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2021 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Semifinals and Finals Odds, Picks and Preview

Michael Harrison

by Michael Harrison in Golf

Updated Mar 29, 2021 · 9:03 AM PDT

Matt Kuchar, Dell Technologies Match Play Championship
Matt Kuchar hits out of the sand on the 16th hole during a round of eight match at the Dell Technologies Match Play Championship golf tournament Saturday, March 27, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
  • The final four golfers remain at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play
  • Favorite Scottie Scheffler will be up against 2013 champ Matt Kuchar while Billy Horschel faces Victor Perez in the other semi-final
  • See the best bet and odds for golfers to win their semi-final and finals match in the article below 

The semi-finals are set for the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play with four underdogs advancing. 30th ranked Scottie Scheffler is the favorite to win his first PGA Tour event over Matt Kuchar, the 52nd ranked golfer. Unheralded 31st ranked Frenchmen Victor Perez will do battle with 32nd ranked Billy Horschel, who won the 2014 FedEx Cup.

At the start of the week, you could get some tremendous value on all four players to win the tournament, with Scottie Scheffler facing the shortest odds at +4800 to win outright, while Horschel was +7500, Perez +10000 and Kuchar +12000.

In this article, we’ll explore which players have the best chance of winning one of golf’s most prestigious tournaments. See the odds below from DraftKings.

2021 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Odds

Golfer Odds
Scottie Scheffler +180
Billy Horschel +275
Matt Kuchar +300
Victor Perez +350

Odds as of March 27th

Big Names Bowing Out

Just like the case in the round robin play of this event, where Jon Rahm was the only player of the top 20 to advance to the round of 16, great players exited stage left in the two rounds played Saturday, with the likes of Jordan Spieth, Bubba Watson and Ian Poulter losing in the morning and Rahm, Sergio Garcia and Tommy Fleetwood failing to advance in the afternoon session.

Sunday Morning Semi-Finals Match Odds

First Pairing Match Odds
Billy Horschel (#32) -134
Victor Perez (#31) +100
Second Pairing Match Odds
Scottie Scheffler (#30) -150
Matt Kuchar (#52) +115

Billy Horschel More Decorated Than Perez

Many people’s brackets would’ve been busted trying to predict this matchup in the semi-finals, with Victor Perez, a one time European Tour winner coming off a T-9 at the Players Championship two weeks ago. Billy Horschel has won the FedEx Cup in addition to five PGA Tour victories, and was T-2 three events ago at the most recent World Golf Championships event at the Concession.

Perez defeated Marc Leishman and Sungjae Im in the round robin and Robert Macintyre and Sergio Garcia to get to the semis while Horschel had to go through a group headed by Collin Morikawa, the WGC-Workday Championship winner that he was a runner-up in. He took care of Kevin Streelman and then Tommy Fleetwood in extra holes.

Whoever wins this match will likely be the underdog heading into the final, but Horschel is more decorated and has played better in the States, which is the surer bet.

Pick: Billy Horschel to defeat Victor Perez (-134)

Matt Kuchar A Match Play Savant

Despite Scottie Scheffler being the favorite to win his match against Matt Kuchar, it’s hard to argue with the grizzled veteran’s success at this tournament, winning in 2013, and he finished runner-up in the most recent WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play.

Kuchar also got through the group of death, defeating defending champ Kevin Kisner and major champions Justin Thomas and Louis Oosthuizen. Then he dispatched three-time major champ Jordan Spieth Saturday morning and Brian Harman, who won his match with eight straight birdies against Bubba Watson.

The last two victories by Scheffler were very impressive against match play aficionado Ian Poulter and updated tournament favorite Jon Rahm. He’s never won a PGA Tour event, though he’s very close to breaking through. I’d prefer to take the decorated champ in Kuchar who has 33 wins in this format.

Pick: Matt Kuchar to defeat Scottie Scheffler (+115) and win final (+300)


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