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New format, same fickle Match Play tournament (The Associated Press)

Yahoo! Sports | April 30, 2015

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Rory McIlroy opened with a birdie and followed with 13 straight pars. That's not a card that usually advances in the Match Play Championship, and yet the world's No. 1 player wound up winning in 14 holes.

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