American Hunter Mahan ended Rory McIlroy's bid to become world No. 1 for the first time with a 2&1 victory over the Northern Irishman in Sunday's final of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
With McIlroy initially failing to replicate the (...)
Rory McIlroy booked his place in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship final after coming from three down to beat Lee Westwood 3&1 with a scintillating seven-birdie display Sunday.
The Northern Irish world No. 2 sealed victory on the 17th (...)
Lee Westwood, oozing confidence, reached the last eight for the first time at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship while Germany's Martin Kaymer became the biggest casualty in Friday's third round.
World No. 3 Westwood never trailed on his way (...)
Accenture Match Play Championship Thursday after fellow Americans Hunter Mahan and Dustin Johnson had eased into the third round with commanding victories.
Mahan became the first player to advance, crushing South Korean Yang Yong-eun 5&3, and (...)
Top seed Luke Donald crashed out of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship Wednesday, losing 5&4 to late entry Ernie Els, while Tiger Woods scraped through into the second round.
Once again the elite World Golf Championships event lived up to (...)
cool Martin Kaymer reached the final of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship Saturday to ensure he will take over as world No. 1 when the new rankings are issued Monday.
Kaymer beat American Bubba Watson one up in a closely contested semifinal (...)
Ian Poulter broke his American duck when he outplayed fellow Briton Paul Casey 4 & 2 to win the Accenture Match Play Championship at Dove Mountain Sunday.
“To finally win over here, it means everything,” Poulter told reporters. “I'm just so happy (...)
Ian Poulter lost some of his momentum but not the lead, building a 2-up advantage over Paul Casey midway through their 36-hole match Sunday in an All-England final of the Match Play Championship.
Coming off a 7-and-6 victory in the semifinal, (...)
Paul Casey has taken another big step in his one-sided march through the Match Play Championship by beating Stewart Cink in 14 holes at chilly, windy Dove Mountain, where light rain turned heavy Saturday.
Cink's loss left no Americans in the (...)
unpredictable Match Play Championship more than lived up to its reputation in a topsy-turvy second round when the remaining top four seeds and defending champion were beaten at Dove Mountain Thursday.
An event already minus Tiger Woods and Phil (...)
Ross McGowan of England rolled in a 30-foot par putt on the 19th hole to beat Steve Stricker Wednesday, only the second time in the Match Play Championship that the No. 1 seed was beaten in the opening round.
McGowan only got into the 64-man field (...)
Former winner Geoff Ogilvy eased to his sixth PGA Tour title with a commanding 4&3 victory over Britain's Paul Casey in Sunday's final of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
Three up after dominating the morning round, the Australian world (...)
Geoff Ogilvy made five birdies on the back nine to hold off teenager Rory McIlroy 2 and 1 and advance to the semifinals in the Accenture Match Play Championship on Saturday.
Ogilvy, who reached the semifinals for the third time in four years, faced (...)
Teenage sensation Rory McIlroy did his part to put some excitement back into the Accenture Match Play Championship, crushing the player who knocked out Tiger Woods to advance to the quarterfinals on Friday.
The same could not be said for Phil (...)
Tiger Woods' first PGA Tour appearance in eight months came to a shuddering halt when he was upset 4&2 by South African Tim Clark at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on Thursday.
The American world number one, back in action after injury (...)
Tiger Woods signalled an ominous warning to his rivals on Tuesday by saying his short game was better than ever after being sidelined for eight months due to reconstructive knee surgery.
The world number one, who defends his WGC-Accenture Match (...)