Ross Fisher beat Masters champion Angel Cabrera on the third playoff hole yesterday to set up a World Match Play Championship final against Anthony Kim in Casares, Spain.

Fisher won 1-up after Cabrera needed 5 shots to reach the green on the final hole. Fisher had sent his second shot from 244 yards within 5 feet of the pin in fading light at the Finca Cortesin golf course.

Kim advanced by beating Robert Allen by 5 and 4. Kim, who beat the Australian 5 and 3 at the Presidents Cup, rallied from an early two-hole deficit, pulling away at the 27th hole when he holed an approach from 101 yards.

The American first overcame an errant tee shot on the 26th to save par and halve before holing out from 101 yards for an eagle at 27. He sank a birdie putt on the 28th for a four-hole advantage.

Kim cited his par save at the 26th was the key.

“That was the hole that really sealed it for me,” he said.

The last American to win the event was Corey Pavin in 1993. Shaun Micheel reached the final in 2006.

Poulter slips in Singapore

Ian Poulter slipped into a tie with Thomas Levet and Kodai Ichihara for the clubhouse lead before thunderstorms cut short play in the third round of the Singapore Open.

Poulter, who finished up his second round in the morning with a 7-under-par 64 to take a 5-stroke lead, was 4-over through six holes in the afternoon.

Andrew Dodt and Liang Wen-Chong were tied a shot off the lead while three others were tied 2 shots back. Ernie Els joined three other players at 5-under.

Phil Mickelson was 2-under after completing 15 holes of the third round while Padraig Harrington was 2 over after eight holes.

Cookin’ on Champions

John Cook shot a 5-under 67 take a 6-stroke lead in the Champions Tour’s season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship in Sonoma, Calif.

Cook, who shot a tournament-record 62 on Friday, had a 19-under 197 total, the best three-round score in a 72-hole tournament on the senior circuit since Jack Nicklaus also had a 197 total in the 1990 Senior Players Championship.

Russ Cochran (68) was second at 13-under.