2015 World Golf Championships-Cadillac Match Play - Rd 2 News & Notes SPOILER ALERT

pga43 · April 30, 2015

2015 World Golf Championships-Cadillac Match Play

(The 25

^th

of 43 events in the PGA TOUR Season)

San Francisco, Calif. April 27-May 3, 2015 Purse: $9,250,000 ($1,570,000 to the winner)

TPC Harding Park Par/Yards: 36-35–71/7,127 FedExCup points: 550 points

Second-Round Notes – Thursday, April 30, 2015

Weather: Sunny with temperatures reaching 70 degrees. Winds NW 6-12 mph.

New group format

The 64-player Cadillac Match Play field is divided into 16 four-player groups. Each group will play round-robin matches within their group on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The player with the best record in each of the four player groups advances to the Round of 16 for single-elimination match play (in the event of a two-way tie in a group, head-to-head match results will be used as the tiebreaker; a three-way tie will require a sudden-death stroke play hole-by-hole-playoff). The Round of 16 will be played Saturday morning, followed by the Quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon. The Semifinals will be Sunday morning, followed by the Championship Match and Consolation Match on Sunday afternoon.

The top seed for each of the 16 four-player groups is top 16 players in order of their position in the Official World Golf Ranking. The remaining three players in each group were determined by a blind draw from each of three pools depending on their standing in the OWGR.

GROUP 1

Player Seed Record

Rory McIlroy (1) 2-0

Billy Horschel (18) 2-0

Brandt Snedeker (35) 0-2

Jason Dufner (53) 0-2

Group 1, round by round

RD. 1 Rory McIlroy defeated Jason Dufner, 5 and 4

Billy Horschel defeated Brandt Snedeker, 5 and 4

RD. 2 McIlroy defeated Snedeker, 2-up

Horschel defeated Dufner, 3 and 2

RD. 3 (FRI.) – McIlroy vs. Horschel, Snedeker vs. Dufner

R3 Scenarios:

McIlroy and Horschel will meet in R3 with the winner advancing to the round of 16.

GROUP 2

Player Seed Record

Jordan Spieth (2) 2-0

Lee Westwood (26) 2-0

Mikko Ilonen (62) 0-2

Matt Every (40) 0-2

Group 2 round-by-round

RD. 1 Jordan Spieth defeated Mikko Ilonen, 4-and-2

Lee Westwood defeated Matt Every, 1-up

RD. 2 Spieth defeated Every, 4 and 3

Westwood defeated Ilonen, 1-up

RD. 3 (FRI.) – Spieth vs. Westwood, Every vs. Ilonen

R3 Scenarios:

The winner of the Spieth and Westwood match in R3 will determine who advances to the round of 16.

At 21 year’s old, Spieth and No. 1 Rory McIlroy (25), combine for the first time in tournament history that the top two seeds have both been 25 or younger entering the event. In his first appearance at the Cadillac Match Play last year, Spieth won his first three matches before losing to Ernie Els in the quarterfinals.

After a stellar offseason in which Spieth won in Australia and at the Hero World Challenge, he has finished in the top 20 in nine of his last 10 events, including seven top-10 finishes, two runner-ups and victories at the Valspar Championship and the Masters Tournament. Spieth is No. 1 in the FedExCup standings.

At 21 years, 9 months and 6 days (on Sunday of tournament week), Spieth could become the youngest-ever winner of a World Golf Championships event. Last year, Day became the tournament’s youngest winner at 26 years, 1 month and 28 days.

Youngest winners of World Golf Championships events:

• Tiger Woods, Bridgestone Invitational, 1999–23 years, 7 months, 30 days

• Tiger Woods, Cadillac Championship, 1999–23 years, 10 months, 8 days

• Tiger Woods, Bridgestone Invitational, 2000–24 years, 7 months, 28 days

• Tiger Woods, Bridgestone Invitational, 2001–25 years, 7 months, 27 days

• Jason Day, Cadillac Match Play, 2014 –26 years, 1 month, 28 days

Fresh off his Asian Tour Indonesian Masters victory on Sunday, England’s Lee Westwood moves to 2-0 in his matches. Westwood is playing in his 51

^st

career World Golf Championships event, the most of any player in the series’ history.

