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    Here's who qualified for the WGC-Dell Match Play -- and who needs help getting in

    March 13, 2017
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    Selections for the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship were revealed on Sunday, but that wasn't the only bracket affected by what happened over the weekend. The Valspar Championship represented the last chance golfers had to play their way into next week's WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play -- and there was plenty of movement on the bubble.

    The latest edition of the Official World Golf Ranking was released Sunday night and those in the top 64 automatically earned a spot in the field at Austin Country Club. However, if you're just outside the cutoff, that doesn't necessarily mean you're out.

    Valspar Championship winner Adam Hadwin (who vaulted from No. 98 to No. 51) is getting married on the Friday of the tournament so he's skipping the event (Smart call, Adam). So too are Henrik Stenson, Adam Scott and Justin Rose, who have all decided playing in the Shell Houston Open is better practice for next month's Masters. Players have until Friday at 5 p.m. EDT to commit to the field; those who don't commit are then replaced with No. 65 on the the World Ranking, then No. 66, No. 67, etc., until there are 64 players in the field.

    That means if you're in (at least) the top 68 you will have the opportunity to play in this lucrative event (A $9.75 million purse with no cut). So who is in and who is out? Let's take a look at the current ranking:

    1 Dustin Johnson
    2 Jason Day
    3 Rory McIlroy
    4 Hideki Matsuyama
    5 Henrik Stenson
    6 Jordan Spieth
    7 Justin Thomas
    8 Adam Scott
    9 Rickie Fowler
    10 Sergio Garcia
    11 Alex Noren
    12 Patrick Reed
    13 Justin Rose
    14 Danny Willett
    15 Paul Casey
    16 Tyrrell Hatton
    17 Bubba Watson
    18 Phil Mickelson
    19 Branden Grace
    20 Matt Kuchar
    21 Russell Knox
    22 Jimmy Walker
    23 Brooks Koepka
    24 Brandt Snedeker
    25 Rafa Cabrera Bello
    26 Jon Rahm
    27 Charl Schwartzel
    28 Louis Oosthuizen
    29 Thomas Pieters
    30 Matthew Fitzpatrick
    31 J.B. Holmes
    32 Emiliano Grillo
    33 Francesco Molinari
    34 Gary Woodland
    35 Tommy Fleetwood
    36 Ryan Moore
    37 Daniel Berger
    38 Bernd Wiesberger
    39 Yuta Ikeda
    40 Kevin Chappell
    41 Scott Piercy
    42 Zach Johnson
    43 Bill Haas
    44 Martin Kaymer
    45 Jeunghun Wang
    46 Kevin Kisner
    47 Kevin Na
    48 Byeong Hun An
    49 Lee Westwood
    50 Jim Furyk
    51 Adam Hadwin
    52 William McGirt
    53 Brendan Steele
    54 Ross Fisher
    55 Chris Wood
    56 Andy Sullivan
    57 Shane Lowry
    58 Hideto Tanihara
    59 Jhonattan Vegas
    60 Webb Simpson
    61 Thongchai Jaidee
    62 Marc Leishman
    63 Charles Howell III
    64 Soren Kjeldsen
    65 Jason Dufner
    66 K.T. Kim
    67 Joost Luiten
    68 Pat Perez

    As you can see, Pat Perez is No. 68 after falling one spot from last week. Joost Luiten dropped from No. 64 to No. 67, but he gets in thanks to the WDs. And K.T. Kim (No. 66) and Jason Dufner (No. 65) can both breathe easier now. Dufner's T-11 at Innisbrook brought him up from No. 70.

    Tony Finau shot a clutch 64 on Sunday to finish solo fifth at the Valspar, but it might not be enough. Finau jumped up seven spots, but he still sits at No. 70. He'll need two more players to pull out to get in. Needing one more player to WD is 69th-ranked Si Woo Kim, who fell from No. 63 after withdrawing following a first-round 81 at Innisbrook.

    Charley Hoffman will need even more help after missing the cut in Tampa and dropping to No. 71. And it doesn't look like Wesley Bryan, one of the surprises of the young season, will get into the Match Play field, either. Bryan, the former trick-shot artist who has gone T-4, T-4, T-7 in his past three starts during his rookie season, only moved up to No. 72.

    Jim Herman, No. 76, also appears like he won't head to Austin even though he finished T-3 at the Valspar. And neither will runner-up Patrick Cantlay, despite making the week's biggest jump from No. 1,419 to No. 239. Cantley did earn his PGA Tour card, though, which means there will be plenty more opportunities for him to qualify for the next World Golf Championship -- the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational -- in August.