Perhaps practice is overrated.
After boarding a last-minute flight to Hong Kong, Ian Poulter arrived in Asia and headed to the first tee of the UBS Hong Kong Open without the benefit of a practice round, detailed yardage book or his regular caddie.
But the Englishman had a decent working knowledge of Hong Kong Golf Club, having won there in 2010, and he relied on that experience to shoot a 3-under 67 Thursday while still fighting off jet lag. The score left him in a tie for 12th among the 78-man field, three shots behind Andrea Pavan and Lu Wei-Chih.