The 2025 T-Mobile Match Play format is unique in golf because it's not only the rare match-play event in professional golf, but it's an individual match-play event with a round-robin group component designed to help preserve the best players in the tournament from being eliminated in a potential fluke loss in the first three days of the event.
T-Mobile Match Play format
The T-Mobile Match Play format is similar to that of the old WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, with a 64-player event beginning with 16 groups of round-robin play leading to 16 group winners who advance into a single-elimination, bracket-style tournament to determine a winner.
For the first three days of the tournament, Wednesday through Friday, the T-Mobile Match Play is concerned with matches inside 16 groups, each anchored by one of the top 16 highest-seeded players in the event based on this week's Official World Golf Ranking. From there, players are snake drafted from three subsequent groups of the next 16 highest-ranked players to fill out groups. In these 16 groups of four, round-robin play continues for the first three days, with each player getting an 18-hole match against each player in their group.
In these 18-hole matches, three outcomes are possible: win, loss or 18-hole tie. If a player wins a match, they get 1 point. If they lose the match, they don't get a point. If they tie or halve the match, they and their opponent each get 0.5 points. In the final day of round-robin play on Friday, matches which determine the group winner. If players are tied for the lead in a group after round robin play, a sudden-death playoff begins on the first hole as soon as possible.
The winners of each group then advance into a single-elimination, bracket-style competition on Saturday with 18-hole matches:
- Group 1 winner vs. Group 16 winner
- Group 8 winner vs. Group 9 winner
- Group 4 winner vs. Group 13 winner
- Group 5 winner vs. Group 12 winner
- Group 6 winner vs. Group 11 winner
- Group 3 winner vs. Group 14 winner
- Group 7 winner vs. Group 10 winner
- Group 2 winner vs. Group 15 winner
There must be a winner in each of these matches. From there, the bracket takes over, determining next matchups until a champion is crowned on Sunday afternoon in an 18-hole finish, and a third- and fourth-place finisher is decided by a consolation match.
2025 T-Mobile Match Play groups
| GROUP | PLAYER A | PLAYER B | PLAYER C | PLAYER D |
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| 1 | Nelly Korda (1) | Ariya Jutanugarn (32) | Jennifer Kupcho (33) | Brittany Altomare (64) |
| 2 | Jeeno Thitikul (2) | Hye-Jin Choi (31) | Gaby Lopez (34) | Danielle Kang (63) |
| 3 | Lydia Ko (3) | Carlota Ciganda (30) | Gabriela Ruffels (35) | Hira Naveed (62) |
| 4 | Ruoning Yin (4) | Sei Young Kim (29) | Chanettee Wannasaen (36) | Yuna Nishimura (61) |
| 5 | Ayaka Furue (5) | Nasa Hataoka (28) | Stephanie Kyriacou (37) | Auston Kim (60) |
| 6 | Charley Hull (6) | Esther Henseleit (27) | Ashleigh Buhai (38) | Alexa Pano (59) |
| 7 | Haeran Ryu (7) | Linnea Strom (58) | Andrea Lee (39) | Mao Saigo (26) |
| 8 | Jin Young Ko (8) | Brooke M. Henderson (25) | Leona Maguire (40) | Peiyun Chien (57) |
