Basketball injury won't keep Poulter out of Players' championship

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Ian Poulter said today the knee injury that forced him to withdraw from this week's Zurich Classic of New Orleans was the result of too much basketball last week at his Orlando home.
In a text message, Poulter said he overloaded the knee while playing basketball in his driveway and there was fluid in the knee for "a few days." Poulter was set to have an MRI on the knee Thursday afternoon, but he did say he expects to be ready to compete in the Players' Championship in two weeks.
Poulter tied for 10th at the Masters two weeks ago after sharing the 36-hole lead with countryman Lee Westwood. The Englishman won the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship in February for his first career US PGA Tour title and was slated to play in the Zurich Classic for the fourth time.
Steve Stricker, No. 3 in the Official World Golf Ranking, also pulled out of the event with a right shoulder injury.
Mark Hensby and Billy Mayfair have replaced Poulter and Stricker in the field.
Stricker, who won at the Northern Trust Open in February, snaps an 11-year streak of playing in New Orleans. His best finish was a tie for fourth in 2000.