Ian Poulter: World Match Play title has been a long time coming

Published: 8:54AM GMT twenty-two February 2010

All England: Ian Poulter (right) kick associate citizen Paul Casey in the last Photo: AP

But right away Ian Poulter is the initial English golfer to win an particular World Golf Championship title.

Not usually that, the 34-year-old from Woburn is up to a career-high fifth in the world, only at the back of Lee Westwood and only forward of Paul Casey - the player he kick 4&2 in yesterday"s 36-hole last of the Accenture Match Play in Arizona.

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And there is more. Poulter is scarcely �900,000 richer, has his initial US Tour win, leads the European income list and looks a faith for a third Ryder Cup tip in Oct - there will be no need for a wild label this time.

Poulter was Nick Faldo"s argumentative collect (along with Casey) for the last compare opposite the Americans, but responded with 4 points out of five and was the tip scorer on possibly side.

Best well known before to that for finishing runner-up to Padraig Harrington at The Open that year - and, of course, for his extrovert garments - he has left from strength to strength from the humblest of beginnings in the sport.

"It feels really, unequivocally good - it"s been a prolonged time coming," pronounced the Hitchin-born golfer, whose explain dual years ago that he had the bent to reach second in the universe at the back of Tiger Woods was met with a lot of derision.

Now, with Woods out of the diversion indefinitely, it is far from out of the subject that he could be the man to disintegrate him from tip mark in the entrance months.

"I know Paul"s disappointed, but I"m really happy," he combined after promulgation Casey to his second unbroken runners-up finish in the event.

"I knew I was in good form and I felt ease all day - nerves didn"t fool around any cause at all. I"ve never felt some-more comfortable."

He puts a lot of that down to how he coped with the inspection at the last Ryder Cup after most people felt he should have left out for Darren Clarke.

Like Poulter, Casey is between the players European Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie will wish concerned at Celtic Manor after this year and the Cheltenham-born 32-year-old paid reverence to his associate Englishman after blank out on the WGC crown.

He said: "Ian played glorious golf. There were a lot of shots I longed for to lift off and didn"t, but he did a illusory job.

"I don"t feel physically tired, I feel mentally tired, but I am not creation excuses.

"There are a lot of positives to come out of this week for me."