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CARLSBAD (California), Feb 27: Australian Geoff Ogilvy beat Davis Love 3 and 2 on Sunday to complete a surprising run to the WGC Match Play Championship title. Ogilvy, who appeared on his way out of the elite 7.5 million-dollar event on several occassions, needing extra holes to triumph in his first four matches, encountered smooth sailing in the 36-hole final against Love.
Love, the 23rd seed, was seeking redemption after finishing runner-up two years ago to Tiger Woods, who was eliminated on Friday.
But the US veteran was lackluster.
Ogilvy, the 52nd seed, took the lead at the 16th hole and never surrendered it en route to just his second professional victory, worth 1.3 million dollars.
Scores:
Final (36 holes): Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) bt Davis Love (USA) 3 and 2
Consolation match: Zach Johnson (USA) bt Tom Lehman (USA) 1-up
TUCSON (Arizona): Leading final scores on Sunday in the three million-dollar Chrysler Classic of Tucson:
266 - Kirk Triplett 68-71-64-63
267 - Jerry Kelly 66-68-68-65
269 - Heath Slocum 67-69-65-68, Duffy Waldorf 66-66-65-72, Bubba Watson 67-67-65-70
270 - David Branshaw 71-65-66-68
271 - Doug Barron 66-70-67-68, Jason Gore 68-66-69-68
272 - Cameron Beckman 72-64-70-66, Gabriel Hjertstedt 66-71-65-70, Charley Hoffman 69-68-69-66, Bo Van Pelt 71-69-65-67, Mark Wilson 64-69-67-72
273 - Ryuji Imada 70-68-69-66
274 - Aaron Baddeley 69-69-70-66, Brendan Jones 68-70-69-67, Justin Rose 70-68-72-64
275 - Carlos Franco 67-69-73-66
277 - Trevor Immelman 68-70-69-70, Daisuke Maruyama 68-71-68-70, Camilo Villegas 70-68-67-72
278 - Gavin Coles 67-70-72-69, Nathan Green 67-70-66-75
279 - Henrik Bjornstad 71-69-70-69, Mathias Gronberg 68-69-74-68.—Agencies
