{"id":6105,"date":"2011-12-14T12:15:44","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T10:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/12\/golf-young-americans-will-hit-back-says-poulter\/"},"modified":"2011-12-14T12:15:44","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T10:15:44","slug":"golf-young-americans-will-hit-back-says-poulter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/golf-young-americans-will-hit-back-says-poulter\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf-Young Americans will hit back, says Poulter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

By Ian Ransom<\/span><\/p>\n

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MELBOURNE<\/span> Dec 14 (Reuters) – While European golfers
\nare currently hogging the limelight and dominating the world
\nrankings, Briton Ian Poulter expects a crop of talented young
\nAmericans to be challenging for top honours before long.<\/p>\n

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Luke Donald (Britain), Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), Lee
\nWestwood (Britain) and Martin Kaymer (Germany) hold golf’s top
\nfour spots with the United States’ highest-ranked player Steve
\nStricker in sixth.<\/p>\n

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Europe’s rise has coincided with the struggles of former
\nworld number one Tiger Woods, now 22nd, while fellow American
\nPhil Mickelson has also slipped to 14th.<\/p>\n

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“There is some great talent coming out of the States,”
\nPoulter told reporters at Melbourne’s Victoria Golf Club on
\nWednesday. I’m not going to say they are in a slump in any way,
\nshape or form, they have some fantastic players.<\/p>\n

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“But I think certainly in the next 18 months, two years, we
\nwill see a push from those young guys in the States.”<\/p>\n

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Poulter nominated Rickie Fowler as a player to watch, saying
\nthe 23-year-old had yet to hit his stride on his home circuit
\ndespite confirming his promise in October with a thumping
\nsix-stroke victory in the Korea Open for his maiden professional
\ntitle.<\/p>\n

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“Obviously it won’t take him long to start winning plenty of
\ntournaments. He won in Asia, but he hasn’t won over there,” said
\nPoulter. “I’m sure it won’t be long before he makes a hard push
\nup the world rankings.”<\/p>\n

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Poulter will battle Donald and a strong local field at the
\nAustralian Masters starting on Thursday, keen to make his own
\ncharge up the rankings having slipped from a high of fifth last
\nyear to his current 28th.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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