WGC Accenture Matchplay Championship 2013: Ian Poulter spirit has rubbed off on me, says Justin Rose Considering that in his last six matches Rose has beaten Phil Mickelson (in the Ryder Cup) and then the defending Accenture champion Hunter Mahan, the defending US Open champion Webb Simpson, Tiger Woods and Lee Westwood (twice) on the way to winning the Turkish Airlines World Golf Final, Rose's confidence is entirely justified. "I definitely want to ride that wave of momentum," Rose said, as he prepared for his game against the Korean K J Choi. I think the mistake the other guys may make is that when they get behind they start to push a little too hard and start to give away cheap holes. That's what you can't afford to. The matchplay experience I've gained in the six months will help me this week. Rose added: "Ian has the fighting spirit and that win-at-all-costs mentality. Has it rubbed off on me? Yeah I'd say so. But we do things differently. I would say I'm equally as determined in different ways, as my recent record has shown. This is a notoriously volatile format, however, and for that reason Rose is not putting too much pressure on himself. "I travelled over here with Ian [from Orlando] on Sunday and we talked about the draw," he said. But the thing you can't do here is try to evaluate your opponents or your draw as it doesn't work out that way with 64 of the world's best players. Which is interesting as if you look at tennis the top four seeds seem to advance to the semis at every grand slam. Whereas if the top four advanced to the semis here we'd all be in disbelief. It simply doesn't happen. Shocks are commonplace at the Accenture and with this in mind much of the focus tomorrow will be on McIlroy's confrontation with Shane Lowry, his former Ireland team-mate from their amateur days. On Monday the pair shared some banter which Lowry telling McIlroy on the putting green: "It's good you're practising the short ones as you won't be getting any "gimmes" from me." Expect more what that came from. This is the sort of match McIlroy could really do without in his second appearance of the year. Five weeks ago the world No 1 missed the cut in Abu Dhabi and all the headlines concentrated on his change of clubs to Nike. These doubts would inevitably intensify in the event of a first-round exit. Making his debut in this championship, Lowry told the Telegraph that "I have nothing to lose and everything to gain." Rose concurs. "It's not an easy match for Rory," Rose said. When you're the world No 68 and you're playing the world No 1 it's almost like you have a free pass. You're not expected to do anything; you can only be the hero. That's the thing about being the top seed, you're expected to win. I've played a lot with Shane in the last few months and I've been very impressed. He hits the ball well and makes a lot of putts from 10 feet and in. And we all know how much the short-game counts in matchplay.