Poulter powers to victory in Oz

IAN POULTER secured a three-shot victory at the JBWere Masters in Melbourne yesterday.

The world number 28 from England, who won the Volvo World Match Play Championship in Spain in May, finished on 15 under par for the tournament, with Australian Marcus Fraser on 12 under.

Another Australian, Geoff Ogilvy, was a shot further back.

The only player, apart from Poulter and Fraser, to shoot four sub-par rounds, the ageless Peter Senior (70) shared fourth place at seven under with Adam Crawford (66), while world number one Luke Donald eased to the line with a 72 to sit alongside 2011 Australian Open and PGA champion Greg Chalmers at four under.