The WGC-Dell Match Play is interesting and unique and fun, but we can’t ignore the fact that it’s also a prelude to something far bigger: the Masters.
Watson claimed his 11th career US PGA Tour title, all of them coming in the past eight years. It’s also his second win this season, and his second career World Golf Championships victory.
When Bubba Watson finds equipment he likes, he tends to stay with it. And Watson had some familiar friends in the bag during his march to the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Championship.
It’s a slightly bizarre way of drawing player match-ups, but the pre-tournament selection spectacle adds to the drama of golf’s biggest individual matchplay event.