The Players' Championship

Poulter and Cejka in all-European final

pairing for third day at TPC Sawgrass

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Ian Poulter goes into today's third round at The Players Championship in the lead group but not afraid of the pressure following his Ryder Cup heroics last September.
Poulter will start the day at TPC Sawgrass in Florida at nine under par, two strokes back on halfway leader Germany's Alex Cejka and in an all-European final pairing at the US PGA Tour's flagship event.
"I don't think I could probably play under as much pressure (as I did at the Ryder Cup), to be honest with you," Poulter said. "Everything from now on in, hopefully I can enjoy playing golf."
With Masters champion Angel Cabrera two shots behind him at seven under and world number one Tiger Woods at four under, Poulter, who finished tied for fifth at last week's Quail Hollow Championship, is also determined not to worry about the golfing big guns lining up behind him and Cejka as the weekend's play gets under way.
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"I think if you go about your job properly, look at the board when you need to look at the board, whether Tiger is on the board or Camilo (Villegas) or Phil (Mickelson) or whoever, when you're playing good golf, you just need to keep making birdies.
"If guys are going to come from behind and try and make a challenge, then that's what they have to do.
"I'm not going to really be focusing on who's behind me and who could potentially come up behind me. I just want to keep doing what I'm doing and keep making birdies."
Poulter will also be trying to emulate fellow Englishman Paul Casey, who landed his first US victory last month at the Shell Houston Open.
"I think with how strong the European Tour golf is and the Europeans that play over here a lot, it's no surprise to me to see guys like Paul Casey winning golf tournaments," he said. "He came close at the match play. It wasn't going to be long before he knocked one off.
"Luke finishing second a few weeks ago, you know, he's won here before. I think European golf is strong."
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
133 Alex Cejka (Ger) 66 67
135 Ian Poulter (Eng) 67 68
137 Kevin Na 71 66, Jason Dufner 67 70, David Toms 67 70, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 72 65, John Mallinger 66 71, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 68 69
138 Richard S Johnson (Swe) 66 72, Ben Crane 65 73, Jeff Overton 71 67, Tim Petrovic 68 70
139 Michael Letzig 71 68, Charley Hoffman 70 69, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 67 72, Paul Casey (Eng) 70 69, Justin Leonard 70 69, Robert Allenby (Aus) 73 66, Camilo Villegas (Col) 67 72, Jonathan Byrd 67 72, Ryan Moore 71 68
140 Brian Davis (Eng) 71 69, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 75 65, Tiger Woods 71 69, Boo Weekley 73 67, Kevin Sutherland 73 67
141 Michael Allen 71 70, Justin Rose (Eng) 70 71, John Senden (Aus) 72 69, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 68 73, Scott Verplank 67 74, Tim Clark (Rsa) 72 69, Stephen Ames (Can) 70 71, Mark Wilson 69 72
142 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 68 74, Steve Stricker 71 71, John Merrick 70 72, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 70 72, Bubba Watson 67 75, Chez Reavie 70 72, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 71 71, Jim Furyk 68 74, K J Choi (Kor) 73 69, Ernie Els (Rsa) 73 69, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 72 70, Johnson Wagner 69 73
143 Brad Adamonis 67 76, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 70 73, Zach Johnson 72 71, Jeff Quinney 73 70, Stewart Cink 70 73, Ben Curtis 71 72, Scott Piercy 71 72, Jeff Klauk 71 72, Vijay Singh (Fij) 71 72, Nathan Green (Aus) 74 69, Bob Estes 75 68, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 70 73, Martin Laird (Sco) 71 72, Jason Bohn 72 71
144 Billy Mayfair 70 74, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 71 73, Woody Austin 72 72, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 71 73, Heath Slocum 75 69, Tommy Armour III 74 70, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 74 70, Steve Marino 72 72, Mike Weir (Can) 72 72, Pat Perez 72 72, Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 71 73, Steve Flesch 75 69, Matt Kuchar 72 72, Fred Funk 73 71, Phil Mickelson 73 71, Dustin Johnson 72 72, Kenny Perry 73 71, Hunter Mahan 73 71, John Rollins 68 76, Cameron Beckman 72 72, Luke Donald (Eng) 74 70, Rocco Mediate 73 71, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 72 72
MISSED THE CUT
145 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 70 75, Jerry Kelly 73 72, Bart Bryant 74 71, Adam Scott (Aus) 71 74, Joe Ogilvie 72 73, Will MacKenzie 73 72, George McNeill 70 75, Andres Romero (Arg) 74 71, Ken Duke 70 75, Troy Matteson 73 72
146 Nick Watney 68 78, Chad Campbell 75 71, Scott McCarron 74 72, Todd Hamilton 74 72, Charles Howell III 73 73, Nicholas Thompson 73 73, Steve Elkington (Aus) 73 73
147 Bill Haas 74 73, Davis Love III 73 74, Eric Axley 72 75, Bo Van Pelt 71 76, Greg Kraft 74 73, Cliff Kresge 72 75, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 71 76, D.J. Trahan 74 73
148 Vaughn Taylor 72 76, Ross Fisher (Eng) 74 74, Lucas Glover 73 75, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 74 74, Kevin Streelman 74 74, Charlie Wi (Kor) 74 74, J B Holmes 72 76, Paul Goydos 78 70, Brett Quigley 72 76, Sean O'Hair 73 75, Briny Baird 72 76
149 J J Henry 73 76, Dean Wilson 77 72, Parker McLachlin 75 74
150 Tim Herron 75 75, Ryan Palmer 75 75, Y E Yang (Kor) 73 77, Peter Lonard (Aus) 77 73
151 Rory McIlroy (NIre) 74 77, Corey Pavin 74 77, Marc Turnesa 76 75, Fred Couples 80 71
153 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 81 72, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 76 77, Tom Pernice jun 74 79, Webb Simpson 76 77
154 Tim Wilkinson (NZ) 77 77
155 Anthony Kim 73 82, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 73 82, Matt Bettencourt 76 79
158 Michael Bradley 80 78
159 Steve Lowery 81 78
Withdrew: Dudley Hart 73, Brian Gay 80, Carl Pettersson 74