GROUP 3

Player Seed Record

John Senden (60) 2-0

Bill Haas (23) 1-1

Henrik Stenson (3) 1-1

Brendon Todd (42) 0-2

Group 3 round-by-round

RD. 1 John Senden defeated Henrik Stenson, 19 holes

Bill Haas defeated Brendon Todd, 3 and 2

RD. 2 Stenson defeated Todd, 3 and 2

Senden defeated Haas, 4 and 3

RD. 3 (FRI.) – Stenson vs. Haas, Todd vs. Senden

R3 Scenarios:

Senden advances to the round of 16. Haas, Todd and Stenson cannot advance. Senden, who is making his fourth start in the Cadillac Match Play, advances to his second round of 16 (2012).

GROUP 4

Player Seed Record

Bubba Watson (4) 2-0

Louis Oosthuizen (29) 2-0

Keegan Bradley (33) 0-2

M. A. Jimenez (63) 0-2

Group 4 round-by-round

RD. 1 Bubba Watson defeated Miguel A. Jimenez, 5 and 4

Louis Oosthuizen defeated Keegan Bradley, 6 and 5

RD. 2 Watson defeated Bradley, 4 and 2

Oosthuizen defeated Jimenez, 2-up

RD. 3 (FRI.) – Watson vs. Oosthuizen, Bradley vs. Jimenez

R3 Scenarios:

Watson and Oosthuizen will meet in R3 with the winner moving on.

Jimenez is the oldest player to compete in the Cadillac Match Play at 51 years, 3 months, 24 days. He surpasses Jay Haas (2005) as the oldest at 51 years, 2 months, 22 days.

GROUP 5

Player Seed Record

Jim Furyk (5) 1-1

Martin Kaymer (17) 1-1

Thongchai Jaidee (44) 1-1

George Coetzee (59) 1-1

Group 5 round-by-round

RD. 1 Jim Furyk defeated George Coetzee, 3 and 2

Martin Kaymer defeated Thongchai Jaidee, 3 and 1

RD. 2 Jaidee defeated Furyk, 3 and 1

Coetzee defeated Kaymer, 19 holes

RD. 3 (FRI.) – Furyk vs. Kaymer, Jaidee vs. Coetzee

R3 Scenarios:

Furyk and Jaidee win in R3 then Jaidee advances

Furyk and Coetzee win in R3 then Furyk advances

Kaymer and Jaidee win in R3 then Kaymer advances

Kaymer and Coetzee win in R3 then Coetzee advances

GROUP 6

Player Seed Record

Marc Leishman (56) 2-0

Anirban Lahiri (34) 1-1

Justin Rose (6) 1-1

Ryan Palmer (22) 0-2

Group 6 round-by-round

RD. 1 Anirban Lahiri defeated Ryan Palmer , 4 and 2

Marc Leishman defeated Justin Rose, 3 and 2

RD. 2 Rose defeated Lahiri, 19 holes

Leishman defeated Palmer, 4 and 3

RD. 3 (FRI.) – Rose vs. Palmer, Lahiri vs. Leishman

R3 Scenarios:

If Leishman wins his R3 match he advances to the round of 16. If Lahiri defeats Leishman and Rose defeats Palmer then there will be a three-way playoff. If Lahiri defeats Leishman and Rose loses to Palmer then Lahiri advances.

Leishman’s wife was seriously ill and given a five percent chance to live in early April. His wife is recovering well and Leishman has returned to play golf.

Anirban Lahiri has won twice on the European Tour as a rookie this season at the Maybank Malaysian Open and the Hero Indian Open.

