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.