� winner robert karlsson
made a birdie putt on the
second playoff hole after
ian poulter clumsily (but
ultimately irrelevantly) took
himself out of contention at
the dubai world champion-
ship. the pair tied at 14-un-
der 274 and both made
birdie putts on the first play-
off hole. the next time they
played the 18th hole poulter
hit his third shot to 30 feet
and karlsson to three. before
poulter attempted his birdie
putt he dropped his ball on
his marker and incurred a
one-stroke penalty. after
poulter’s putt for par was
short, karlsson made birdie
to win the european tour’s
season-ending event.
�kayMer’s korner
martin kaymer won the
race to dubai and a bonus
of € 1,092,418, for a season’s
earnings of € 4,461,011.
graeme mcdowell was the
only player who could have
caught the german for the
money crown. both finished
t- 13 at the Jumeirah golf
estates.
�noteworthy it was
the 11th european tour title
for karlsson, more than any
other swede. … poulter
was the fifth englishman to
advance to a playoff in 2010.
their record: 0-5. … as did
kaymer and mcdowell, the
third 2010 major champion
in the field, louis oosthuizen,
also finished t- 13.
european tour // dubai world chaMpionship
karlsson, kaymer big winners in the desert
�top five juMeirah golf estates, Dubai, U.A. E.
1. Robert Karlsson 65-75-67-67—274
2. Ian Poulter 69-66-69-70—274
3. Alvaro Quiros 72-67-69-67—275
Lee Westwood 69-67-71-68—275
5. Rory McIlroy 71-72-66-67—276
Playoff; Karlsson, 4-4; Poulter, 4-6.
910,349
606,897
314,070
314,070
218,484
� quotable
“a lot of positives to take away, but right now
[i’m] not really seeing them.” —IAN POULTER
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