I'm just getting started, warns Poulter

Ian Poulter heads to Shanghai this week for the WGC-HSBC Champions and warned his weekend victory in Singapore was just the start.

The flamboyant Englishman took six weeks off before the Singapore Open to recharge his batteries ahead of a seven tournament run to the end of his season.

He said the break worked wonders and he planned to build on the success.

Next stop is China where he will come up against all of Europe's best players as well as the world's top two, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, before playing the Hong Kong Open a week later.

"I feel like I have better things to come in the next few weeks for sure," he said. "I have had six weeks off, I definitely got rid of the cobwebs this week. When I am hitting the ball well out there I am hitting it as good as I ever have.

"It is very exciting to move to Shanghai, then Hong Kong, then Dubai. There are huge world ranking points available each week now and I can make a big push on the Ryder Cup as well."

Poulter is focused on making as much money as possible in the lead up to the Race to Dubai which concludes this month at the 7.5 million dollars Dubai World Championships, but he also wants to accumulate valuable Ryder Cup points. "It's not just the win, it's the right time of year to win in the sense that Ryder Cup points have started. So I wanted as much money on the board as possible," he said.

SINGAPORE, Monday (AFP)