2015 WGC Cadillac Match Play Inside the Ropes Pics and Videos

[mvmac]

I'm at Harding Park this week! Check out my pics and videos from inside the ropes.

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Tournament officials recently announced a new selection process for how the 16 groups of the event’s new group-play format will be determined. The top seed for each of the 16 four-player groups will remain the top 16 players in order of their position in the Official World Golf Ranking. However, on Monday, April 27 , at 12  p.m. ET , the remaining three players in each group will be determined by a blind draw from each of three pools depending on their standing in the OWGR.

With the new format in place the three remaining pools will be as follows:

• Pool 1 – Players seeded 17-32

• Pool 2 – Players seeded 33-48

• Pool 3 – Players seeded 49-64

The top 64 players in the world who are now qualified for the Cadillac Match Play (Rank/Name/Country):

1          Rory McIlory                  NIR

2          Jordan Spieth                USA

3          Henrik Stenson             SWE

4          Bubba Watson              USA

5          Jim Furyk                         USA

6          Jason Day                        AUS

7          Dustin Johnson             USA

8          Adam Scott                     AUS

9          Justin Rose                     ENG

10       Sergio Garcia                  ESP

11       Jimmy Walker                USA

12       J.B. Holmes                     USA

13       Rickie Fowler                 USA

14       Matt Kuchar                   USA

15       Patrick Reed                   USA

16       Hideki Matsuyama      JPN

17       Martin Kaymer              GER

18       Phil Mickelson               USA

19       Billy Horschel                 USA

20       Brooks Koepka              USA

21       Kevin Na                          USA

22       Victory Dubuisson       FRA

23       Zach Johnson                 USA

24       Bill Haas                            USA

25       Ryan Palmer                   USA

26       Chris Kirk                         USA

27       Ian Poulter                      ENG

28       Ryan Moore                   USA

29       Jamie Donaldson          WAL

30       Hunter Mahan              USA

31       Graeme McDowell      NIR

32       Louis Oosthuizen         RSA

33       Lee Westwood             ENG

34       Keegan Bradley            USA

35       Anirban Lahiri                IND

36       Brandt Snedeker          USA

37       Paul Casey                      ENG

38       Charl Schwartzel           RSA

39       Branden Grace              RSA

40       Matt Every                      USA

41       Stephen Gallacher       SCO

42       Bernd Weisberger       AUT

43       Brendon Todd               USA

44       Joost Luiten                    NED

45       Thongchai Jaidee         THA

46       Webb Simpson             USA

47       Russell Henley               USA

48       Shane Lowry                  IRE

49       Danny Willett                 ENG

50       Luke Donald                   ENG

51       Gary Woodland            USA

52       Charley Hoffman          USA

53       Marc Warren                 SCO

54       Jason Dufner                 USA

55       Tommy Fleetwood      ENG

56       Harris English                 USA

57       Tim Clark                          RSA

58       Marc Leishman             AUS

59       Andy Sullivan                 ENG

60       Alexander Levy             FRA

61       Matt Jones                     AUS

62       John Senden                  AUS

63       George Coetzee           RSA

64       Ben Martin                     USA

Players 65-70 who would qualify for the Cadillac Match Play if  any of the above do not commit by Friday’s deadline are:

Rank    Name                                      Country

65         Miguel A. Jimenez             ESP

66         Francesco Molinari            ITA

67         Mikko Illonen                      FIN

68         Thomas Bjorn                      DEN

69         Kevin Streelman                 USA

70         Daniel Berger                       USA

[Silent]

Looking forward to this a lot. Love the Match Play format, not sure if that poule system will be an improvement but the mano a mano matches will be great anyway.

[ChrisP]

Not a fan of the new format, but understand why they're doing it. Will still watch. Hopefully the cream rises to the top and we have a good weekend of matches.

[RJH999]

Luke Donald will skip it to attend his brothers wedding, so Jimenez will take his spot. Francesco Molinari will take the injured Tim Clark's position.

[Scotsclaff]

Glad to see Jimenez in, he brightens any tournament.

[mvmac]

Rankings finalized for World Golf Championships-Cadillac Match Play

Phil Mickelson late withdrawal puts Mikko Ilonen in the field

San Francisco, CA – With Justin Rose’s victory at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and Lee Westwood winning the Asian Tour’s Indonesian Masters, the Official World Golf Ranking is now in place to seed the 64 players who last week qualified for the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Match Play at TPC Harding Park on April 27-May 3 . Additionally, 42-time PGA TOUR winner Phil Mickelson has officially withdrawn from the event, citing personal reasons, making Finland’s Mikko Ilonen the final player in the field.

“I’m really happy with the new format and TPC Harding Park is a terrific setting for match play, so it’s unfortunate that I won’t be able to play this year,” said Mickelson.

