South Korea’s Si Woo Kim wins Players Championship

Ian Poulter’s brilliant adventure at the Players Championship fell short of victory on Sunday but he signed off his stunning return to the big time with one of the best shots of even his career.

Facing calamity at the scary 18th hole after shanking his mid-iron second shot into a palmetto bush, Poulter dropped out under penalty. Hundreds of thousands of dollars and scores of precious world ranking points were disappearing before his eyes.

From trying to chase down the nerveless 21 year old Korean Si Woo Kim, Poulter was now in danger of undoing so much of his earlier good work.

It was at this point Poulter summoned up the Ryder Cup warrior within. He played the 90 yard shot so well it carried over the trees in front of him and finished inches from the hole for as good a bogey five as you’ll ever see.

It gave him a share of second place with South African Louis Oosthuizen and emphatically takes care of business in terms of keeping his PGA Tour card for next year. On Monday morning, he can look forward to a leap of more than 100 places in the world rankings from his present placing of 197th.

‘It feels great to be back, and particularly following one of the worst shots you’ll ever see with a pretty good one,’ said Poulter, referring to his miraculous escape at the last.

As for the victor, Kim became the youngest winner of this flagship PGA Tour event in terrific fashion, shooting a last round 69 to win by three. Everyone else in the field had at least two bogeys while he had none.

FINAL LEADERBOARD

1) Si Woo Kim – 10-under par

T2) Ian Poulter – 7-under par

T2) Louis Oosthuizen – 7-under par

T4) Rafa Cabrera Bello – 6-under par

T4) Kyle Stanley – 6-under par

T6) Brendan Steele – 5-under par

T6) Lucas Glover – 5-under par

T6) Adam Scott – 5-under par

T6) Francesco Molinari – 5-under par

10) Alex Noren – 4-under par

Source: South Korea’s Si Woo Kim wins Players Championship | Daily Mail Online