{"id":369072,"date":"2011-04-05T09:19:18","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T09:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/05\/poulter-aims-for-ryder-cup-form\/"},"modified":"2011-04-05T09:19:18","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T09:19:18","slug":"poulter-aims-for-ryder-cup-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/05\/poulter-aims-for-ryder-cup-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Poulter aims for Ryder Cup form"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"114.49055723945\">\n                    <!-- empty related-stories for Wide --><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Venue:<\/em> Augusta National, Georgia:<\/li>\n<li><em>Date:<\/em> 7-10 April <\/li>\n<li><em>Coverage:<\/em> All rounds live on BBC Radio 5 live and online from 2100 BST; third round live from 2030 BST and final round live from 1900 BST on BBC2, BBC HD and online (UK only); scores, highlights and live text on BBC website <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/6787500d011689455-1.jpg.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"282\" alt=\"Ian Poulter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    Poulter was joint halfway leader at last year&#8217;s Masters but finished 10th<br \/>\n  <\/span><\/p>\n<p>England&#8217;s Ian Poulter is aiming to replicate his impressive Ryder Cup performances during the Masters, which starts this Thursday at Augusta.<\/p>\n<p>Poulter has won seven from a possible nine points in the last two Ryder Cups, in 2008 and 2010.<\/p>\n<p>But he has failed to replicate this in stroke play, dropping from seventh to 16th in the world over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I need to push on. When I perform well I think I can play with the best players in the world,&#8221; said Poulter.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old demonstrated this under intense pressure in the Ryder Cup in Valhalla three years ago, taking four points from a possible five for Europe in their <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/golf\/7628448.stm\">16\u00bd-11\u00bd loss to the United States<\/a> after being captain Nick Faldo&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/golf\/7590864.stm\">most controversial pick.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At Celtic Manor last October he was again a star performer for Europe in the Ryder Cup, claiming three points out of four as Colin Montgomerie&#8217;s side <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/golf\/9056244.stm\">re-claimed the trophy<\/a> with a 14\u00bd-13\u00bd win.<\/p>\n<p>Poulter has tasted solo success in between these two events, winning the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/golf\/8527525.stm\">World Match Play Championship<\/a> in February 2010 and the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/golf\/9213707.stm\">Hong Kong Open<\/a> nine months later.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"26.736585365854\">\n           <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/golf\/12969530.stm#skip_feature_02\">Continue reading the main story<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"6\">\n<p>I&#8217;ve done enough homework and I&#8217;m ready to go now. Being in the lead after two rounds last year was great. Knowing you can play the golf course is always a plus.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\t<span>Ian Poulter<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But he has not had a top-10 finish in his last six starts and at last year&#8217;s Masters <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/golf\/8612534.stm\">he was joint halfway leader with compatriot Lee Westwood<\/a> at Augusta last April before rounds of 74 and 73 meant he finished 10th.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d like to find out why I perform so well in the Ryder Cup and I don&#8217;t bring it out in stroke play as often as I&#8217;d like,&#8221; said Poulter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve definitely got to have a think about my mindset and try to get pumped up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In Ryder Cup week you don&#8217;t need to try for it &#8211; it&#8217;s just there in you.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On the first green with 72 holes to play you don&#8217;t fist-pump when you hole from 10 feet for birdie but perhaps I should get a bit more excited inside.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do it occasionally, so you feel you should be able to do it every week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Having practised at Augusta this week alongside fellow Europeans Justin Rose and Graeme McDowell, Poulter remains confident he can be the man to complete the first clean-sweep of the majors by European Tour golfers since 1994.<\/p>\n<p>This follows Northern Irishman McDowell&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/golf\/8750826.stm\">victory in the US Open<\/a> at Pebble Beach in June last year, South African Louis Oosthuizen <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/golf\/8832469.stm\">winning the Open<\/a> a month later and Martin Kaymer of Germany claiming the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/golf\/8916112.stm\">PGA Championship<\/a> that August.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve done enough homework and I&#8217;m ready to go now,&#8221; claimed Poulter. &#8220;Being in the lead after two rounds last year was great. Knowing you can play the golf course is always a plus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not chasing is key &#8211; you can&#8217;t do that on this course and I did after Mickelson and Lee got out in front.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"32\">\n<div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"holding\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/96d7af98565_poulter.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Ian Poulter\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please turn on JavaScript.<\/strong> Media requires JavaScript to play.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <!-- embedding script --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                <!-- caption --><\/p>\n<p>Poulter rues missing out on Masters glory<\/p>\n<p>        <!-- END - caption -->\n    <\/div>\n<p>&#8220;When you go for some of these pins you can make birdies but you can also make mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My first tee shot in the third round way left &#8211; 60 to 70 yards left &#8211; and it rattled me. That&#8217;s never a shot I hit, so I stand up on two and the one place you can&#8217;t hit it is left, so I&#8217;m thinking about it there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then I hit it left on eight again. I&#8217;m chasing now and you can&#8217;t. I&#8217;ve seen people chase on this golf course and it&#8217;s ugly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The attention on me now is not the same but my expectations are the same if not more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was disappointing to play like I did Saturday and Sunday after getting off to such a great start.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a course I can some of my best golf around and I would like to rectify the mistakes I made.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The weather is set to be fair in Georgia, which presents problems for asthmatic Poulter, who recently discovered he was allergic to many of the grasses and trees he comes into contact with on courses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had an injection yesterday. I don&#8217;t even know what it was &#8211; just something to help me out &#8211; but my eyes are still itchy,&#8221; added Poulter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/golf\/12969530.stm\" title=\"Poulter aims for Ryder Cup form\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Poulter aims for Ryder Cup form<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Venue: Augusta National, Georgia: Date: 7-10 April Coverage: All rounds live on BBC Radio 5 live and online from 2100 BST; third round live from 2030 BST and final round live from 1900 BST on BBC2, BBC HD and online (UK only); scores, highlights and live text on BBC website Poulter was joint halfway leader at last year&#8217;s Masters but finished 10th England&#8217;s Ian Poulter is aiming to replicate his impressive Ryder Cup performances during the Masters, which starts this Thursday at Augusta. Poulter has won seven from a possible nine points in the last two Ryder Cups, in 2008 and 2010. But he has failed to replicate this in stroke play, dropping from seventh to 16th in the world over the past year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-369072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Poulter aims for Ryder Cup form - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/05\/poulter-aims-for-ryder-cup-form\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Poulter aims for Ryder Cup form - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Venue: Augusta National, Georgia: Date: 7-10 April Coverage: All rounds live on BBC Radio 5 live and online from 2100 BST; third round live from 2030 BST and final round live from 1900 BST on BBC2, BBC HD and online (UK only); scores, highlights and live text on BBC website Poulter was joint halfway leader at last year&#039;s Masters but finished 10th England&#039;s Ian Poulter is aiming to replicate his impressive Ryder Cup performances during the Masters, which starts this Thursday at Augusta. 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