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Matt Kuchar felt as if he ruled the golfing world on Sunday after landing his first World Golf Championships (WGC) title with a 2&1 victory over Hunter Mahan in the Accenture Match Play Championship final. The 34-year-old American emerged triumphant after a marathon week at DoveMountain that began with a snow delay on Wednesday, winning all six of his matches in an elite event that brings together the game's leading players. Last year, Kuchar clinched his fourth PGA Tour title at the ...

Six years after he overcame the odds to earn a $2 million cheque, Scott Piercy landed a different jackpot with a stunning 7&6 victory over Luke Donald at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on Friday. Though he had not competed in matchplay golf during that long span until he arrived at DoveMountain this week, Piercy produced imperious form to eliminate the British world number three in the second round of an event Donald had won in 2011. "I played really solid today," a beaming ...

World No 1 Rory McIlroy and three-times winner Tiger Woods were both sent packing in stunning fashion in the snow-delayed first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on Thursday. Northern Irishman McIlroy, a losing finalist last year, was ousted 1-up by his good friend Shane Lowry of Ireland while Woods was eliminated 2&1 by fellow American Charles Howell in fading light at DoveMountain. Once again the elite World Golf Championships (WGC) event lived up to its reputation for ...