Match Play Championship 2015: Bracket, Format and Predictions for Top Stars

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Published: April 27, 2015

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The biggest match play event of the season is on the horizon as the 2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship begins Wednesday, and golf's biggest stars are ready to tee it up at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco—well, most of them.

Tiger Woods is not coming back until The Players, as expected after an impressive return at the Masters, and Phil Mickelson withdrew as well Sunday due to personal reasons. But fear not, the most talked-about American golfer will be in the fold as world No. 2 Jordan Spieth looks to build off a wondrous start to 2015.

The Match Play Championship offers a fresh changeup from the 72-hole aggregate format featured week in and week out, and a newly designed format this season ensures for better action all around. Let's break it all down below.

 

Bracket The following groups of four will play three round-robin matches Wednesday through Friday, with the best golfers advancing. The group winners will play the winner of the group alongside them in the round of 16—for example, the Group 1 winner will face the Group 16 winner and so on.



Draw information courtesy of the tournament's official site. 

 

Format A never-before-seen format will be deployed in this weekend's tournament. Unlike previous years, when golfers played in single-elimination contests throughout the tournament, 2015 will draw four golfers into 16 groups. Those four will play each other round-robin style, with one winner from each group advancing to the final 16.

Those winners will face off in a single-elimination bracket beginning Saturday with the round of 16 and quarterfinals, and ending Sunday with the semifinals and championship. 

The previous format resembled that of a NCAA men's basketball tournament format. It made for enticing upsets, but it too often removed some of the best players after one round and created le...
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