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MARANA, Ariz. (AP)

The trophy Ian Poulter is taking home from the Match Play Championship is called the Walter Hagen Cup.

For his first victory on American soil, perhaps that’s only fitting.

Hagen, among golf’s greatest players with 11 majors, was regarded as much for his snappy attire as his record four straight PGA Championships when they were match play.

The Haig would have liked this spunky Englishman.

Dressed in pink on a chilly day in the high desert, Poulter put on a short-game clinic Sunday and led over the final 28 holes on his way to a 4-and-2 victory over Paul Casey in an all-England final at the first World Golf Championship of the year.

The trophy is as stylish as anything in his wardrobe.

With his ninth career victory, and by far the biggest, Poulter moved to a personal-best No. 5 in the world ranking. And as always, he looked good getting there.

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