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Flamboyant golfers at The Vines in February

The Vines will be the place to be from February 19 to 22 when the world's best and most colourful golfers hit town for the Johnnie Walker Classic.Just announced to play are the sultry Columbian Camilo Villegas and colourful Brit Ian Poulter who join a world class field including legend Greg Norman, Lee Westwood, and Paul Casey.World number seven Camilo Vilegras, 26, is sure to be popular.  Known as "Spiderman" for  his low-to-the-ground crouching method for lining up his putts, his sultry latin looks are sure to charm Perth - and he's also been heralded as one of America's hottest bachelors by the USA's People magazine.Villegas exploded onto the international golfing stage with two straight victories on the PGA Tour in September at the BMW Championship and the prestigious US TOUR Championship which secured him second spot behind Vijay Singh in the FedEx Cup. In doing so, he made the record books by becoming the first Colombian to win on the US PGA Tour. Overall his 2008 performances saw the Florida resident surge up the World Ranking and earn him almost US$4.5 million in prize money.Ian Poulter is ranked 25 in the world and will bring his own style to Perth with his flamboyant golf fashion.Poulter’s most recent win at the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament in Japan at the end of 2007 and a string of consistent performances this year has seen him climb to the highest echelons of the game. Returning to his native England for this year’s Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, the 32-year-old snatched second spot behind Padraig Harrington after a superb final round 69. Then at September’s Ryder Cup, Poulter finished the week as the highest points scorer on the European Team, more than justifying the wild card bestowed on him by captain, Nick Faldo.Over the past 18 years  the Johnnie Walker Classic has been played in eight different countries and 13 different golf clubs around the Asia Pacific region including China in 2005 and earlier this year, for the first time, India.