Video & Roundup: Jason & Victor's Epic WGC Match Play Finale

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Just another dreary, forgettable WGC Accenture Match Play!

So, so glad we only do this high-drama thing once a year at a venue ill-suited to the purpose and at the Ryder Cup (also with venues ill-suited for the purpose). Otherwise, people might actually think this sport is dramatic and entertaining. Wouldn't want that!

Doug Ferguson says "this tournament might better be remembered for Dubuisson's magical escapes," and reminds us that "Victor" as the CBS crew wisely called him most of the time, is now a lock for the 2014 Ryder Cup team after pocketing $906,000 for battling back from three down only to lose to Jason Day on the 23rd hole.

For Day, it's his second PGA Tour win and arguably his best finish since he "gutted out" a third place finish in the Wendy's Three Tour Challenge last fall. Just kidding.

Seriously, he's contended in some majors and as we've seen in the past, a WGC match play win often vaults players to a higher level. Still, as Bob Harig asks in a good read about Day's performance, "Has anyone risen to No. 4 in the world with as few victories?"

Harig reminds us that Day has come a long way since 2007 when he opined that he was going to be taking down Tiger.

"My goal is to be the No. 1 golfer in the world and I want to chase Tiger," he said in 2007. "All I want to do is work hard, win tournaments and catch up with Tiger. ... I just want to work really hard and take him down."

More than six years later, at age 26, it's almost unfair to pin that stuff on Day, who won the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on Sunday over Victor Dubuisson -- needing five extra holes -- and undoubtedly setting off waves of talk again about him being the next great young player, a Masters contender, the man to beat in the majors.

The highlights from a memorable WGC Accenture Match Play final:


Victor Dubuisson's magical, epic 18th hole escape from the desert, courtesy of the PGA Tour: