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McIlroy tops Woodland to win WGC-Match Play

Despite playing this week with less than his best, Rory McIlroy fought his way to the final and then topped Gary Woodland, 4 and 2, to win the WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship. Here’s how the final two matches finished up Sunday in San Francisco:

Championship match

The victory is McIlroy's first in the United States since last year's PGA Championship and his second worldwide in 2015, after his win at the Omega Dubai Classic on the European Tour in February.

After taking the WGC-Birdgestone Invitational last summer, the world No.