16 Match Play Groups Revealed Live on Golf Channel

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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