Poulter Picks Up First PGA Tour Win, Vaults to No. 5 in World Rankings

Decked head-to-toe in pink on a cloudy Sunday in the desert, England's Ian Poulter picked up his first PGA Tour victory and valuted to No. 5 in the Official World Golf Rankings.

Poulter downed fellow Englishman Paul Casey 4 & 2 in the 36-hole final of the World Golf Championships - Accenture World Match Play Championship a day after making short work of Sergio Garcia (7 & 6) in the semifinal round.

"To finally win over here just means -- it means everything," said Poulter of his first victory on U.S. soil "I've moved my family across, and it's just so pleasing to be able to finally say now I'm a winner on the PGA Tour."

"What can I say? Poulter played great," said Casey, who was the tournament's runner-up for a second consecutive year. "There were a lot of shots which I wanted to pull off and I didn't. You know, he did a fantastic job of making putts and keeping the ball in play and he kept the pressure on. And I got beaten."

Camilo Villegas, who was defeated on the 24th hole of his semifinal match with Casey early Sunday morning, topped Garcia in the 3rd place match.

The tournament was held at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Dove Mountain in Marana, Arizona.