GROUP 7

Player Seed Record

Charley Hoffman (49) 2-0

Zach Johnson (24) 1-1

Branden Grace (38) 1-1

Jason Day (7) 0-2

Group 7 round-by-round

RD. 1 Charly Hoffman defeated Jason Day, 4 and 3

Zach Johnson defeated Branden Grace, 2-up

RD. 2 Grace defeated Day, 4 and 3

Hoffman defeated Johnson, 2 and 1

RD. 3 (FRI.) – Day vs. Johnson, Grace vs. Hoffman

R3 Scenarios:

Hoffman will advance with a win in R3. If Hoffman loses to Grace and Johnson defeats Day then there will be a three-way playoff. If Hoffman loses to Grace and Johnson loses to Day then Grace will advance.

Hoffman won earlier this year at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba. This is the second time in his career that he has qualified for the Cadillac Match Play, losing in the first round to Luke Donald in 2011.

Zach Johnson, one of four players in the field this week (Mahan, Furyk, Scott) who played in the Presidents Cup when it was held at TPC Harding Park in 2009, defeated Brendan Grace, 2-up. Johnson also beat Grace in singles play at the 2013 Presidents Cup at Muirfield Village.

Johnson is also one of 11 players in the field who teed it up at TPC Harding Park with the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship was played here.

Player 2005 Cadillac Championships finish

Jim Furyk T15

Sergio Garcia T3

Thongchai Jaidee T60

Miguel A Jimenez T41

Zach Johnson T43

Graeme McDowell T6

Ian Poulter T18

Charl Schwartzel T18

Adam Scott T29

Henrik Stenson T3

Lee Westwood T51

GROUP 8

Player Seed Record

Charl Schwartzel (37) 2-0

Dustin Johnson (8) 1-1

Matt Jones (58) 1-1

Victor Dubuisson (21) 0-2

Group 8 round-by-round

RD. 1 Dustin Johnson defeated Matt Jones, 3 and 1

Charl Schwartzel defeated Victor Dubuisson, 5 and 4

RD. 2 Schwartzel defeated Johnson, 20 holes

Jones defeated Dubuisson, 2 up

RD. 3 (FRI.) – Johnson vs. Dubuisson, Schwartzel vs. Jones

R3 Scenarios:

If Schwartzel wins he advances to the round of 16. If Jones defeats Schwartzel and Johnson defeats Dubuisson then there will be a three-way playoff. If Jones defeats Schwartzel and Johnson loses to Dubuisson then Jones advances.

GROUP 9

Player Seed Record

Paul Casey (36) 2-0

Francesco Molinari (64) 1-1

Adam Scott (9) 0-2

Chris Kirk (25) 1-1

Group 9 round-by-round

RD. 1 Francesco Molinari defeated Adam Scott, 5 and 4

Paul Casey defeated Chris Kirk, 22 holes

RD. 2 Casey defeated Scott, 1 up

Kirk defeated Molinari, 2 and 1

RD. 3 (FRI.) – Scott vs. Kirk, Casey vs. Molinari

R3 Scenarios:

If Casey wins his R3 match he advances. If Casey loses to Molinari in R3 and Kirk wins then there will be a three-way playoff. If Casey loses to Molinari and Kirk loses to Scott then Molinari advances.

GROUP 10

Player Seed Record

Jamie Donaldson (30) 1-1

Bernd Wiesberger (39) 1-1

Sergio Garcia (10) 1-1

Tommy Fleetwood (54) 1-1

Group 10 round-by-round

RD. 1 Sergio Garcia defeated Tommy Fleetwood, 2-up

Jamie Donaldson defeated Bernd Wiesberger, 1-up

RD. 2 Wiesberger defeated Garcia, 2 and 1

Donaldson vs. Fleetwood

RD. 3 (FRI.) – Garcia vs. Donaldson, Wiesberger vs. Fleetwood

R3 Scenarios:

Wiesberger and Donaldson win in R3 then Donaldson advances

Wiesberger and Garcia win in R3 then Weisberger advances

Fleetwood and Garcia win in R3 then Garcia advances

Fleetwood and Donaldson win in R3 then Fleetwood advances

Group 10 is all-European and all four players have a chance to advance.

