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MARANA, ARIZONA — It's evil, match play is, and wonderful, sport at its essence, where reputations mean nothing and seedings even less, where you're playing the course — as always — and your opponent. And no less significantly, yourself.
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MARANA, Ariz. -- He was the prospect who became suspect, a golfer who lost his swing and his confidence. Now a decade after the fall, Matt Kuchar is back at the top.
Kuchar won the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship Sunday, defeating Hunter Mahan, 2 and 1, in a final played in winds and chill so severe at Dove Mountain Club above Tucson that both players wore ski caps and occasionally used heavy mittens to keep their hands warm.
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MARANA, Ariz. -- Ian Poulter's route to golfing success was different from most others. Born and raised in England, he went to work in a pro shop, and could only steal a few moments each day to develop his game.
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MARANA, Ariz. -- The tournament that almost didn't get started, with a suspension because of a snowstorm Wednesday and then five separate delays on Thursday, came to a sudden end for the top two seeds in the Accenture Match Play Championship.
Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods both were losers. McIlroy, No. 1 in the world golf rankings, was stunned 1 up by Irishman Steve Lowry. Woods fell 2 and 1 to Charles Howell III, who even in friendly matches had never beaten him.
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