Ian Poulter Continues To Crave Attention

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Published: July 14, 2010

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You all remember Ian Poulter, don’t you?

He was that fella who briefly made headlines a few years ago when he said "one day it will be just me and Tiger.”

Or, perhaps you are not familiar with Poulter, because that “one day” has not yet arrived.

Whether you are familiar with Poulter or not, he is once again making headlines around the world, this time for saying America’s reign of winning Major Championships has come to an end.

"The American guys who have won all the tournaments over the past few years are getting older," Poulter said from St. Andrews, Scotland, where he is on hand for the 139th Open Championship.

"Phil [Mickelson] is 40—can he do what Vijay [Singh] did in his forties? He's strong enough; it's whether he is hungry enough, I guess. The talent to replace them is very young and needs a bit more experience. We have a 15-year window. The Americans have a gap and that gap is being filled by Europeans, guys who are in their late twenties, early thirties and who are doing the job right now."

There are some people in this world who just crave attention.

Lady Gaga comes to mind, Lindsay Lohan, and Paris Hilton.

Well Poulter is golf’s version of Lady Gaga. He dresses in a manner that just screams “Look at me…please,” and he is quick to make bold statements that come across as a way to simply keep his name out there in the public eye.

Perhaps trash talking is still so new in golf that Poulter is unfamiliar with the unwritten rules of sports trash talking.

1) Back up your words with your golf clubs.

If Poulter was backing all of this up with his golf clubs, it could be brushed aside, but he’s not.

Poulter has won just one PGA Tour event in 111 starts.  Folks, that’s a .009 winning percentage, which is actually .009 percent better than...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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