It was his last shot, and at stake was nothing less than the last place to be able to play the Masters at Augusta. And he did not miss the shot. It happened on the last hole of the last round of the Houston Open and the protagonist was Ian Poulter. The English player was one stroke behind the leader at that crucial moment, the 23-year-old American Beau Hossler, and he had a six-meter putt in front of him that, if he holed it, would force him into the playoff. And he did.
His young opponent could not stand the pressure or the nerves and on the first playoff hole he went from bunker to bunker and then into the water. With the par, Poulter achieved a new triumph in his career and the passport to play the first major of the season, the much awaited Masters of Augusta, which this year promises to be a great show, especially due to the reappearance of Tiger Woods who seems to have finally fully recovered from his injuries and is once again playing an extraordinary game.
Sharing third place at the Houston Open were American Jordan Spieth and Argentine Emiliano Grillo. The only Spaniard in the tournament, Rafael Cabrera-Bello, had to say goodbye prematurely to the competition after missing the cut with rounds of 71 and 77 strokes.
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