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WGC Accenture World Match Play: Ian Poulter loses to Rickie Fowler in the first round

Image: Rickie Fowler: Got the better of his Ryder Cup adversary

Ryder Cup star and former champion Ian Poulter suffered his third first-round exit in four years from the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on Wednesday.

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