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Kuchar beats Mahan at World Match Play Golf Championships

Monday, February 25th, 2013

Golf ball (Lotus Head, Wikimedia Commons)

It was an all-American final Sunday at the World Match Play Golf Championship in Tucson, Arizona on Sunday.

American Matt Kuchar defeated Hunter Mahan on the 17 hole to win his second significant tournament in the last two years. Kuchar won the 2012 Players Championship by two strokes.

Kuchar, who improved to 15-3 at the World Match Play Championships, looked very comfortable in the Tucson desert, despite the cold winds and frigid temperatures. Kuchar and Mahan each played Sunday with a toque.

Kuchar, the sixth seed in the Ben Hogan bracket, defeated Hiroyuki Fujita of Japan in the first round 3 & 2, Sergio Garcia of Spain in the second round 2 & 1, Nicolas Colsaerts of Belgium 4 & 3 in the third round, Robert Garrigus of the United States in the quarterfinals 3 & 2, and Jason Day of Australia 4 & 3 in the semi-finals.

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Mahan wins World Golf Matchplay Championship

Monday, February 27th, 2012

Hunter Mahan (Rob Poetsch, Wikimedia Commons)

American Hunter Mahan won the World Golf Matchplay Championship on Sunday.

Mahan defeated Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy 2 and 1 in Tucson, Arizona to prevent McIlroy from passing Luke Donald of England into first place in the World Golf Rankings.

Mahan built a strong four hole lead after the first ten holes, before hanging on to the two hole advantage. Mahan earlier in the day defeated Mark Wilson of the United States in the semi-finals.

It has been a strong start to the year for Wilson, as  in January he won the Humana Challenge (previously known as the Bob Hope Classic) in the standard 72 hole event for the first time in tournament history. Since the event’s beginning in 1960, the Bob Hope Classic has been 90 holes.

The World Matchplay Championships is the first of four golf events that are a part of the  World Golf Championship. The WGC Cadillac Championship is in Miami in March, the WGC Bridgestone Invitational is in Akron, Ohio in August and the WGC HSBC Championship is in Shanghai, China in November.
 

 

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