Match Play Glance

Match Play Glance

Published Feb. 25, 2013 1:37 a.m. ET

A brief look at the final day of the Match Play Championship at Dove Mountain:

Victor: Matt Kuchar beat Hunter Mahan, 2 and 1, in the championship match.

Spoils: Kuchar earned $1.5 million for his first World Golf Championship title and moved to No. 8 in the world.

Consolation: Jason Day beat Ian Poulter, 1 up.

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One streak ends: Hunter Mahan had gone 169 holes in this event without trailing until Kuchar made a par on the fourth hole for the lead.

Another streak continues: Kuchar has won nine straight matches without having to play the 18th hole.

Dynamic duo: Matt Kuchar and Hunter Mahan have combined for a 27-4 record in the last three years of the Match Play Championship.

Stars & Stripes: It was the first all-American final at the Match Play Championship since Tiger Woods beat Stewart Cink in 2008.

Key statistic: For the second straight year, Americans have won every event on the PGA Tour's West Coast Swing.

Noteworthy: Ian Poulter, 19-3-2 in match play since 2010 going into Sunday, lost two matches in one day.

Quoteworthy: ''I think the extra bonus about today is there's a lot more money at the end of the week.'' - Matt Kuchar on winning $1.5 million more than he earned in 1997 for winning the U.S. Amateur.

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