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Perfect In Pink – Poulter Wins Accenture Match Play
In a dashing coral ensemble England’s Ian Poulter proved there is substance to match his fashion today in winning the World Golf Championships – Accenture Match Play. In completing his perfect record of match play for the week the 2000 European Tour Rookie of Year dismissed his fellow countryman Paul Casey 4&2.
Poulter displayed great poise in the match, clearly working to keep his emotions in check as much as possible. He was down by a hole early after 2 holes but quickly established a lead that he would not relinquish for the entire day. He did that not with a just a flurry of birdies, but a remarkable ability to recover from any errant shot.
Even in the final few holes, when nerves are normally jumpy, Poulter hit incredible short game shots that required the most delicate precision. With just a 2-hole lead coming down the stretch he defended his margin mightily.
“There were no nerves at all; I felt quite comfortable all day,” said Poulter immediately after closing out Casey on the 33rd hole of their match.
In fact Poulter looked quite comfortable all week in disposing of his opponents. In order he took down Justin Leonard (19 holes), Adam Scott (2&1), Jeev Milkha Singh (5&4), and Thongchai Jaidee (1up) in Jones Bracket play. He then walloped Sergio Garcia 7&6 to show he was on form and ready for his ascension to the top at a PGA Tour event.
“This feels really, really nice. It’s been a long time coming,” Poulter remarked when asked about finally getting his first win on the tour. “I was in great form coming into today. I was ready.”
Despite bombing drives past Poulter all day Paul Casey did not look particularly sharp in the final. Likely endurance was a bit of a fact as he spent pretty much every daylight hour on Saturday competing on the course. As Casey and Villegas fought their semi-final battle Poulter made himself busy sending out updates to his nearly 1 million Twitter followers from the comfort of a hot bath. Casey’s early 5&4 victories throughout match play hit a bit brick wall when the battle with Villegas, all 24 holes of it, was forced just past sunrise this morning.
In the consolation final Camillo Villegas steamrolled Sergio Garcia by a tally of 5&4. Villegas said he would have dearly loved to have been in the final but he was content with a bronze medal placing. Still working to regain his form of past years he has been working hard on his game and remarked that he is trying make it more fun for himself this year.
With the win Ian Poulter earned a first place prize of (USD) $1.4 million along with 550 FedEx points. When the official World Golf Rankings are released Monday he should move to #5.
In The Bag: (Courtesy Cobragolf.com and other sources)
3 Wood: Titleist 909F2 (13.5º) | Fujikura Rombax 7X07 shaft
5 Wood: Titleist 906F2 (18º) | Grafalloy Prolite 35X
Hybrid: Titleist 909H (19º) | Aldila NV Hybrid 85 X
Irons: Cobra Pro CB (4-7) | Dynamic Gold X100
Irons: Cobra Pro MB (8-pw) | Dynamic Gold X100
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design (54º, 60º)
This report provided to GolfWRX.com by Flagstick Golf Magazine (www.flagstick.com)
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Photos from the 2024 RBC Heritage
GolfWRX is on site this week at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island for the RBC Heritage. Plenty of golfers who competed in the Masters last week will be making the quick turnaround in the Lowcountry of South Carolina as the Heritage is again one of the Tour’s Signature Events.
We have general albums for you to check out, as well as plenty of WITBs — including Justin Thomas and Justin Rose.
We’ll continue to update as more photos flow in from SC.
Check out links to all our photos, below.
General Albums
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Monday #1
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Monday #2
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Tuesday #1
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Justin Thomas – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Justin Rose – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Chandler Phillips – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Nick Dunlap – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Thomas Detry – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Austin Eckroat – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Xander Schauffele – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Jason Day – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Will Zalatoris – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Patrick Cantlay – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Ludvig Aberg – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Collin Morikawa – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Sam Burns – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Stephen Jaeger – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
Pullout Albums
- Wyndham Clark’s Odyssey putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- JT’s new Cameron putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Justin Thomas testing new Titleist 2 wood – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Cameron putters – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Odyssey putter with triple track alignment aid – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Scotty Cameron The Blk Box putting alignment aid/training aid – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Cameron putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Odyssey Ai One Eleven T putters – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Christian Bezuidenhout – testing new Callaway Ti 340 mini driver – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Rory McIlroy testing the new TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Xander Schauffele testing the Callaway Ti 340 mini driver & the DUW – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Byeong Hun An, two new L.A.B. Golf putter builds with “T” alignment – 2024 RBC Heritage
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