MARANA, Ariz. (AP) a' Matt Kuchar eventually put Hunter Mahan in a pit and then answered every problem Sunday to win the Match Play Championship. Mahan choose to go 169 pockets more than 11 fits without walking in this wild tournament until Kuchar won the fourth hole of these title match with a level, and Mahan never trapped. Kuchar took benefit of a number of miscues to construct a 4-up guide at the turn, and then held off a concern by the defending champion. There was never a dull moment on the rear nine. Only two holes were halved, and those were with birdies. But for all the good shots, the match concluded when Mahan went from a difficult rest in the bunker to a bush in the wilderness, and it took him four shots to achieve the green. Kuchar wound up winning, 2 and 1, when Mahan eliminated the stocking cap he used to combat the cold desert air and conceded Kuchar a quick birdie putt. It was the first World Golf Championship title for Kuchar, and it follows annually in which The Players Championship was won by him. Kuchar became the next person within the last few 3 years to gain the Match Play Championship without actually playing the 18th hole. Mahan was wanting to join Tiger Woods as the only back-to-back winners, and he gave it a good chance despite the big debt halfway through the match. In a, cool wind a the wind chill index reached a of 37 degrees on the final day a Mahan made a long two-putt level to win the 10th, and played a hard processor from the pile of a bunker to about 6 feet for a on the next opening, the lead by 50 percent. Mahan used with a tee shot in to about 10 feet on the par-3 12th, the momentum directly on his part. Kuchar, but, adopted with a shot to just inside 15 feet and made the birdie putt. On the par-5 13th, Mahan struck a poor method from the fairway and Kuchar got up-and-down to restore his lead to 3 up. Kuchar developed an additional clutch shot. With a 2-up lead on the 304-yard 15th hole, the wind at his back, Kuchar chipped about 10 feet after dark hole with Mahan only 6 feet away for birdie. Kuchar holed the putt and escaped with a halve. Mahan won the 16th with a two-putt level when Kuchar's tee shot bounced off the corporate tents behind the green, and it seem like the match would go down the 18th for the first time in seven fits for Kuchar. Both struck into the fairway bunker, but Mahan's ball was somewhat sunk in the sand, and his strategy never got near to achieving the green. Instead, explained via a patch of desert until it set in a bush. Kuchar's report in this function improved to 15-3, the best winning percentage of anyone who has performed at the very least 10 matches. He has reached the quarterfinals each of the last three years, and now went completely. All week he played 96 holes and just trailed after four holes. Kuchar finished off Jason Day of Australia in the semifinals Saturday morning, 4 and 3. Mahan struck some outstanding wedge photos in whipping Ian Poulter, 4 and 3, in his semifinal. He twice struck tough chips inside 5 feet to win pockets, and then seized control with a from about 70 feet on the hole to simply take command. Time beat Poulter in the consolation fit, 1 up. It was the first all-American final in five years at the Match Play Championship, and Kuchar's win gave the Americans a sweep of the PGA Tour's West Coast Swing for the next straight year. He moves to No. 8 in the world and acquired $1.5 million, and now has earned just over $3.2 million from his last two wins.
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