Owen and Poulter suffer

Greg Owen, like Jean Van de Velde more famous for losing a tournament than winning one, and Ian Poulter saw their dreams of playing in this year’s Masters fade away today.

And Sergio Garcia’s chances of victory at the Players Championship in Florida nose-dived too in an error-strewn start to the final round at Sawgrass that left Trinidad-born Stephen Ames with a three-stroke lead.