Ben Martin and Matt Kuchar were all square in their Day 1 match at the WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship heading to the par-3 17th. The hole is a behemoth 243 yards, making par a great score and one that could have meant a decisive win before heading to the final hole.
Martin did two better.
The winner in Las Vegas early in the season stepped in and made a hole-in-one that left Kuchar with nothing to do but smile and high-five his competition. The ace put Martin 1 up with a hole to play. Kuchar had a short putt to square the match and force extra holes, but he missed to give the match to Martin.
Fortunately for Kuchar, in the new tournament format, he and Martin will both have two more matches with the other players in their four-person group before figuring out who moves on to the Round of 16.
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