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Ian Poulter and Justin Rose are aiming to ensure they are paired together at next year's Ryder Cup, after finishing second for England at the World Cup in China.

The duo, great friends off the course, shot through the field in the final round at Mission Hills on Sunday - carding a nine-under par 63 to eventually share second place behind the United States pairing of Gary Woodland and Matt Kuchar.

After that strong finish both men are hoping to get another chance to show what they can do in Jose Maria Olazabal's team next year at Medinah. Poulter is a renowned matchplay exponent who has played in three of the last four biennial events, with Rose making his solitary appearance in the competition at Valhalla in 2008 - where he and Poulter won two of their three contests together.

"Getting a bit ahead of myself, I nearly said to Ian, 'Come on, let's have a good practice round for the Ryder Cup'," Rose told The Telegraph of their final round. "It's nice to dream about it."

In his press conference, he added: "I think the secret today was we dressed a little better. We dressed like the flag. We looked at each other this morning and said, "I feel good today, should have worn this all week.'

"Should we represent England in a couple of years, this will be the look."

Meanwhile, the victorious Kuchar expects he and Woodland to take their momentum into this week's Chevron World Challenge.

"Any time you win, it's such a big confidence builder," Kuchar said. "I mean, I could not be more excited. I'm just so jazzed up right now to have won this event, that it bleeds into the upcoming events.

"I know after a win, you always seem to play better. Gary and I are both going next week to Chevron. I expect he's going to be the man to beat there. So I'm excited about that. We have a little bit of time off then before the 2012 season, but I think a win like this only helps for next week, as well as next year."

In the world rankings, South Africa Open winner Hennie Otto has risen 104 places from 226th to 122nd after his one-shot triumph at Serengeti Golf Club.

World Rankings: 1. Luke Donald (ENG), 2. Rory McIlroy (NIR), 3. Lee Westwood (ENG), 4. Martin Kaymer (GER), 5. Dustin Johnson (USA) 6. Steve Stricker (USA), ), 7. Adam Scott (AUS), 8. Jason Day (AUS), 9. Webb Simpson (USA), 10. Nick Watney (USA), 11. Matt Kuchar (USA), 12. Phil Mickelson (USA), 13. Charl Schwartzel (SAF), 14. Graeme McDowell (NIR), 15. KJ Choi (KOR), 16. Justin Rose (ENG), 17. Sergio Garcia (SPA), 18. Bubba Watson (USA), 19. Hunter Mahan (USA), 20. David Toms (USA).

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