Newsday (N.Y.): Mahan beats McIlroy to win Match Play

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Art Spander in Hunter Mahan, Rory McIlroy, WGC Accenture Match Play Championship, articles, golf

By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

MARANA, Ariz. -- Enthronement will have to wait. Hunter Mahan, who is down the scale of fame, Sunday kept Rory McIlroy from winning both the Accenture WGC Match Play Championship and climbing to the No. 1 world ranking.

Was there motivation because the fans early on were chanting for McIlroy, the Northern Irishman, instead of Mahan, an American?

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