Ian Poulter
| Ian Poulter | |
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| — Golfer — | |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Ian James Poulter |
| Born |
10 January 1976 Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, UK |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 189 lb (86 kg; 13.5 st) |
| Nationality |
 England
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| Residence |
Orlando, Florida, U.S. Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1995 |
| Current tour(s) |
PGA Tour (joined 2005) European Tour (joined 2000) |
| Professional wins | 16 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 2 |
| European Tour | 12 |
| Japan Golf Tour | 1 |
| Asian Tour | 2 |
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 1 |
| Challenge Tour | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in major championships |
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| Masters Tournament | T6: 2015 |
| U.S. Open | T12: 2006 |
| The Open Championship | 2nd: 2008 |
| PGA Championship | T3: 2012 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year |
2000 |
Ian James Poulter (born 10 January 1976) is an English professional golfer who is a member of the world's top two professional golf tours, the U.S.-based PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has previously been ranked as high as number 5 in the world rankings. The highlights of Poulter's career to date have been his two World Golf Championship wins at the 2010 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and the 2012 WGC-HSBC Champions. He is the touring professional for Woburn Golf and Country Club.
Born in Hitchin, Poulter took up the game at the age of four when his single-handicap father, Terry, gave him a cut-down 3-wood. His older brother Danny is also a professional golfer. Unable to get a place as a pro at a private club, he became the assistant pro and golf shop manager at the Chesfield Downs Golf Club. There he was forced by his boss to pay a full green fee every time he wanted to play in a competition. His handicap hence stayed at four, because he did not play in competitions. Following this period, Poulter joined as Assistant Pro at Leighton Buzzard golf course, giving lessons to youngsters at £1 a time.
Poulter turned professional in 1996 gaining his first win at the 1999 Open de Côte d'Ivoire on the European Tour's second tier Challenge Tour. 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, 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2012. In 2013, he finished 2nd on the Order of Merit, his highest placing so far.
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