After a spell in the wilderness Ian Poulter has returned to Europe’s Ryder Cup team at 42. Many things had to align
How Ian Poulter will relish the familiar feeling. Two years ago he quietly exited stage left at Hazeltine having sampled the Ryder Cup in an unaccustomed position as one of Europe’s vice-captains. Poulter had missed months of playing action because of injury and the consensus seemed to be that his time in the sun had passed.
If Tiger Woods is the comeback kid of this coming week at Le Golf National, Poulter is at least worthy of discussion in the same chapter. Europe’s modern-day Ryder Cup icon has clawed his way back to golf’s summit in a manner so typically Poulter. Europe will again rely heavily on a force of nature.
Written by Ewan Murray
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/23/ian-poulter-thomas-bjorn-ryder-cup-europe under the title “Ian Poulter: ‘If Thomas Bjørn asks me to play five times, I’ll be ready’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
