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Ian Poulter is one of the professional golfers who ditched the PGA Tour for LIV Golf so that he could make lots of money playing in meaningless events while also helping the Saudi government in its attempt to use sports to divert attention from all the horrible things they to their own people.
That move came with repercussions from the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour (European Tour), including the ruling that LIV golfers are not allowed to play on Ryder Cup teams going forward.
Poulter, of course, has had some very big moments in the Ryder Cup and will always be thought of when the event is mentioned. He just won’t be a part of it anymore.
All of this is to tell you that Poulter had one of the saddest, and most hilarious, tweets directed at the European Ryder Cup Team twitter account on Tuesday. You see, they tweeted an old video of Francesco Molinari hitting a nice show that required a lot of touch. The tweet simply read: Incredible touch @F_Molinari.
Nothing too crazy about that, right?
Well, that set off Poulter, who then provided one of the lamest replies you’ll ever see:
What’s really an “incredible touch” is the Players that helped build the @RyderCupEurope Brand with other players as well. You just can’t bring yourself to say a simple Happy Birthday. @TheSergioGarcia B’day Yesterday. Unfortunately this says so much. 🤷🏼♂️
— Ian Poulter (@IanJamesPoulter) January 10, 2023
What makes this even better is that Poulter’s birthday was Tuesday so he was basically upset that he didn’t get a birthday shoutout from a twitter account.
On his 47th birthday.
I’m going to pause right now so we can all have the good laugh that is building in our bellies.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Man, that felt good.
Ok, let’s get back to it.
Poulter tried to play that tweet off with some jokes with his golfing pals who made fun of him but it’s clear that he was upset about the European Ryder Cup Team twitter account not wishing him a happy birthday, which is just incredible.
Imagine – in your adult life – ever becoming annoyed that some brand account didn’t take the time to first, find out that it was your birthday and then take the time to write a few thoughtless words to wish you a good one… on any of your birthdays.
Poulter is obviously upset that he and the other LIV golfers have been pushed aside by the Ryder Cup teams and that they won’t be even coming remotely close to acknowledging those golfers moving forward. But, buddy, when you make decisions for yourself you need understand their will blow back and you will miss out on things that have actual meaning.
LIV Golf did its best to make him feel better – 16 minutes after he tweeted his sad tweet the LIV account apparently found out it was his birthday and wished him a happy one.
And yeah, that tweet felt just as empty as that league.
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