Poulter needs 40k to keep tour card

Doon frae Troon said:
errrrrrrrrr..........His lifetime earnings [£23.5m] guarantee him a start in most events for probably the next 10 years.
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The point is is he good enough NOW to make it on the European tour?,his form has dropped dramatically in the last couple of years....and to answer Phil,countless European tour players have joined the PGA and been very successfull.You guys who under estimate the standard on the European tour are the same that thought Tiger would be back and a force in Tour golf :rofl:,just look at Europes success in recent Ryder cups a lot of those players were regulars on the Euro Tour.Theres a very good field out this week and Poulter will struggle but he will definatly get invites proberly enough to maintain a career in the US but very much a depleted one.
 
shivas irons said:
The point is is he good enough NOW to make it on the European tour?,his form has dropped dramatically in the last couple of years....and to answer Phil,countless European tour players have joined the PGA and been very successfull.You guys who under estimate the standard on the European tour are the same that thought Tiger would be back and a force in Tour golf :rofl:,just look at Europes success in recent Ryder cups a lot of those players were regulars on the Euro Tour.Theres a very good field out this week and Poulter will struggle but he will definatly get invites proberly enough to maintain a career in the US but very much a depleted one.
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He has only become in jeopardy of losing his card due to being on a medical exemption. If he played a full season he'd have it secure I'm sure.

He he may not tear it up on the Euro tour. But he'll do just fine. Us winning a few Ryder cups doesn't make the euro tour as strong as the PGA tour. How many majors in last decade were won by euro/PGA tour players?
 
shivas irons said:
The point is is he good enough NOW to make it on the European tour?,his form has dropped dramatically in the last couple of years....and to answer Phil,countless European tour players have joined the PGA and been very successfull.You guys who under estimate the standard on the European tour are the same that thought Tiger would be back and a force in Tour golf :rofl:,just look at Europes success in recent Ryder cups a lot of those players were regulars on the Euro Tour.Theres a very good field out this week and Poulter will struggle but he will definatly get invites proberly enough to maintain a career in the US but very much a depleted one.
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Name these countless ET players ?

Ryder Cup is irrelevant
 
Also just look how well the Euro players do in the WGC events with Sullivan,Pepperall and Fitzpatrick all being in contention and having good shows in those events.
As for Poulter lets see if he's good enough to keep his card this week simple as that.....
 
Poulter is better than a lot of the players currently on the Europeon tour

Take mike Lorrenzo Vera

I like him but he is a bit pants

Poulter is better than him by a way
 
maxfli65 said:
If it doesn't work out - 41 now, best days behind him, had a good run and a good career. No-one should feel sorry for him. How long do people really want to stay on tour anyway? - endless hotels/practice/media/airports - must come a time you just want to kick back and enjoy the spoils, get into new ventures.
#changingoftheguard
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Top sports people do not think like this, he loves the game he is very driven he will not sit back if he feels he can still post a score and it would be suicide for any pro golfer to have that attitude. Perhaps this is what separates the goods from the greats, the attitude, the drive to keep practicing and improving. Poulter will be around a long time yet and I imagine we will see him on the champions tour after that. Certainly not one to sit back and relax. Pure amateur comment if there was one.
 
There is no doubt Poulter is a good player but be is very streaky.

His problem is putting 4 good rounds together to win or finish top 5 in any tournament. Patrick Read is another in a similar mode.

Few of the top guys are struggling with this at the moment so poulter is not alone (McIlroy, Westwood, Kymer....)
 
Parsaregood said:
Top sports people do not think like this, he loves the game he is very driven he will not sit back if he feels he can still post a score and it would be suicide for any pro golfer to have that attitude. Perhaps this is what separates the goods from the greats, the attitude, the drive to keep practicing and improving. Poulter will be around a long time yet and I imagine we will see him on the champions tour after that. Certainly not one to sit back and relax. Pure amateur comment if there was one.
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Would you say the same about boxers and footballers too whose pro careers are shorter than golfers? Plenty of top pros have quit at the top in many sports and not dragged careers out for the sake of it. Suppose you'd call Cantona or Jess Ennis-Hill 'amateurs' for stopping when they did?:mad:
 
maxfli65 said:
Would you say the same about boxers and footballers too whose pro careers are shorter than golfers? Plenty of top pros have quit at the top in many sports and not dragged careers out for the sake of it. Suppose you'd call Cantona or Jess Ennis-Hill 'amateurs' for stopping when they did?:mad:
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I think there is a significant difference between golf and those sports. They are based purely on physical attributes. Which at a certain age will certainly slow.

Golf has different skill sets. There are people younger than others that don't hit it as far, as well as the opposite.

I do agree that the choice of phrase was condescending on its deceiver though.
 
Papas1982 said:
I think there is a significant difference between golf and those sports. They are based purely on physical attributes. Which at a certain age will certainly slow.

Golf has different skill sets. There are people younger than others that don't hit it as far, as well as the opposite.

I do agree that the choice of phrase was condescending on its deceiver though.
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there is a physical aspect for all sports including golf albeit golf is later onset than most sports but for golf early 40s some guys compete well but by late 40s generally those same guys can't keep up (odd exceptions and one-offs apart of course).
Playing pro sport at top level into 40s is a blessing, not a right. Poulter has nothing to prove imo.
 
mikejohnchapman said:
There is no doubt Poulter is a good player but be is very streaky.

His problem is putting 4 good rounds together to win or finish top 5 in any tournament. Patrick Read is another in a similar mode.

Few of the top guys are struggling with this at the moment so poulter is not alone (McIlroy, Westwood, Kymer....)
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Poulters strokes gained off the tee are dire not sure if this is to do with his short driving distance or something else,couple this with his putting woes and he is way off the PGA tour standard.
 
I think Poults struggles on the PGA Tour these days simply due to his lack of power from the tee. Big hitters these days win most weeks and there are a minority of stop-offs where short hitters can contend and win. One being Harbour Town last week where he actually led after 45 holes. Will be interesting to see if he get's the $ required to keep his card this week, and also worth remembering that it's only a temporary stay of execution. He still needs to finish in the Top 125 in the FedEx Cup by mid August, to keep full playing privileges for 2017/18.
 
Steve Bamford said:
I think Poults struggles on the PGA Tour these days simply due to his lack of power from the tee. Big hitters these days win most weeks and there are a minority of stop-offs where short hitters can contend and win. One being Harbour Town last week where he actually led after 45 holes. Will be interesting to see if he get's the $ required to keep his card this week, and also worth remembering that it's only a temporary stay of execution. He still needs to finish in the Top 125 in the FedEx Cup by mid August, to keep full playing privileges for 2017/18.
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Poulter could not have picked a worse course to keep his card on as The Oaks course is a whopping 7,435 yds,it aint no pitch n putt!.
 
I think if nothing Poulter will have a great mental attitude and the course being long will also cause 85% of the field a problem It's a tough place and I think he's on a hiding to nothing but hope he can do it
 
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