In the Chinese year of the Rat, someone made off with Ian Poulter’s driver at the HSBC Champions event in Shanghai, leading the Englishman to pull out of the £3.2m Singapore Open.
There were posters all around offering a reward for Poulter’s Cobra driver. While the thief, whose back view was captured on camera, whipped the club from outside the players’ lounge before heading for the professional’s shop where he had a few swings.
Heaven knows what kind of punishment might attach to pinching a driver in those parts. But whatever it might be, it would surely pale into insignificance against what Poulter would like to do to him!
Organisers of the Singapore Open have drafted on India’s Anirban Lahiri as Poulter’s replacement.
But what of Poults decision to pull out? He told BBC Sport that “It’s disappointing, as I did not come all this way not to play, but with so many world ranking points at stake, if I played badly I may have lost ground.”
Fair enough, perhaps.
But is Poults being a little pretentious? Should the loss of his driver really affect him in such a way? Personally, I think that it’s a load of nonsense. You would have thought that he should have been able to get a driver with similar attributes in time for him to play! I mean, I would have lent him my Cobra if he was that desperate…
However, on the other hand, if his head is not right, then poor golf will ultimately follow suit, and with world ranking points at stake, you have to respect his decision.
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