Victoria Golf Club

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Revitalized by good form in his native Australia at the end of last year, Geoff Ogilvy tees off at this week's Farmers Insurance Open eager to bury memories of a mediocre 2011 U.S. PGA Tour campaign.

England's Ian Poulter finished the season by donning the gold Australian Masters winner's jacket on Sunday after a resilient final round of four-under 67 at the windswept Victoria Golf Club in Melbourne.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Luke Donald's hopes of the Australian Masters title to cap his year ended in disappointment on Sunday with a forgettable back nine, but the globe-trotting Englishman pledged to come back after a month with his sights set on a maiden major triumph.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - England's Ian Poulter shot a near-flawless four-under-par 67 in windy conditions to reel in overnight leader Geoff Ogilvy and win the Australian Masters by three strokes on Sunday.

Ian Poulter won the Australian Masters by three shots at the Victoria Golf Club in Melbourne on Sunday.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - England's Ian Poulter overhauled Geoff Ogilvy to win the Australian Masters by three strokes on Sunday, making light of the windy conditions to upset the hometown hero on his own course.

England's Ian Poulter battled a stomach bug but held on to a two-stroke lead at the halfway stage of the Australian Masters at the Victoria Golf Club on Friday.

England's Ian Poulter, determined to pick up valuable end-of-season world ranking points, upstaged world number one Luke Donald at the Australian Masters at Victoria Golf Club on Thursday.

World number one Luke Donald is back to work at the Australian Masters in Melbourne on Thursday after creating golfing history by topping the money lists on both sides of the Atlantic.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - While European golfers are currently hogging the limelight and dominating the world rankings, Briton Ian Poulter expects a crop of talented young Americans to be challenging for top honors before long.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Having spent the year criss-crossing the globe to great success, world number one Luke Donald's 2011 odyssey concludes with a rare trip Down Under to play the Australian Masters at Victoria Golf Club.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - While European golfers are currently hogging the limelight and dominating the world rankings, Briton Ian Poulter expects a crop of talented young Americans to be challenging for top honors before long.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - While European golfers are currently hogging the limelight and dominating the world rankings, Briton Ian Poulter expects a crop of talented young Americans to be challenging for top honors before long.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Fresh from graduating top of the class on the U.S. and European tours, Luke Donald plans to use this week's Australian Masters as a study tour of Melbourne's famed sandbelt golf courses.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Stuart Appleby may be forced to pull out of his Australian Masters title defense because of a long-term back injury, he said on Tuesday.

Greg Chalmers will go after Australian golf's 'triple crown' after being confirmed as a starter in next month's Australian Masters, tournament organisers said on Wednesday.

(Reuters) - Greg Chalmers followed up his Australian Open title win earlier this month by winning the Australian PGA Championship at Coolum Sunday after beating Marcus Fraser and Robert Allenby in a three-way playoff.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - World number one Luke Donald will take part in the Australian Masters in December but Tiger Woods will not be returning to the event where he claimed his last tournament victory in 2009.

Tiger Woods: Golf's top player, with no trophy to show for it. The trophy case for Tiger Woods is collecting dust.

Tiger billed as the star, Appleby goes home with the trophy in Australia. Stuart Appleby received hardly any fanfare at the Australian Masters until he slipped on the gold jacket that a year ago belonged to Tiger Woods.