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Accenture Match Play - Final Day 3
Luke Donald and his caddy take cover during a brief hail storm on the 4th hole during the final round of the Accenture Match Play Championship Sunday afternoon.
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Accenture Match Play - Final Day 10
Accenture Match Play Championship winner Luke Donald shares his trophy with his wife Diane and their one-year-old daughter Elle.
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Accenture Match Play - Final Day 8
Luke Donald chips onto the 1st green during the final rounds of the Accenture Match Play Championship.
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Accenture Match Play - Final Day 4
The MetLife blimp floats above the 7th hole as Luke Donald and Martin Kaymer compete in the final round of the Accenture Match Play Championship Sunday afternoon.
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AMP day 2/13
Miguel Angel Jimenez takes to the driving range after winning his match against Ryan Palmer with some coffee and a cigar.
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AMP day 2/4
Stewart Cink hits his ball out of the bunker on the 12th hole of the Accenture Match Play Championship on Thursday.
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AMP day 2/5
Arizona State University alumni Paul Casey tees off towards the 12th hole during his match against Jason Day on Thursday in Marana during the Accenture Match Play Championship.
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AMP day 1/19
Tiger woods congratulates Thomas Bjorn after Woods lost on the 19th hole of their match during opening day of the Accenture Match Play Championship.
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AMP day 1/9
Camilo Villegas from Colombia uses his signature pose to line up a putt on the ninth green during the Accenture Match Play Championship Wednesday afternoon.
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AMP day 1/1
Peter Hanson, from Sweden, lines up a putt on the third hole of the Accenture Match Play Championship Wednesday morning during his match against Rickie Fowler.
Posted: Wednesday, March 2, 2011 6:00 am
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Updated: 4:35 pm, Wed May 25, 2011.
Hail to the victor
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The five-day Accenture Match Play Championship golf tournament
at Marana’s Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain wrapped up Sunday with a
new winner crowned.
Englishman Luke Donald, 33, bested top-ranked Martin Kaymer of
Germany to take home the Walter Hagen trophy and $1.4 million.
Donald won six straight rounds to win the Match Play tournament.
He played so well, in fact, that he didn’t complete a full 18-hole
round the entire tournament.
He came into the tournament ranked ninth in the world. With the
win, his stock has gone up to No. 3.
The win puts Donald’s PGA career earnings total above
$20 million since joining the tour in 2001.
For his troubles, Kaymer walked with $850,000. Third-place
finisher Matt Kuchar took home $600,000 and fourth-place winner
Bubba Watson brought home $490,000.
Crowd favorite Tiger Woods made an early exist from the
championship after being knocked off in the first round.
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