| 9 | Hyo Joo Kim (9) | Maja Stark (24) | Nanna Koerstz Madsen (41) | Bailey Tardy (56) |
| 10 | Angel Yin (10) | Jin Hee Im (23) | Pajaree Anannarukarn (42) | Moriya Jutanugarn (55) |
| 11 | Celine Boutier (11) | Allisen Corpuz (22) | Sarah Schmelzel (43) | Somi Lee (54) |
| 12 | Amy Yang (12) | A Lim Kim (21) | Jenny Shin (44) | Grace Kim (53) |
| 13 | Lauren Coughlin (13) | Ina Yoon (20) | Mi Hyang Lee (45) | Lucy Li (52) |
| 14 | Minjee Lee (14) | Patty Tavatanakit (19) | Madelene Sagstrom (46) | Jasmine Suwannapura (51) |
| 15 | Rose Zhang (15) | Megan Khang (18) | Albane Valenzuela (47) | Nataliya Guseva (50) |
| 16 | Yealimi Noh (16) | Yuka Saso (17) | Narin An (48) | Hinako Shibuno (49) |
2025 T-Mobile Match Play: Wednesday matches and results
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| TIME | GROUP | PLAYER 1 | SEED 1 | PLAYER 2 | SEED 2 |
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| 9:05 a.m. | 9 | Hyo Joo Kim | 9 | Bailey Tardy | 56 |
| 9:15 a.m. | 9 | Maja Stark | 24 | Nanna Koerstz Madsen | 41 |
| 9:25 a.m. | 8 | Jin Young Ko | 8 | Peiyun Chien | 57 |
| 9:35 a.m. | 8 | Brooke M. Henderson | 25 | Leona Maguire | 40 |
| 9:45 a.m. | 16 | Yealimi Noh | 16 | Hinako Shibuno | 49 |
| 9:55 a.m. | 16 | Yuka Saso | 17 | Narin An | 48 |
| 10:05 a.m. | 1 | Nelly Korda | 1 | Brittany Altomare | 64 |
| 10:15 a.m. | 1 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 32 | Jennifer Kupcho | 33 |
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| 10:25 a.m. | 12 | Amy Yang | 12 | Grace Kim | 53 |
| 10:35 a.m. | 12 | A Lim Kim | 21 | Jenny Shin | 44 |
| 10:45 a.m. | 5 | Ayaka Furue | 5 | Auston Kim | 60 |
| 10:55 a.m. | 5 | Nasa Hataoka | 28 | Stephanie Kyriacou | 37 |
| 11:05 a.m. | 13 | Lauren Coughlin | 13 | Lucy Li | 52 |
| 11:15 a.m. | 13 | Ina Yoon | 20 | Mi Hyang Lee | 45 |
| 11:25 a.m. | 4 | Ruoning Yin | 4 | Yuna Nishimura | 61 |
| 11:35 a.m. | 4 | Sei Young Kim | 29 | Chanettee Wannasaen | 36 |
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| 11:45 a.m. | 10 | Angel Yin | 10 | Moriya Jutanugarn | 55 |
| 11:55 a.m. | 10 | Jin Hee Im | 23 | Pajaree Anannarukarn | 42 |
| 12:05 p.m. | 7 | Haeran Ryu | 7 | Mao Saigo | 26 |
| 12:15 p.m. | 7 | Linnea Strom | 58 | Andrea Lee | 39 |
| 12:25 p.m. | 15 | Rose Zhang | 15 | Nataliya Guseva | 50 |
| 12:35 p.m. | 15 | Megan Khang | 18 | Albane Valenzuela | 47 |
| 12:45 p.m. | 2 | Jeeno Thitikul | 2 | Danielle Kang | 63 |
| 12:55 p.m. | 2 | Hye-Jin Choi | 31 | Gaby Lopez | 34 |
| 1:05 p.m. | 11 | Celine Boutier | 11 | Somi Lee | 54 |
| 1:15 p.m. | 11 | Allisen Corpuz | 22 | Sarah Schmelzel | 43 |
| 1:25 p.m. | 6 | Charley Hull | 6 | Alexa Pano | 59 |
| 1:35 p.m. | 6 | Esther Henseleit | 27 | Ashleigh Buhai | 38 |
| 1:45 p.m. | 14 | Minjee Lee | 14 | Jasmine Suwannapura | 51 |
| 1:55 p.m. | 14 | Patty Tavatanakit | 19 | Madelene Sagstrom | 46 |
| 2:05 p.m. | 3 | Lydia Ko | 3 | Hira Naveed | 62 |
| 2:15 p.m. | 3 | Carlota Ciganda | 30 | Gabriela Ruffels | 35 |
2025 T-Mobile Match Play: Thursday matches and results
These matches and their order are still to be announced.
2025 T-Mobile Match Play: Friday matches and results
These matches and their order will be announced Thursday night.
