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Ian Poulter
Personal Information
Birth (1976-01-10) 10 January 1976 (age 48)
Hitchin, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 189 lb (87 kg)
Nationality England
Residence Milton Keynes, England
Career
Turned Pro 1995
Tours PGA Tour (joined 2005)
European Tour (joined 2000)
Professional wins 9 (European Tour: 7, Challenge Tour: 1, Japan Golf Tour: 1)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters T13: 2007
U.S. Open T12: 2006
British Open 2nd: 2008
PGA Championship T9: 2006
Awards
Sir Henry Cotton
Rookie of the Year 		2000

Ian James Poulter (born 10 January 1976) is an English golfer who is a member of the world's top two professional golf tours, the U.S. based PGA Tour and the European Tour.

Career

Born in Hitchin, Poulter's first professional win was the Open de Côte d'Ivoire on the European Tour's second tier Challenge Tour in 1999, and he won promotion to the European Tour itself via the Qualifying School later that year. In his first season he claimed the Italian Open title and was the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year for 2000. Further wins followed in each of the next four seasons, most prestigiously the season ending "tour championship" the Volvo Masters in 2004. He was in the top ten on the Order of Merit in 2003, 2004 and 2006.

After narrowly missing a place in the 2002 European Ryder Cup team, Poulter was a member of the victorious squad in 2004, where he officially scored the winning points for his team. This entitled him to take up membership of the PGA Tour in 2005, and he divided his time between the two tours since then. He has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings. He is well known for his often radical dress sense, including trousers featuring the famous Claret Jug, worn at both the 2005 and 2006 Open Championships. Commentating for the BBC, Seve Ballesteros jibed acidically that this was "the closest [Poulter] would ever get to it".

Poulter is well known for being an avid fan of the London-based football club Arsenal FC. He has on several occasions appeared with the team's crest on his shoes, and he even controversially wore the team's hat during an event (immediately after the event the rule was changed to stop future players wearing football jerseys). He is an avid car collector and along with his new purchase of the Ford GT40, he has owned a Ferrari and a Nissan skyline along with an Aston Martin DB9.

At the Mercedes-Benz Championship in September 2007, Poulter smashed a tee marker in a show of frustration and was fined. Also, in 2006 Poulter paid a £5,000 fine after verbally abusing a marshal at the Irish Open.

At the 2008 Masters Tournament, Poulter made a hole-in-one at the 16th hole at Augusta National in the first round.

At the 2008 Open Championship, Poulter had the clubhouse lead on the last round before being beaten by defending champion Pádraig Harrington.

In addition to his golfing career, Poulter launched Ian Poulter Design (IJP) in the summer of 2007.

In the 2008 Ryder Cup, Poulter was the highest points scorer on either side as he scored 4 of Europe's 11.5 points. Europe lost the Ryder Cup 16.5-11.5.

Media controversy

In the March issue of Golf World (UK) Poulter was quoted saying "Don't get me wrong, I really respect every professional golfer, but I know I haven't played to my full potential and when that happens, it will be just me and Tiger."[1] At the 2008 Dubai golf tournament, Poulter said that he was misquoted, and that he aspired to be ranked #2.

Professional wins (9)

European Tour wins (7)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

  • 1999 Open de Côte d'Ivoire

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP T31 T33 DNP T13 T25
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT T57 T12 T36 WD
The Open Championship T64 DNP T50 T46 T25 T11 CUT T27 2
PGA Championship DNP CUT DNP T61 T37 T47 T9 T23 T31

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Results in World Golf Championship events

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Accenture Match Play Championship DNP DNP DNP QF 4 R64 R16 R32
CA Championship NT1 DNP T44 DNP T18 T2 T16 T57
Bridgestone Invitational T13 DNP T33 DNP T33 T13 T30

1Cancelled due to 9/11
DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
NT = No Tournament
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

References

  1. ^ Poulter wants to close book on controversy
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