PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. Despite turning into a 10-handicap in the middle of the 18th fairway, Ian Poulter managed to salvage a runner-up finish at The Players Championship that should clear up any issues with his PGA Tour status for the foreseeable future.Poulter began the final round at TPC Sawgrass in a tie for fifth, and he was alone in second place until he shanked his final approach shot wide of the gallery and into a palm tree. After taking an unplayable lie, Poulter hit a magnificent wedge from 115 yards off pine straw that nearly went in the hole.The subsequent tap-in bogey gave him a final-round 71 and allowed him to snag a share of second place alongside Louis Oosthuizen, three shots behind Si Woo Kim.It was a big shock to the system to hit one of those nasty shanks when Ive hit it as good as I have all week, Poulter said. But the fourth shot was pretty special, from one of the worst shots Ive ever hit to one of the very best. Its nice to close it out, its nice obviously not to compound an error with another one.Poulters streak of 39 straight holes without a dropped shot ended when he bogeyed No. 12 to fall two shots off the lead. He opted to lay up from 238 yards on the par-5 16th after driving into the right rough, but failed to make birdie and wasnt able to cut into Kims advantage after hitting his tee shot to 35 feet on No. 17.
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It was only three weeks ago that Poulter believed he was out of a PGA Tour card and would not be playing in the circuits flagship event. But thanks to a points correction surrounding his major medical extension, the Englishman was granted a last-minute spot in this weeks field.Poulter began the week at No. 136 in the FedEx Cup standings, but after his second runner-up on the Stadium Course he moved to No. 58. The jump means he has essentially locked up his Tour card for the 2017-18 season and can finally breathe easy after months of scheduling uncertainty.I guess its been a roller-coaster ride. Theres been a lot of interesting things happen in the last 18 months which havent been very helpful for playing golf, he said. To have two, three weeks ago been in a position where I wasnt playing The Players and potentially didnt have a card to play, and was looking to write letters to Jack (Nicklaus) for Memorial and all those great tournaments that Id like to play in, things change pretty quick with good golf. And thats what Ive done this week, Ive played good golf.
I used to look at it all the time. But 200 doesn't sound very good, does it?" of a fifth-place finish. pro to winning his first year on the European Tour, earning a PGA Tour card and
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