French golfer Victor Dubuisson continued his remarkable winning ride at the $9m Accenture Match-Play Championship accounting for four-time Major winning Ernie Els in their semi-final encounter.

The quietly-spoken Dubuisson defeated his South African rival 1 up.

It means the Frenchman and reigning Turkish Airlines Open winner will now play Australia’s Jason Day in the final of the event in Tuscon, Arizona.

Day did what he was unable to do a year ago and that was to advance to the championship match when he dispatched his buddy, Fowler.

The young Aussie never trailed in his match after winning the first hole with a birdie and halving the next with another.

Day went 2 up with birdie putts of 14 and 4 feet at Nos. 7 and 8 but gave one back at the next hole when his approach landed on some rocks in front of a cactus and his third richocheted of the prickly plant. Day tried to hit his fourth left-handed and ended up conceding the hole to Fowler.

Fowler just missed a 7-footer to halve the 11th hole so Day regained his 3-up advantage only to give it back at the next when he missed a 6-footer for par.

The Aussie lost the par-5 13th when he three-putted for par — his first 3-putt of the week — before Fowler made a 7-footer for birdie to get to 1 down. Day won the 15th hole with a 3-foot birdie and then closed out the match with a par on the next after Fowler missed a 7-footer for birdie. Day, who finished third a year ago, now has a record of 13-3.

“You know what, that’s why we work so hard,” Day said about making the finals for the first time.

“Especially those last six months with the World Cup win last year and the motivation going into this year, I felt really good. The start of the season, that’s all I’m trying to do is win.”

Said Fowler: “Take a lot out of this week. Got a lot of confidence, got some good wins. Go out this afternoon and see if we can get a little practice in and see if we can get one more match win and move on to next week.”