Poulter - first win outside Europe
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Ian Poulter's victory at the weekend in the Dunlop Phoenix tournament on the Japanese Tour, has moved him into the world top 20 - an improvement of nine positions in the Official World Ranking, to 20th.
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Cobra staff player led from the start to finish on 11 under par, cruising to victory over the Miyaki course using his King Cobra metal woods and irons to great effect. He fired a final round one-under par 69 to win by three shots over Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano.
Poulter dominated a strong international field that included fellow Englishman Luke Donald and Open Champion Padraig Harrington.
In his bag was a King Cobra Speed Pro S driver, X Speed 3-wood and Pro MB irons, which he recently described as 'the best I've ever used.'
The win was Poulter's ninth career victory but significantly it was his first outside Europe. This week he heads to China to represent England with Justin Rose in the World Golf Championship.
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Ping Stalwart Miguel Angel Jiménez won the UBS Hong Kong Open for the second time to jump 31 places in the world rankings to No. 39.
World Top 20 (at November 19): 1 Tiger Woods, 2 Phil Mickelson, 3 Jim Furyk, 4 Steve Stricker, 5 Ernie Els, 6 Adam Scott, 7 Padraig Harrington, 8 Justin Rose, 9 Vijay Singh, 10 K.J. Choi, 11 Rory Sabbatini, 12 Sergio Garcia, 13 Geoff Ogilvy, 14 Angel Cabrera, 15 Zach Johnson, 16 Henrik Stenson, 17 Luke Donald, 18 Aaron Baddeley, 19 Niclas Fasth , 20 Ian Poulter.
