Mahan, who made six birdies in the final, is the first American to win the Match Play crown at Dove Mountain since Tiger Woods in 2008.

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From high up on the mountain, the couple have a bird's-eye view of the farms and woods of Zebulon Valley, where Deanna was born and raised.

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