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Published: 22/07/2010 18:00 -
Updated: 23/07/2010 18:46
Ian Poulter is hoping to make up for a disappointing showing at the Open last weekend by making an assault on the last major of the season – August’s USPGA at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin.
The Woburn professional ended three over par to bow out of the 150th Open, which was won by South African Louis Oosthuizen at St Andrews.
The world number ten was at Goodwood on Wednesday as the star attraction ahead of the inaugural English PGA Championship this weekend before jumping on a helicopter to make an appearance at the Ian Poulter Junior Invitational at Woburn in the afternoon.
“I’m excited,” he said. “I last played Whistling Straits in 2004.
“It’s a good golf course, a difficult one, and I’ll be trying to tune my game up in the next couple of weeks but it’s the last major of the year and I’d like to have a big part of that.”
Ian Poulter
Unfortunately for Poulter his time on the course at St Andrews will be remembered for a heated exchange of words with a steward on Saturday evening.
The incident happened after a spectator made a comment to Poulter which he refused to repeat, but said it was "personal and inappropriate".
Despite a disappointing week in Scotland, where he blamed pointed at this putting as his downfall, Poulter remained in good spirits and is looking forward to a break before picking up his clubs again.
He said: "I've now got two weeks off before going to Akron, followed by the USPGA, then a week off, then it's time to start looking ahead to the Ryder Cup."
The incident happened after a spectator made a comment to Poulter which he refused to repeat, but said it was "personal and inappropriate".
Despite a disappointing week in Scotland, where he blamed pointed at this putting as his downfall, Poulter remained in good spirits and is looking forward to a break before picking up his clubs again.
He said: "I've now got two weeks off before going to Akron, followed by the USPGA, then a week off, then it's time to start looking ahead to the Ryder Cup."
The world number ten was at Goodwood on Wednesday as the star attraction ahead of the inaugural English PGA Championship this weekend before jumping on a helicopter to make an appearance at the Ian Poulter Junior Invitational at Woburn in the afternoon.
On the fifth annual event, he said: “Hopefully we can bring some juniors through our programme and hopefully, one day, they can be tour professionals. This to me is a great way to get over what was a disappointing week.
“I had huge expectations for the week and done a lot of good practice the week before and it just didn’t happen. I didn’t hole the putts at the right time, I played well enough but I couldn’t get it in the hole.”
Poulter, who won the World Matchplay crown earlier this year, is yet to win a major and is hoping he can rectify that at the USPGA.
“I’m excited,” he said. “I last played Whistling Straits in 2004.
“It’s a good golf course, a difficult one, and I’ll be trying to tune my game up in the next couple of weeks but it’s the last major of the year and I’d like to have a big part of that.”
