Wednesday 7 October 2015 16:44, UK
The British Masters is well known for a number of memorable battles in its illustrious history, and Ian Poulter's final-day encounter with Justin Rose at Woburn in 2002 is one of the best.
The fresh-faced English pair traded birdie after birdie over the Marquess Course on a thrilling Sunday at one of the most iconic venues in golf, and it was Rose who came out on top after firing a sublime 65.
Rose was actually Poulter's house guest for the week, but that didn't stop him getting the better of his close friend as he landed his second European Tour title.
Ahead of hosting the return of the tournament at his home course, Poulter reflected on a thrilling duel and insisted he enjoyed the day despite coming up one shot short of his rival.
"Philip Price was leading by two going into the final day, but I remember being quite excited about the prospect of my mate Justin and I going at it down the stretch," Poulter told Skysports.com.
"Unfortunately I didn't really mention Philip in my press conference after the third round, and he didn't get off to a good start on Sunday. But Justin and I got off to a very quick start and we were making birdie after birdie - and I'm pretty sure we made around 15 birdies between us during the day.
"I remember in particular playing the par-three 14th. I hit into the front-left bunker and Justin was around 15 feet from the pin. I holed by bunker shot, and then he decided to hole his putt for birdie as well.
"That was really the story of the day. We made putt after putt and birdie after birdie. I had a chance on the last to hole a putt to tie Justin and force a play-off, but it wasn't to be.
"I put him up for the week, I fed him all week, and then he decided to take the trophy and I even fed him on Sunday night - which was awfully nice of me!"
Gift at the 16th
So where was the destiny of the title decided on that super Sunday? Were there several pivotal moments?
"Obviously his putt on 14 was a massive moment, but that's golf. Justin probably didn't expect me to hole my bunker shot, and once I did, I wasn't expecting him to make his putt.
"But I gave him a gift at 16, when I three-putted from 30 feet and let him get his nose in front with two to play. I had that good opportunity at the last, but I'm sure he could say the same. There were many turning points during that round of golf.
"At least it was a fun day. It's not that often you get to go toe-to-toe with your mate in the final round. It was one of those rare tournaments where that happened. I can't think of too many instances when that's happened before, but that was certainly an enjoyable week."
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