Ian Poulter’s love affair with the Ryder Cup is likely to be over.
The outspoken Englishman stated Tuesday that it is no assure he would play for Europe within the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome if he does handle to qualify.
“I might like to qualify. Whether or not I play or not could be a special factor,” the LIV Golf participant advised reporters forward of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
“I actually do not anticipate to get one of many six (captain’s) picks. Not in any approach, form or kind. Which can be a disgrace.”
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Poulter has performed in seven Ryder Cups in his profession, serving to Europe win 5. He has a 15-8-2 total file within the occasion, together with 6-0-1 in singles.
However his standing for this 12 months’s competitors is in jeopardy due to his allegiance to the Saudi-backed LIV tour. The DP World Tour (previously often called the European Tour) tried to ban LIV gamers from competing in its occasions final summer season, however Poulter and others received a brief keep on that ruling.
A courtroom case in Europe is scheduled for subsequent month to find out whether or not the DP World tour can banish members of LIV. If they will, it will take gamers like Poulter and Spaniard Sergio Garcia out of the operating for Europe’s Ryder Cup group.
Sweden’s Henrik Stenson was stripped of his 2023 European captaincy upon accepting a deal to hitch LIV Golf. He was changed by Englishman Luke Donald, who has not answered what he calls “hypotheticals” about whether or not he’d add LIV gamers to his group.
Poulter bought snippy with the official Ryder Cup Twitter account final week, declaring that it hadn’t acknowledged his forty seventh birthday or Garcia’s forty third birthday the day earlier than.
Poulter stated Tuesday he was “combating petty with petty” with that call.
“By means of time I’ve stated numerous foolish issues,” Poulter stated. “Ought to I’ve stated it? Sure and no. All I did was spotlight a reality. There was no different cause.”
