 Stenson holed the winning putt in the Ryder Cup at the K Club |
Swedish Ryder Cup star Henrik Stenson clinched the WGC Match Play event with a 2&1 victory over defending champion Geoff Ogilvy in Tucson, Arizona. Stenson, 30, led by two holes at the halfway point in the 36-hole match but was two down after 26 holes.
But he took the lead again with seven left and fended off the US Open champion to become the second European winner after Darren Clarke in 2000.
South Africa's Trevor Immelman beat Amerian Chad Campbell 4&2 for third.
 | It's such a long week and everyone's exhausted |
"Geoff and I played good in the morning but in the afternoon I was struggling," said Stenson, who holed the winning putt in the Ryder Cup in September.
"I struggled off the tee and with the putter and to be honest I don't know how I held it all together.
"It's such a long week and everyone's exhausted and I think Geoff and I made some silly mistakes this afternoon."
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Stenson's second straight win, and first on the US PGA Tour, takes him to the top of the European Order of Merit standings and up from eighth to fifth in the world rankings.
He held off Ernie Els and Tiger Woods to clinch his fifth European Tour title at this month's Dubai Desert Classic.
Australia's Ogilvy, 29, had won 11 straight matches in this event stretching back to his 3&2 victory over American Davis Love III in last year's tournament at La Costa, California.
"My swing was probably deteriorating all week, but I can't explain missing short putts," said Ogilvy.
"I can think of three this morning that were embarrassing and this afternoon there were two or three that were just not good enough."
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