Move over Selection Sunday. Selection Monday is here.
In golf’s answer to the dramatic March Madness-inducing spectacle revealing NCAA Tournament seeding, the blind draw determining the 16 groups for this week’s WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, Calif., aired live on Golf Channel Monday afternoon.
According to new rules adopted by the PGA Tour this year, the top 16 players in the Official World Golf Ranking will each headline their own group, while the remaining three players in each group were randomly selected from three pools based on ranking.
For the first three days of competition, players will compete in round-robin matches within their group, with the player compiling the best record advancing to the elimination rounds held on the weekend.
Here’s a look at the first three days of matches:
GROUP 1
Rory McIlroy
Billy Horschel
Brandt Snedeker
Jason Dufner
GROUP 2
Jordan Spieth
Lee Westwood
Matt Every
Mikko Ilonen
GROUP 3
Henrik Stenson
Bill Haas
Brendon Todd
John Senden
GROUP 4
Bubba Watson
Louis Oosthuizen
Keegan Bradley
Miguel Angel Jimenez
GROUP 5
Jim Furyk
Martin Kaymer
Thongchai Jaidee
George Coetzee
GROUP 6
Justin Rose
Ryan Palmer
Anirban Lahiri
Marc Leishman
GROUP 7
Jason Day
Zach Johnson
Branden Grace
Charley Hoffman
GROUP 8
Dustin Johnson
Victor Dubuisson
Charl Schwartzel
Matt Jones
GROUP 9
Adam Scott
Chris Kirk
Paul Casey
Francesco Molinari
GROUP 10
Sergio Garcia
Jamie Donaldson
Bernd Wiesberger
Tommy Fleetwood
GROUP 11
Jimmy Walker
Ian Poulter
Webb Simpson
Gary Woodland
GROUP 12
J.B. Holmes
Brooks Koepka
Russell Henley
Marc Warren
GROUP 13
Rickie Fowler
Graeme McDowell
Shane Lowry
Harris English
GROUP 14
Matt Kuchar
Hunter Mahan
Stephen Gallacher
Ben Martin
GROUP 15
Patrick Reed
Ryan Moore
Danny Willett
Andy Sullivan
GROUP 16
Hideki Matsuyama
Kevin Na
Joost Luiten
Alexander Levy
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