Accenture Match Play report for the consolation match
Mar. 1, 2009
Here's a quick look at Sunday's third-place match between Stewart Cink and Ross Fisher at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship. Click here for the updated bracket.
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| Consolation match report |
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| STEWART CINK, USA, def. Ross Fisher, England |
1 up |
| This one wasn't particularly pretty, but it was hard-fought. Cink trailed at various times during the match for a total of nine holes but he came up big when it counted - making birdie on his last three holes to square the match at No. 16, halve at the 17th and win on the 18th. Fisher, who was making his World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship debut, had the edge early after making an eagle at No. 2 and a par at the third. Cink won the sixth and ninth with pars, though, to start the back nine all square. He and Fisher traded wins at Nos. 12 and 13 before a Cink bogey at the 14th set the stage for the furious finish. For Cink, who had reached the championship match a year ago where he lost to Tiger Woods 8 and 7, Sunday offered a little bit of redemption. "I guess at the moment I feel better because I ended up winning this one," he said. "But still with getting into the finals last year and having a chance there, even though Tiger pretty much bulldozed me, it was still probably a little bit sweeter." Cink's Accenture Match Play record improved to 18-10 with the win. Fisher, who had knocked off Justin Leonard in the quarterfinals, knew Sunday would be a tough test. "Stewart's a great competitor, and his match play record in Ryder Cups and Presidents Cups is obviously very strong, so I knew it was going to be a tough game," he said. "And it's always tough to try and get up for a third or fourth place playoff. But there's a lot of World Ranking points at hand and a big difference in cash. So you got to try to get yourself up for it. I felt quite up for it." Cink, who is a five-time PGA TOUR champion, hopes to gain momentum from his performance. "One great thing about this tournament is it really puts you under pressure from the very first shot," he said. "And you really get to see how your mind and body respond to the pressure early in the season going into big tournaments like Doral and the Masters. There's a lot of big tournaments coming up, so I think it's good to use as a springboard. I did last year, and I'm going to do it this year, too." |
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