The seeding for the tournament is as follows

Seed Player                         Country

1        Rory McIlroy             N Ireland

2        Jordan Spieth            USA

3        Henrik Stenson         Sweden

4        Bubba Watson          USA

5        Jim Furyk                   USA

6        Justin Rose                England

7        Jason Day                   Australia

8        Dustin Johnson         USA

9        Adam Scott                Australia

10     Sergio Garcia            Spain

11     Jimmy Walker           USA

12     J.B. Holmes                USA

13     Rickie Fowler            USA

14     Matt Kuchar              USA

15     Patrick Reed             USA

16     Hideki Matsuyama   Japan

17     Martin Kaymer         Germany

18     Billy Horschel            USA

19     Brooks Koepka         USA

20     Kevin Na                    USA

21     Victor Dubuisson      France

22     Ryan Palmer              USA

23     Bill Haas                     USA

24     Zach Johnson            USA

25     Chris Kirk                   USA

26     Lee Westwood         England

27     Ian Poulter                England

28     Ryan Moore              USA

29     Louis Oosthuizen     S. Africa

30     Jamie Donaldson      Wales

31     Hunter Mahan          USA

32     Graeme McDowell   N Ireland

33     Keegan Bradley        USA

34     Anirban Lahiri           India

35     Brandt Snedeker      USA

36     Paul Casey                 England

37     Charl Schwartzel      S. Africa

38     Branden Grace         S. Africa

39     Bernd Wiesberger   Austria

40     Matt Every                 USA

41     Stephen Gallacher   Scotland

42     Brendon Todd          USA

43     Joost Luiten               NED

44     Thongchai Jaidee     Thailand

45     Russell Henley          USA

46     Webb Simpson         USA

47     Shane Lowry             Ireland

48     Danny Willett            England

49     Charley Hoffman      USA

50     Gary Woodland        USA

51     Marc Warren            Scotland

52     Alexander Levy        France

53     Jason Dufner             USA

54     Tommy Fleetwood   England

55     Harris English            USA

56     Marc Leishman         Australia

57     Andy Sullivan            England

58     Matt Jones                 Australia

59     George Coetzee       S. Africa

60     John Senden             Australia

61     Ben Martin                USA

62     Mikko Ilonen             Finland

63     Miguel A Jimenez     Spain

64     Francesco Molinari Italy

[Silent]

So Ilonen got in. One to watch I guess, he won last's years Volvo World Matchplay after beating Luiten in the semi final, and Stenson in the final.

[Rick Martin]

Haven't followed.So Tiger isn't playing? Any particular reason why? Thought his game and/or injuries were all healed up.

[Rynrem]

I love match play...I just wish they could find a way to implement it into the FedEx cup...maybe when they get down to 32 players go to the match play format

[jamo]

Haven't followed.So Tiger isn't playing? Any particular reason why? Thought his game and/or injuries were all healed up.

Didn't qualify.

[Wally Fairway]

Haven't followed.So Tiger isn't playing? Any particular reason why? Thought his game and/or injuries were all healed up.

#115 in the world (last week) does not get an invite.

basically he hasn't played enough golf to qualify for the WGC events

[Mac62]

Haven't followed.So Tiger isn't playing? Any particular reason why? Thought his game and/or injuries were all healed up.

Top 64 in the Official World Golf Rankings qualify.  He's seeded #115, so he's not in the OWGR top 64.

[Gunther]

Maybe it's me and I've missed something extraordinary but how does Anirban Lahiri get to 34 in the world? Something must be screwy with the OWGR.

[tmac20]

Maybe it's me and I've missed something extraordinary but how does Anirban Lahiri get to 34 in the world? Something must be screwy with the OWGR.

He recently won 2 European Tour events and an Asian Tour event.

[Gunther]

He recently won 2 European Tour events and an Asian Tour event.

Guess I did miss something extraordinary.

[Rick Martin]

#115 in the world (last week) does not get an invite.

basically he hasn't played enough golf to qualify for the WGC events

they should have a 3-4 wild cards......lol that the PGA is trying to copy college basketball's successful "Selection Sunday" somewhat......

[Chilli Dipper]

[url=http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/cadillac-match-play/news/2015/04/27/cadillac-match-play-group-draw.html]The groups have been drawn.[/url] I don't see any obvious groups of death, but McIlroy, Watson, Walker, and Dustin Johnson will all have tough tasks to get out of their groups unscathed. Also worth pointing out: the Harding Park course is routed this week like it was during the Presidents Cup in 2009, with the normal finishing stretch of holes along Lake Merced playing as holes 10 through 14.

[Dave2512]

Dang this would be a good one for DraftKings but I don't see a contest.