And while Love stressed the need to “keep your man down,” Ogilvy has demonstrated an uncanny knack for fighting his way back from near-elimination.

Ogilvy may have been in control throughout his 4 and 3 semifinal victory over Tom Lehman, but that was a first this week for the 28-year-old from Adelaide. His first four matches were all won in extra holes -- and three times Ogilvy had to birdie the 18th to extend the match.

Through five matches, Ogilvy has trailed in 20 of the 95 holes he’s played. Love has played 10 fewer and trailed only four times.

“That just shows he’s got a lot of guts and determination,” Love said. “He’s not going to ever give up. … Every time I’ve seen him, it’s at the end of the match, whether it’s 18 or extra holes, and he’s hitting great shots. It just shows that he’s playing well.”

The resilient Ogilvy, who jokingly called extra holes “my comfort zone,” could have been eliminated as early as the 14th hole in his third round match with Mike Weir on Friday had the Canadian just been able to make a par. But each time he was threatened with match play extinction, Ogilvy has come up with the anecdote.

“There’s probably been six times when guys have had putts to end the match on me, and I’ve been fortunate none of them have gone in,” Ogilvy said. “I’ve holed about four or five putts to keep myself in matches, which is always nice to do.”

Although their wins have come in decidedly different fashion, both Love and Ogilvy played their steadiest on Saturday in the semifinals.

Love, who is driving the ball with confidence, hit 75 percent of his fairways and 81 percent of his greens in the win over Johnson. He hit 12 of 14 fairways in the quarterfinals, as well.

“I’m going to have to do exactly what I did today, play solid and make some birdies,” said Love, who is looking for his first win since the 2003 INTERNATIONAL and 19th overall.

Ogilvy’s quarterfinal win over David Howell, the European Tour’s leading money winner, was a testament to his determination as the Aussie hit just six fairways and only 10 of 19 greens. Against Lehman, though, Ogilvy gave himself plenty of chances when he hit 73 percent of his greens and converted 19 putts into five birdies.

“I played really well this afternoon,” Ogilvy admitted. “To win on the 15th hole -- it was really strange to shake hands with three holes left on the golf course.”