Saudi International: Power ranking the top 10 at Royal Greens

KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, SAUDI ARABIA - JANUARY 29: A general view of the first tee during a practice round prior to the Saudi International at the Royal Greens Golf and Country Club on January 29, 2019 in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images) /

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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – JANUARY 27: Ian Poulter of England gives the crowd a thumbs up as he finishes his round on hole eighteen during Day Four of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic at Emirates Golf Club on January 27, 2019 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images) /

Ian Poulter and the desert have been like peanut butter and jelly thus far in 2019. The 43-year-old Englishman hopped from Hawaii to the United Arab Emirates. While his results in the U.S. (18, T33) weren’t overly impressive, he bounced back for a T6 in Abu Dhabi and T3 in Dubai. Poulter birdied his final three holes in Dubai to put a little more cash in his pocket.

He’s only missed two cuts since winning the Houston Open last spring.

Poulter was above average on the PGA Tour in all the main strokes gained categories. He’s eighth around the green so far in 2018-19 and 28th tee to green.

With seemingly good scoring conditions, Poulter should hit around three-quarters of his greens this week. He was 19th on the PGA Tour in GIR last season at 76.74 percent.

One worry for Poults is his stamina. This will be his fifth week in a row and played all 72 holes the last four weeks. This isn’t foreign to him, though, as he did it twice last year. In those two instances he finished T44 at the Masters and T31 at the PGA Championship.

He clearly likes to try to find a rhythm in his playing stints and appears to be in one now.

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