For years, many golf fans — dare I even say the majority — have pined for a match play format to a more grandiose event, maybe the PGA Championship or as a season finale to determine the FedEx Cup champion. Or at least, they think they're pining for that in what can be described as a careful-what-you-wish-for scenario.
After all, the idea sounds exciting until we're left watching two guys play golf on a Sunday afternoon, especially if they aren't two of those whom we'd most like to watch in the first place.
The annual WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play is, to use a journalistic term, the inverted pyramid of golf tournaments. We start with a strong lede that includes all of the pertinent who, what, when, where, why and how information, then strays toward the other details at it continues to progress.
Or put another way, it's the only week of the year when Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are better television viewing experiences than Saturday and Sunday.