Here are seven players who surprised us by failing to make it out of pool play at the WGC-Dell Match Play

AUSTIN, Texas — One concern tournament organizers — and sponsors — have had in the past with the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play is that many of the top names have been sent packing prior to the weekend.

And while the 2022 version of the event had as many top seeds emerge from the pack as any in recent memory, a number of top names were still eliminated early, including local favorite Jordan Spieth, who played collegiately at the nearby University of Texas.

Here’s a look at some of the biggest names who didn’t make it out of pool play and thus didn’t make it to the weekend.