Monday, September 22, 2008
Poults Justifies Pick

It was Sunday 31st August when Nick Faldo shocked the golfing fraternity by picking Ian Poulter over Darren Clarke for the Ryder Cup. But it was Sunday 21st September when Poulter silenced all of his critics with a fantastic display that unfortunately couldn’t inspire his fellow teammates to victory over the Americans.

Poulter’s decision to not chance his luck at the final European qualifying event for a possible automatic team spot, instead compete in a Fed-Ex event in America, meant that many thought he was putting his career ahead of the teams.

But given how successful Poults is when he places himself in the eye of a storm, perhaps it shouldn’t have come as much of a surprise that the flamboyant Englishman turned out to be Europe’s most driven Ryder Cup competitor at Valhalla.


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The leading scorer on either team with four points out of a possible five, Poulter’s form was red hot over the three days and with Sergio Garcia completely out of touch, It was up to Poulter to take on the Spaniards role and galvanise the troops.
Clearly emotional and close to tears, you could not but feel sorry for the man from Milton Keynes after the Americans were victorious thanks to Jim Furyk’s point against Miguel Angel Jiminez.

“I’m a bit deflated to be honest,” he said. “It’s all about the team this week and we’ve come up short. We were all feeling great, buzzing after yesterday (Saturday) but we got beaten. It’s just such a shame. But it’s been a good week and a disappointing week all in one.”




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