt
There are still two more matches left for every player in the round-robin play of this stage, so the group stage standings could get shaken up a good deal. We’ll have to see what happens and who emerges into the Round of 16 but the stage is now set and we know what will be asked of these players to make that happen.
