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WGC-Match Play groups: Spieth, Reed drawn together in tough foursome

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If there was an equivalent of the World Cup's Group of Death at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play this week, it's quite obvious which foursome would hold that title.

Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed - American teammates at the 2016 Ryder Cup - will go toe to toe in a difficult Group 4, which also features Haotong Li and Charl Schwartzel. All four players are seeded within the top 50.

Every group was drawn at random and contains one player from each of the four pools (below), which have players seeded based on world rankings:

Pool A: seeds 1-16
Pool B: seeds 17-32
Pool C: seeds 33-48
Pool D: seeds 49-64

Group 1

Golfer Seed
Dustin Johnson 1
Kevin Kisner 32
Adam Hadwin 38
Bernd Wiesberger 52

Group 2

Golfer Seed
Justin Thomas 2
Francesco Molinari 21
Patton Kizzire 48
Luke List 60

Group 3

Golfer Seed
Jon Rahm 3
Kiradech Aphibarnrat 28
Chez Reavie 43
Keegan Bradley 63

Group 4

Golfer Seed
Jordan Spieth 4
Patrick Reed 19
Haotong Li 34
Charl Schwartzel 49

Group 5

Golfer Seed
Hideki Matsuyama 5
Patrick Cantlay 30
Cameron Smith 46
Yusaku Miyazato 53

Group 6

Golfer Seed
Rory McIlroy 6
Brian Harman 18
Jhonattan Vegas 44
Peter Uihlein 57

Group 7

Golfer Seed
Sergio Garcia 7
Xander Schauffele 20
Dylan Frittelli 41
Shubhankar Sharma 62

Group 8

Golfer Seed
Jason Day 8
Louis Oosthuizen 25
Jason Dufner 42
James Hahn 56

Group 9

Golfer Seed
Tommy Fleetwood 9
Daniel Berger 26
Kevin Chappell 33
Ian Poulter 58

Group 10

Golfer Seed
Paul Casey 10
Matthew Fitzpatrick 31
Kyle Stanley 45
Russell Henley 51

Group 11

Golfer Seed
Marc Leishman 11
Branden Grace 23
Bubba Watson 35
Julian Suri 64

Group 12

Golfer Seed
Tyrrell Hatton 12
Charley Hoffman 22
Brendan Steele 36
Alex Levy 55

Group 13

Golfer Seed
Alex Noren 13
Tony Finau 29
Thomas Pieters 39
Kevin Na 61

Group 14

Golfer Seed
Phil Mickelson 14
Rafa Cabrera Bello 17
Satoshi Kodaira 40
Charles Howell III 59

Group 15

Golfer Seed
Pat Perez 15
Gary Woodland 24
Webb Simpson 37
Si Woo Kim 50

Group 16

Golfer Seed
Matt Kuchar 16
Ross Fisher 27
Yuta Ikeda 47
Zach Johnson 54

The tournament gets underway Wednesday at Austin Country Club in Texas. Each player will go head to head against every other player in their group, with 16 winners moving on to sudden-death play beginning Saturday.

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