Congrats to Ian J. Poulter on his win in Hong Kong!

Ian Poulter has won on the European Tour, with the 2010 UBS Hong Kong Open! After shooting a phenomenal 2nd round of 60 (yes 60!), he took the lead. He had an opening round of 67 and then finished rounds 3 & 4 with a 64 and 67 respectively. While notably one of the most stylish gents on Tour, he remained humble in his win on Sunday.

He played a stellar tournament with the first 3 rounds completely bogey free! His second round of 60, included 10 birdies! He only had 2 bogeys the entire tournament, which came in the final round. Ian also sank 2 eagles, with one in the 3rd round and one in the final round on Sunday. Saturday's eagle came at the par 5, #3 hole and Sunday's came at the par 5, #13. Perhaps a (3) is his new lucky number?!

While Ian started the final round 2 strokes ahead of Simon Dyson and the rest of the field, he was unlucky when his tee shot off the #3 par 5, found the lake. That only inspired him more and he followed that blunder with 3 birdies! Dyson was able to move into a co-leadership with Poulter until he got to the 8th hole and carded a bogey to drop him to -20 overall. Graeme McDowell had looked to be Ian's closest competitor at the start of the final round, he dropped 2 shots and took par on the rest to place him 6 strokes back.

And then there was Rory McIllroy who started the tourney quite strong with a first round 63. He continued to shoot all 4 rounds in the 60's however, it wasn't enough to contend with Poulter or Dyson. McIllroy finished in 6th place at -18. Defending Champion Gregory Bouhdry finished in a tie for 11th place with -15.

Ian joined the tour in 1994 at the young age of 18. For his 2010 season, he has played in 24 events and carded 2 WINS! His prior win was in February, at the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship. He's made 19 cuts and only missed 3. He had one withdraw this year. Ian has also had 6 top ten finishes during his 2010 season. His season earnings are just under $2 million.

While Ian has recently said that he is giving thought to being able to play on the PGA Tour along with the European Tour, no firm decision has yet been made. The difficulty came into play, when the European Tour increased the number of tournaments from 11 to 13. Add that to the required number of 15 minimum events on the PGA Tour, and there's a recipe for "time squash". Most PGA Tour members play anywhere from 20-30 tournaments per season.

Now, Go Hit Some Balls......................