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# The Masters 2011: 10 most controversial moments of Ian Poulter's career
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## Looking to win his first Masters title when the 2011 tournament gets
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underway in Augusta on Thursday, Telegraph Sport looks back at 10 of
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Englishman Ian Poulter's most controversial moments.
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Yearn for perfection: Ian Poulter is looking to secure his first Masters title
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in Augusta this week Photo: GETTY IMAGES
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8:47AM BST 05 Apr 2011
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[Comments][2]
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**1. Teenage pro'**
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Turns professional, in 1999, aged 19, playing off four. There had been no
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chance to lower his handicap in competitions, because the Stevenage golf club
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where he worked as an assistant pro ordered him to pay the full green fee.
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**2. Rising star**
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Wins his first title, in 1999, on Europe's second-tier Challenge Tour -- in
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the Ivory Coast, improbably. Seals his elevation to the European Tour the
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following year, claiming the Italian Open title.
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**3. All mouth and trousers**
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Pitches up for the 2005 Open at St Andrews in trousers emblazoned with image
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of the Claret Jug. Seve Ballesteros notes waspishly: "That's the closest he'll
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ever get to it".
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**4. Passion play**
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In frustration, smashes a tee marker with a five-iron at the Mercedes-Benz
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Championship in Cologne, in 2007. He is fined but protests: "I won't stand
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there and lose my passion."
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**5. Laughing stock**
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Attracts widespread derision for his 2008 prediction that, if he delivers on
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all his talent, "it will be just me and Tiger". Digging deeper, he adds: "The
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trouble is I don't rate anyone else."
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## Related Articles
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* [Poults' white-knuckle ride][3]
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05 Apr 2011
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* [Cowen's backing Britons][4]
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04 Apr 2011
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* [Taylor and Davis win at Abu Dhabi][5]
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30 Nov 2010
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* [Mickelson in Masters form][6]
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04 Apr 2011
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**6. Ace at Augusta**
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Makes a Masters hole-in-one at Augusta's water-guarded 16th. "It's a great
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amphitheatre," he says after his first-round ace. "
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**7. Ryder Cup roar**
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In the 2008 Ryder Cup at Valhalla., Poulter is Europe's top scorer. He
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provokes a roar on the Saturday as he sinks a three-footer on the 18th for a
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win.
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**8. Matchplay master**
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Secures his first victory in the US at the 2010 Accenture World Matchplay in
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Arizona, beating fellow Englishman Paul Casey 4&2 in the final.
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**9. Football fiasco**
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Indulging his love of football, Poulter tweets for the benefit of American
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fans before England's World Cup game against the US: "You guys haven't got a
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chance." The match ends in a 1-1 draw.
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**10. Twitter uproar**
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Again on Twitter, he uploads a video of himself eating Cheerios from a Ryder
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Cup replica. The footage stirs outrage among critics who mistake the trophy
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for the original.
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## [The Masters][12]
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External Links
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* ### [The Masters 2011][15]
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In sport
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[![The Masters 2011: after the choke][16] ][17]
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### [After the choke][17]
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