Sergio Garcia finised T3 when the 2005 Cadillac Championship (then American Express Championship) was held at TPC Harding Park. The Spaniard is playing in the event for the 13

^th

time in his career with his best finish (4

^th

) coming in 2010.

Donaldson, who was a key figure on the European Team’s Ryder Cup victory last year, won his first match in his third time playing the event after being eliminated in the first round in his past two attempts.

GROUP 11

Player Seed Record

Gary Woodland (50) 2-0

Webb Simpson (46) 2-0

Jimmy Walker (11) 0-2

Ian Poulter (27) 0-2

Group 11 round-by-round

RD. 1 Gary Woodland defeated Jimmy Walker, 19 holes

Webb Simpson defeated Ian Poulter, 3 and 2

RD. 2 Simpson defeated Walker, 19 holes

Woodland defeated Poulter, 3 and 2

RD. 3 (FRI.) – Walker vs. Poulter, Simpson vs. Woodland

R3 Scenarios:

Woodland and Simpson will meet in R3 with the winner advancing to the round of 16.

Webb Simpson, who won the 2012 U.S. Open at TPC Harding Park’s neighbor course, The Olympic Club, defeated 2009 Cadillac Match Play champion Ian Poulter 3 and 2. Poulter bogeyed four of his first eight holes and was unable to rebound on the back nine.

GROUP 12

Player Seed Record

Brooks Koepka (19) 2-0

Marc Warren (51) 1-1

J.B. Holmes (12) 1-1

Russell Henley (45) 0-2

Group 12 round-by-round

RD. 1 Marc Warren defeated J.B. Holmes, 2 and 1

Brooks Koepka defeated Russell Henley, 1-up

RD. 2 Holmes defeated Henley, 19 holes

Koepka defeated Warren, 20 holes

RD. 3 (FRI.) – Holmes vs. Koepka, Warren vs. Henley

R3 Scenarios:

If Koepka defeats Holmes in R3 then Koepka advances. If Koepka loses R3 and Warren wins then there will be a three-way playoff with Holmes. If Koepka loses to Holmes in R3 and Warren loses then Holmes advances to the round of 16

GROUP 13

Player Seed Record

Rickie Fowler (13) 2-0

Shane Lowry (47) 1-1

Harris English (55) 1-1

Graeme McDowell (32) 0-2

Group 13 round-by-round

RD. 1 Rickie Fowler defeated Harris English, 1-up

Shane Lowry defeated Graeme McDowell, 1-up

RD. 2 Fowler defeated Lowry, 1 up

English defeated McDowell, 2 and 1

RD. 3 (FRI.) – Fowler vs. McDowell, Lowry vs. English

R3 Scenarios:

Fowler has advanced to the round of 16. He was the first player to mathematically advance.

GROUP 14

Player Seed Record

Hunter Mahan (31) 2-0

Ben Martin (61) 1-1

Matt Kuchar (14) 1-1

Stephen Gallacher (41) 0-2

Group 14 round-by-round

RD. 1 Hunter Mahan defeated Stephen Gallacher, 7 and 6

Ben Martin defeated Matt Kuchar, 1-up

RD. 2 Mahan defeated Martin, 5 and 3

Kuchar defeated Gallacher, 3 and 2

RD. 3 (FRI.) – Kuchar vs. Mahan, Martin vs. Gallacher

R3 Scenarios:

Mahan will advance win a win over Kuchar in R3. If Kuchar defeats Mahan and Martin defeats Gallacher there will be a three-way playoff. If Kuchar defeats Mahan and Martin loses to Gallacher then Kuchar will advance.

