Final capsule: Match 63

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Final championship match
Tiger Woods (1) vs. Stewart Cink (6)
Tee time: 2:30 p.m. ET (second 18 holes of Championship Match)

How the match stands: Woods leads 4 up. The game's No. 1 player made seven birdies and a lone bogey on the 18th hole to seize complete control of the match. The bogey was only his second since he made three in his opening match with J.B. Holmes. Woods won the first two holes Saturday morning with birdies -- two-putting from 50 feet at the par-5 first and rolling in a 15-footer at the second -- and hasn't looked back. He won with birdies on all four of the par 5s at the Gallery Golf Club at Dove Mountain and actually was 5 up after he made a 4-footer for another on the 13th hole as Cink was making bogey. Cink got one back at the next hole where he made a 4-foot birdie putt, but that was his only win of the morning session. Cink had another chance at No. 18, but he missed an 8-footer for par that would have won the hole after Woods hit an indifferent bunker shot and couldn't make the 23-footer for his own par.

What to look for in the afternoon: Cink needs to regain his rhythm and win some holes early, or this match could be headed for a premature conclusion. Woods is seeking his third Accenture Match Play Championship title, fourth straight PGA TOUR win and 63rd career title -- which would put him one ahead of the legendary Arnold Palmer.