Accenture World Match-play Final

Poulter wins £900,000 jackpot with 4 and 2 win over Casey

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Ian Poulter beat compatriot Paul Casey 4 and 2 in the 36-hole final to win the WGC-Accenture World Match Play title - and a first prize of almost £900,000 - at Dove Mountain in the Arizona desert.
It makes the 34-year-old the first Englishman to lift any of the four World Golf Championship individual trophies and takes him to a career-high fifth in the world, just ahead of Casey.
He was ahead from the seventh hole of the morning round after Casey had first overcome Colombian Camilo Villegas in a semi-final that could not be completed on Saturday because of fading light.
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Poulter almost chipped in for eagle at the driveable 15th and, when Casey missed with his 13-foot birdie attempt, he was three down with three to go.
Casey found sand at the short 34th and after failing to get up and down Poulter, with two for it, made a 10-footer for a 4&2 win, the biggest of his life.
"It feels really, really nice," he said. "It's been a long time coming and I am very happy.
"It was a good day's golf. I knew I was in great form and I felt calm all day - nerves didn't play any factor at all.
"I know Paul's disappointed being runner-up two years in a row."
Meanwhile, Colombian Camilo Villegas took third place in Tucson with a 5&4 victory over Spain's Sergio Garcia in the 18-hole play-off.