2022 WGC-Dell Match Play Betting Card Preview

Mar 22, 2022

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The world's best golfers head to Austin, Texas this week for the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play event, a scheduling wrinkle to break up the monotony of standard tournament golf. The field of 64 takes on a round-robin format Wednesday through Friday, with 16 four-man groups playing head-to-head with the goal of advancing from their group into the 'win-and-advance' format over the weekend.

As last year showed, with just one of 16 top seeds moving on, Match Play brings an added layer of variance when compared to a traditional four-day stroke play event. Austin Country Club, designed by noted golf architect Pete Dye, adds another layer of randomness. A par-71 layout measuring just 7,108 yards from the tips keeps every skill set in play, limiting distance advantages off the tee. For more course details, check out Ron's breakdown.

Past Match Play Winners at Austin Country Club

2021: Billy Horschel over Scottie Scheffler
2019: Kevin Kisner over Matt Kuchar
2018: Bubba Watson over Kevin Kisner
2017: Dustin Johnson over Jon Rahm

A unique format also brings in unique betting opportunities. Betting outright winners is still in play, but betting on group winners is more commonplace and likely a better way to approach this week. Finishing position bets get the week off. I'll share a couple of outright bets I like, along with a few of my favorite group bets heading into Wednesday.

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*Betting lines accurate at the time of publication.