RF's inexperience is the explanation, or so the announcer proclaimed. I heard it would have been at most a 4-iron for him, a shot everyone on tour has. It boggles my mind how 49 yr. old Calcavecchia puts it over the water from further back, and Fowler lays up.
I'm sure he'll learn from that.
And as far as Poulter goes, I just laugh at him. He couldn't care less what people think about him, or so I surmise. He's turning into the J.R. Ewing of the Tour. I'm indifferent about him as a player, so whatever.