Hunter Mahan, who won the 2012 Cadillac Match Play and finished runner-up in 2013. Since the start of the 2012 Cadillac Match Play, Mahan now has a 15-2 record.

Mahan is one of four players in this week’s field who played in The Presidents Cup when it was held at TPC Harding Park in 2009. Mahan went 2-1-1 as part of the U.S. Team’s victory, including a 2-and-1 win over Camilo Villegas in singles play.

Mahan is joined by 2009 teammates Jim Furyk, and Zach Johnson as players from the U.S. Team who are in the field at the Cadillac Match Play. Adam Scott is the lone member of the 2009 International Team in the field.

GROUP 15

Player Seed Record

Danny Willett (48) 2-0

Patrick Reed (15) 1-1

Andy Sullivan (57) 1-1

Ryan Moore (28) 0-2

Group 15 round-by-round

RD. 1 Patrick Reed defeated Andy Sullivan, 2 and 1

Danny Willet defeated Ryan Moore, 3 and 2

RD. 2 Willett defeated Reed, 2 and 1

Sullivan defeated Moore, 3 and 2

RD. 3 (FRI.) – Reed vs. Moore, Willett vs. Sullivan

R3 Scenarios:

Willet will advance with a victory in R3 over Sullivan. If Willet loses to Sullivan and Reed loses to Moore then Sullivan will advance. If Willet loses to Sullivan and Reed defeats Moore then there will be a three-way playoff.

GROUP 16

Player Seed Record

Hideki Matsuyama (16) 2-0

Kevin Na (21) 1-1

Joost Luiten (44) 1-1

Alexander Levy (54) 0-2

Group 16 round-by-round

RD. 1 Hideki Matsuyama defeated Alexander Levy, 5and 4

Joost Luiten defeated Kevin Na, 19 holes

RD. 2 Hideki Matsuyama defeated Joost Luiten, 2 up

Kevin Na defeated Alexander Levy, 3 and 1

RD. 3 (FRI.) – Matsuyama vs. Na, Levy vs. Luiten

R3 Scenarios:

If Matsuyama wins his R3 match he advances. If Matsuyama loses to Na in R3 and Luiten defeats Levy then there will be a three-way playoff. If Matsuyama loses to Na in R3 and Luiten loses then Na will advance to the round of 16.

Miscellaneous Notes

Rickie Fowler and John Senden are the only two players that advanced to the round of 16 following round two.

Matches won by the higher seed:

R1 18 /32

R2 16/32

Below are the lowest ranked seeds to win and highest-ranked seed to lose by round:

Lowest ranked seed to win Highest-ranked seed to lose

R1 Francesco Molinari (No. 64) over Adam Scott Henrik Stenson (No. 3) to John Senden

R2 John Senden (No. 60) over Bill Haas Henrik Stenson (No. 3) to Brendon Todd

Matches decided in extra holes by round:

R1 4 – Gary Woodland defeated Jimmy Walker in 19 holes; John Senden defeated Henrik Stenson in 19 holes; Paul Casey defeated Chris Kirk in 22 holes ; Kevin Na defeated Joost Luiten in 19 holes

R2 7 – George Coetzee defeated Martin Kaymer in 19 holes; J.B. Holmes defeated Russell Henley in 19 holes; Brooks Koepka defeated Marc Warren in 20 holes; Charl Schwartzel defeated Dustin Johnson in 20 holes; Justin Rose defeated Anirban Lahiri in 19 holes; Webb Simpson defeated Jimmy Walker in 19 holes; Tommy Fleetwood defeated Jamie Donaldson in 21 holes

First-time Participants:

11

First-time participant winners by round

R1 5 – Brooks Koepka, Anirban Lahiri, Ben Martin, Marc Warren, Danny Willet

R2 5 – Tommy Fleetwood, Matt Jones, Brooks Koepka, Andy Sullivan, Danny Willet

Koepka and Willet are the only first-timers that are 2-0.