Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy qualify for the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play semifinal

Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are fans' favorites among those competing at the 2023 Dell Technologies Match Play. The golfers will compete in the semi-finals against Sam Burns and Cameron Young to qualify for the finals scheduled to take place on Sunday afternoon, March 26.

McIlroy defeated Lucas Herbert in the quarter-finals to take the lead in his group, while Scheffler beat former world No.1 Jason Day with an impressive record to reach the semi-finals. They were joined by Sam Burns and Cameron Young, who defeated Mackenzie Hughes and Kurt Kitayama in the quarter-finals.

Jason Day took the lead in the quarter-final round but fortunately, Scheffler came from behind to take over and won the round with a score of 2&1.

The defending champion has an impressive record at Austin Country Club with a 17-2-0 in the last three years and will be looking forward to winning the tournament in 2023.

Interestingly, McIlroy reached the semifinals for the first time since 2016. He won the tournament in 2015.

The final round of Match Play will take place on Sunday, with the winners of the semi-finals playing against each other to clinch the trophy while the losers will compete for the third and fourth positions.

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2023 WGC- Dell Technologies Match Play quarterfinal results

Sam Burns defeated Mackenzie Hughes

• score- 3&2

Scottie Scheffler defeated Jason Day

• Score- 2&1

Rory McIlroy defeated Xander Schauffele

• Score- 1 hole

Cameron young defeated Kurt Kitayam

• Score- 1 hole

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2023 WGC- Dell Technologies Match Play Semifinals tee times

• 9:05 am- Scottie Scheffler Vs Sam Burns
• 9:20 am- Rory McIlroy vs. Cameron Young

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"I wanna see Rory vs Scottie"- Fans about the WGC- Dell Technologies Match Play final

The PGA Tour shared a post of the golfers who qualified for the semifinals on Instagram. Fans took to the comments section to write:

"I wanna see Rory vs Scottie."

"I think Sam Burns and Cam Young are good enough to cause rory and scheffler problems tomorrow, anyone ranked inside that top 20 is a world class player and these 2 have the games to make it interesting!," he added.

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2023 WGC- Dell Technologies Match Play prize money payouts explored

The 2023 WGC Dell Technologies Match Play has a purse of $20 million with the winner receiving a check for $3.5 million. The runner-up will receive $2.2 million while the third-position winner will receive $1.4 million.

Here is the full prize money for the 2023 Dell Technologies Match Play:

1-Champion

• Prize money: $3,500,000

2- Runner-up

• Prize money: $2,200,000

3- Third place

• Prize money: $1,420,000

4- Fourth place

• Prize money: $1,145,000

T5- Losing quarter-finalists x

• Prize money: $4645,000

T9-Losing round of 16 x

• Prize money: $ 8365,000

T17-Those with 2 points in pool play x

• Prize money: $11219,909

T28-Those with 1.5 points in pool play x

• Prize money: $3166,000

T31-Those with 1 point in pool play x

• Prize money: $21113,761

T52-Those with 0.5 points in pool play x

• Prize money: $774,857

T59-Those with 0 points in pool play x

• Prize money: $667,500