Rolex Rankings No. 27 Azahara Munoz held off Candie Kung to win 2&1 in the final match of the 2012 Sybase Match Play Championship and become a Rolex First-Time Winner on the LPGA Tour. Munoz clinched her first LPGA victory after she halved the 17^th hole with Kung. Despite playing with a heavy heart this week after the passing of her grandmother last Sunday, Munoz managed to win six matches to capture the title and the $375,000 first-place prize.

Munoz was the first strike in today’s final match when she pared the first hole to take a 1 up lead over Kung. Kung then responded on the second with a birdie to return the match to all square until a birdie on No. 7 moved her to 1 up over Munoz. The Spaniard then pared the ninth hole to make the turn all square. It wasn’t until the back nine that Munoz took the driver’s seat. After winning Nos. 9, 11 and 12, Munoz looked like she was in the driver’s seat to earn her first LPGA Tour victory. Kung was determined not to go out without a fight as she pared No. 14 to go 2 down with four to play. Munoz then got a routine par on No. 17 to win the match and become this year’s Sybase Match Play Championship.

The final match is set for the Sybase Match Play Championship as No.19 seed Azahara Munoz will take on No.49 seed Candie Kung for the first-place prize of $375,000. While Munoz is looking to become a Rolex First-Time Winner this week, Kung is hoping to secure her fifth career victory since the Hana Bank KOLON Championship in 2008. Munoz was the only rookie on the 2011 European Solheim Cup team where she posted a 2-1-1 record and was a three-time European PING Junior Solheim Cup team member (2002, 2003, 2005).

Candie Kung punched her ticket to Sunday afternoon's final match after a 2 and 1 victory over Vicky Hurst. Kung got off to a blazing start this morning, winning the 2nd and 3rd holes to take an early 2 up lead over Hurst. Hurst then fired back winning the next two holes to return the match to all square until Kung answered with a birdie on No. 4 and won the 9th to make the turn with a 2 up lead.

The Sybase Match Play Championship is down to its final four as the unlikely quartet of Morgan Pressel, Azahara Munoz, Candie Kung and Vicky Hurst battled their way into the semi-finals, pulling off some shock wins along the way.

After last year's Solheim Cup, Spaniard Azahara Munoz's confidence was at an all-time high. Munoz boasted an impressive 2-1-1 record then went on to record four top-20 finishes including a tied for second at the Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship and third at the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia.

Only 16 ladies survived round 2 of the Sybase Match Play Championship as the tournament started making its way towards its business end, with Yani Tseng leading the way into round 3. The world no.1 was joined by an elite group which included the likes of Jodi Ewart, Azahara Munoz and Stacy Lewis, who posted contrasting wins on Friday.

No. 33 seed Katie Futcher put up a good fight against No. 1 seed Yani Tseng with a one point lead heading into the turn in Friday's match. But after Tseng posted four birdies on 11, 13, 14 and 17, Futcher couldn't get ahead despite recording straight pars on the back nine.