If you failed to get to see Ian Poulter and Adam Scott's duel on the Talisker Masters (the Australian Masters, if you opt for) overdue Saturday night time, you ignored a high-quality one. If you don't need to understand what came about due to the fact you are going to look at the replay nowadays and want to be surprised, STOP READING NOW.
Oh, you're still reading? Then I'll get on with the submit. Bear in mind that Ian Poulter changed into additionally the defending champion at this match, so this turned into precisely the sort of finish the crowds wanted -- the protecting champion against a massive-name Australian player.
Ian led Adam by way of a single stroke after some outstanding play throughout the 0.33 round, so the 2 had been paired for the very last round. It was in reality cool because the crowds had been taking walks the fairways behind them, just like in some of the vintage golfing tournaments inside the early twentieth Century. At one point they have been about 10 shots beforehand of the relaxation of the sphere, so it truly turned into a duel.
And the two of them traded blows all at some point of the primary nine holes. Ian could get one ahead, then Adam could get one in advance, then Ian, then Adam... You get the image. They didn't tie a hollow until the 9th.
The lower back 9 become wherein matters changed. On the par-five 12th each guys went in one of those bizarre bunkers they've at Kingston Heath... And Ian were given a bit greedy. He failed to clear the lip and ended up bogeying the hollow. After that it were given worse. He bogeyed the 14th, birdied the 16th, however bogeyed the seventeenth.
Adam in reality parred the whole again 9. He went to the 18th with a three-shot lead... After which birdied the 18th for a 4-shot win.
Adam Scott has had more than one probabilities to win the Australian Masters inside the beyond but couldn't get the job accomplished. This time he did, and I suspect it feels quite excellent. (Adam has said prevailing this match has been a goal of his.) Although it might not depend in my RGWR until he wins a event on either the PGA Tour or the European Tour, it is still a pretty essential win for him... Mainly in view that he had to beat Ian Poulter head-to-head to do it.
It'll be interesting to look if this win jumpstarts his 2013 the way the Ryder Cup did for Ian these previous few months.
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