Victor Dubuisson Is a Name You Will Soon Be Seeing a Lot More

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Published: February 24, 2014

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Many golf fans spent much of their Sunday afternoon trying to figure who in the world Victor Dubuisson was, and how he could possibly be taking on Jason Day for the WGC-Accenture Match Play title.

Even as the final match progressed, no one seemed to believe that this 23-year-old Frenchman had any chance to win in his first ever World Golf Championship appearance.

When Day was two holes up with two to play and both players hit their approach shots on the 17th hole to within 20 feet of the pin, CBS began flashing its sponsors across the screen as if it were preparing to go off the air in just moments.

This was going on while Ian Baker-Finch—who also happens to be a close friend of fellow Australian Day—was talking as if Day had already sunk his putt and won the title. If only these men knew what was about to transpire over the next hour-and-a-half of play.

Day missed his putt on the 17th hole, while Dubuisson made his, and the two competitors went to the 18th hole with Day leading by one hole.

Dubuisson then went on to win the 18th hole with a miraculous up-and-down par save from the greenside bunker, while Day was unable to convert on his 10-foot par putt that would have closed out the match.

This match had already taken somewhat of a turn to the bizarre with Day losing a 2-up lead with two to play, but no one in their wildest dreams could have foreseen what was about to transpire over the next two holes.

On the 19th hole of the match (the first hole at Dove Mountain) Dubuisson misclubbed on his approach shot and sent his ball clear over the back of the green, while Day was safely on the putting surface in two strokes.

Dubuisson’s ball came to rest right underneath a Teddy Bear Cholla cactus, which is a vicious plant that very few would even desire to walk near, let alone hit a golf ball out from underneath.

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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