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UPDATE 1-Golf-Poulter wins Australian Masters after Ogilvy fades

UPDATE 1-Golf-Poulter wins Australian Masters after Ogilvy fades

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* Poulter wins by three

* Ogilvy surrenders with bogey-strewn behind nine

* World number one Donald finishes 11 back

MELBOURNE, Dec 18 (Reuters) - England's Ian Poulter

shot a near-flawless four-under-par 67 in breezy conditions to

reel in overnight personality Geoff Ogilvy and win a Australian

Masters by 3 strokes on Sunday.

The much-anticipated final turn shoot-out between the

Briton and the Australian unsuccessful to materialize as Ogilvy

surrendered his two-stroke overnight lead on a initial hole and

plunged to third after wilting with a bogey-strewn behind nine.

"It was flawless, a whole day. we was unequivocally happy how I

approached each shot, strike my targets," a decorated Poulter

told reporters with a tournament's clear creation trophy

perched subsequent to him.

"I adore being in contention, that's given we play this persion of

golf. If you're down a margin there's no adrenalin, there's no

excitement, there's no genuine interest.

"So that's given we rehearse tough to put myself in this

position to suffer a fact of being underneath vigour given you

find out who we are."

Australia's Marcus Fraser finished second after a

scintillating 64 though was prolonged in a hall withdrawal Ogilvy as

the solitary picturesque wish of stemming Poulter's feat charge.

Poulter, a indication of restraint via a tournament

despite battling food poisoning on Friday and wily winds over

the weekend, threw down a gauntlet on a unequivocally initial hole.

Landing his tee-shot on a immature of a driveable par-four,

Poulter drilled a 15-foot putt for eagle to pull turn with

Ogilvy on 13-under.

"Crucial ... it was a unequivocally timely tee-shot," pronounced Poulter.

"The breeze being as clever as it was, 25 miles an hour, it

was a formidable shot ... He gave me an event there to try

and hurl it in to be all tied with 17 to play."

FRUSTRATING YEAR

The 35-year-old afterwards piled on a vigour with birdies on

the seventh and ninth holes to take a two-stroke lead leaving

Ogilvy scrambling.

On Saturday a Australian had illuminated adult Victoria Golf Club,

where he had been a member given his youth days, with a

course-record equalling 63, though a sorcery forlorn him as his

approaches left him long, suppositional putts that refused to

drop.

Ogilvy grafted a span of purchase putts to stay in hold in

the center stretches, though a vigour told as he conceded

bogeys during 13 and 15 to go 4 down.

The Australian holed a prolonged birdie putt on a 16th to

briefly lift a slim hope, though Poulter slammed a doorway shut

with a prolonged birdie putt of his possess to make a outcome a

formality and supplement a tournament's "golden jacket" to his

colourful wardrobe.

The slumping detriment left Ogilvy despondent and capped a

disappointing year injured by damage and a winless deteriorate on the

U.S. Tour.

"It has been a frustrating year," a stony-faced Ogilvy said.

"This is kind of how a year has gone, days like today.

"What are we going to do? we couldn't unequivocally make a birdie

all day."

Poulter's 269 sum cumulative him a winner's coupon of

A$180,000 ($180,000) and was his initial contest feat since

beating Luke Donald in a World Match Play Championship final

in Spain in May.

World series one Donald capped his final week of golf for the

year with a scratchy one-over 72 to finish corner 12th with a

total of 280, 11 behind Poulter.

"I struggled a small bit a whole week, generally finding

my line and speed on a greens," pronounced a 34-year-old, the

first leader of both a U.S. and European Tour income lists in

the same year.

"A small bit unsatisfactory to finish like that though I'll

reflect on what's been an extraordinary year for me."

(Editing by Patrick Johnston; To query or criticism on this

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