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Poults shrugs off fears about Pebble Beach inexperience

ESPN staff
June 15, 2010
Ian Poulter won the WGA Accenture Match Play Championship in February © Getty Images
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Ian Poulter has shrugged off concerns that his inexperience on the Pebble Beach course will harm his chances of victory at the US Open.

The world No. 8 has always spurned the opportunity to play in the early-season pro-am on the course as he believes that the softness of the greens may affect his game.

He insists that his Ryder Cup experience in 2008 is enough proof for him to know that he does not need to see the California course in advance.

Poulter was Europe's leading points scorer during the last Ryder Cup competition at Valhalla, where he had not played prior to the commencement of the tournament.

"I had not seen the Ryder Cup course [at Valhalla] until the week I got there. I played 18 holes of practice and played well," Poulter told the Times.

"The only thing I need to get used to is the firmness and feel of the greens and once I've got that, I should be absolutely fine. Terry [Mundy, his caddie] is going to walk the course and tell me what I've got to hit. If I need to hit it 250 [yards] off the tee, I'm going to use a three-wood. If I land it in the rubbish, I'll be chipping it out and knocking it on the green.

"Golf isn't that difficult when it comes down to it. If Terry does his lines, and I trust him, it is just like following a map with a sequence to get yourself the lowest score that you can."

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