CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Ten times during the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship, Geoff Ogilvy watched his opponent stand over a putt that would have sent him home. There was no such stress Sunday as he completed his long, improbable journey by defeating Davis Love III.

Ogilvy pulled away with an eagle-birdie knockout punch and won, 3 and 2, to become the first Australian to capture a Accenture Match Play Championship in the final tournament held at La Costa Resort.

He set a record for playing 129 holes, the most by anyone in the eight-year history of this fickle tournament, which included four consecutive overtime matches at the start of the week.

But he was solid when it counted, taking the lead with a 6-foot birdie on the 16th hole in the morning and never trailing the rest of the way. Love's last hope was to make a 25-foot birdie from just off the 16th green in the afternoon, but he ran it 4 feet by and conceded the match.

"Unbelievable," Ogilvy said. "It's such a hard tournament to believe you're going to keep going. I got lucky the first four days, and the last two games I played very well."

Ogilvy rolled through a Grand Slam list of players, from Michael Campbell (U.S. Open) to Mike Weir (Masters ) to Tom Lehman (British Open ) and finally Love (PGA Championship ).

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For Love, it was another opportunity he let slip away.

He lost to Tiger Woods two years ago, 3 and 2, and was soundly beaten by Woods in the semifinals in 2000. But even with Woods out in the third round, Love couldn't produce timely shots.

The biggest blow came at the ninth in the afternoon. He had won two holes to cut the lead to 1 up for Ogilvy, and the Aussie was in trouble short of the green. Love's 6-iron sailed into the gallery, and he stomped his foot and clenched his teeth, knowing he might have lost an opening to square the match.

"If I hit a good 6-iron, it could have been a different story," Love said. "But that's match play."

There must be something about the last week in February for Ogilvy. This was the one-year anniversary of his first PGA TOUR title last year at the Chrysler Classic of Tucson, a time when Ogilvy was ranked outside the top 64 in the world and not eligible for the Accenture Match Play Championship.

The victory was worth $1.3 million, and moves Ogilvy into the top 30 in the world. As he was beating Love, the TOUR announced this tournament would move next year to Tucson.