British hope Ian Poulter has insisted he has recovered from his knee injury and is gunning for glory at The Players Championship at Sawgrass this week (Poulter 7/1 to be the top European).

Poulter, who won the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship earlier in the season, says he wants to go one better in the TPC than his second-placed finish in the same tournament last year.

“I’m here to win. It’s as simple as that,” he said.

“If you asked me that question every single week of the year, I’m going to give you the same answer. I’m playing to win. I’m not going to be happy to take anything other than a win.”

Poulter (22/1 to win the tournament outright) had been struggling with a knee injury for several weeks – picked up playing basketball with his son – but he says he has now recovered fully and is looking forward to getting going at Sawgrass.

“The left knee for me is one that I’ve had problems with in the past, so I just thought I’d just done that same thing up,” he added.

“I’ve had five weeks off with the Masters in between, so I’m fresh and ready to go.

“The knee is fit and healthy, and I’m looking forward to getting going.”

Poulter will play with Tiger Woods and Hunter Mahan in his first round out in Florida.