We probably shouldn’t be too surprised with this match-up in the final at the 2022 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club.
Kevin Kisner, who was runner-up in 2018 and won it in 2019, defeated Corey Conners 2 up in one of the Sunday morning semifinals.
Scottie Scheffler, who was runner-up a year ago and has already won two PGA Tour events in 2022, took down Dustin Johnson 3 and 1 in the other morning match.
So it’s the No. 5-seed Scheffler and the No. 29-seed Kisner in the final, which starts at 3:20 p.m. ET. Conners and Johnson will face off in the third-place match.
If Scheffler captures the title, he would become the 25th player to reach the No. 1 position in the Official World Golf Ranking since it started in 1986 and would be the sixth-youngest. Jon Rahm has been in the No. 1 spot for 36 consecutive weeks, dating back to July 18, 2021.
Kisner, who used a crafty shot into the slope on the 18th hole to set up a birdie look that closed out Conners, is now 21-4-1 in the event since 2017.
Using the slope 👌@K_Kisner set himself up for victory with this approach. pic.twitter.com/P3Oie8Q6BU
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 27, 2022
The winner will pocket $2,100,000, up from $1,820,000 a year ago.
