From the pace of play to a week to forget for the Americans, we look back at the talking points from Jason Day’s dominant win at the WGC-Dell Match Play.
Delight for Day
Jason Day continued his remarkable run of form and made himself the man to beat at next month's Masters with an impressive victory in Texas.
The Australian overcame a back issue earlier in the week to progress through to the knock-out stages, where his red-hot short game and outstanding putting helped him to his second title in as many weeks.
Day was able to see out a duel with Rory McIlroy and produce a dominant display to thrash Louis Oosthuizen in the final, with victory his sixth in his past 13 PGA Tour appearances and enough to lift him back above Jordan Spieth at the top of the world rankings.
Although the 28-year-old believes he can't afford to get over-confident about his form, his recent record is certainly ominous for those looking to challenge him at Augusta.
Speed things up
While there was no doubting Day's quality and dominance on his way to a second PGA Tour title in as many weeks, there were once again questions raised about the pace of play during his tournament victory.
The world No 1 isn't the only offender to take what appears to be an unnecessary amount of time to play his shots, but the Australian's lengthy pre-shot routine was even more visible during the latter rounds in Austin.
Although the fact Day was nursing a back issue won't have helped his speed, the PGA champion bore the brunt of criticism on social media for the time it was taking him to complete a round.
Nobody likes to see a player taking an age to play a shot and the European Tour have started to address the issue with introducing penalties in recent months. It's time for the PGA Tour to follow suit.
Home failure
Although Rory McIlroy was the bookies favourite and Day the man in form heading in to the week in Austin, the home crowd would have expected the American interest in the field to make a stronger bid for victory.
Just five of the players who reached the last 16 came from outside of the USA, but all 11 Americans had been sent packing by the time the tournament had been whittled down to the final four.
Top seed Jordan Spieth was dispatched in the second round by eventual runner-up Louis Oosthuizen and all four American quarter-finalists ended up on the losing side, meaning there were no home players for the patrons to support on Sunday.
A disappointing Match Play display will be a cause for concern for USA Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III with the tournament just six months away, as a number of those in action all-but certain to be part of his Hazeltine plans.
Time for change?
A number of changes were introduced to the Match Play format, although the competition still feels it could do with further alterations to improve its popularity.
The round-robin format meant that a number of players teed off for their final group game on Friday already knowing they couldn't qualify for the last-16, while seven matches crammed in to five days proved to be a draining test for even the fittest of golfers.
Although there were positive tweaks such as tied groups being decided with a play-off as opposed to being settled on head-to-head records, flaws were still evident when players were left facing lengthy waits for their shoot-outs.
Half points were also a welcome addition to the group stages, but perhaps a smaller field or a return to its former straight knock-out format could provide a solution?
Although knock-out increases the risk of more high-profile exits early in the tournament, it would mean every game has something riding on it. Not only that, but fewer matches would also limit the chance of the fairly flat final like we've seen over the past two seasons.
Poulter progress
Ian Poulter was a noticeable absentee from this week's WGC field, with the former champion instead featuring as the highest-ranked player at the Puerto Rico Open.
Poulter made his tournament debut after missing out on a place in Texas by just 0.044 world ranking points, where he was encouraged after posting his highest finish since last March's Honda Classic.
The Ryder Cup star held the 54-hole lead and carded just four bogeys all week, but was unable to pick up any shots on the back nine on Sunday as he finished just one shot short of forcing his way in to a play-off.
Poulter had fallen to his lowest world ranking for a decade having gone more than three years without a win, but a much-improved display will give the Englishman plenty of encouragement after a disappointing start to the season.
Next up for Poulter is a trip to the Masters, the only major he is currently qualified for, with the 40-year-old saying his game is "very close" to where he wants it to be. A return to the world's top 50 has to be the next target.