Predicting who\u2019ll win the U.S. Amateur is a fool\u2019s errand, the eventual champion needing to successfully navigate nine rounds of golf in seven days to claim the Havemeyer Trophy. Ranked No. 5 in the world, England\u2019s Luke Poulter, however, is as good a bet as any this week at Merion Golf Club outside of Philadelphia. Good enough for Liberty National Golf Club to sign him as its latest ambassador, the name, image and likeness deal to become officially announced shortly before the 22-year-old tees off Monday in his first round of stroke play.<\/p>\n
Son of veteran tour pro Ian Poulter and a rising senior at the University of Florida, Luke will wear the club logo this week, as will another top-ranked amateur, Miles Russell. They are joined by several up-and-coming female players, including World No. 1 Kiara Romero, former U.S. Women\u2019s Amateur champ Megha Ganne, LPGA Tour rookie Yana White and U.S. Girls\u2019 Junior champ Aphrodite Deng, who the club that sits in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty along the Hudson River in Jersey City, N.J., supports.<\/p>\n
The club\u2019s decision to add Poulter to its NIL roster is based on both his on-course talent (he\u2019s already been picked to play on the Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup team for a second straight year) but also his ability to have an impact off the course too, according to Liberty National co-founder Dan Fireman.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe strongly in supporting the next generation of the game,\u201d Fireman said. \u201cThat commitment goes well beyond NIL partnerships. These are so many talented young players coming through junior, amateur and professional golf, and we want to help create opportunities for them to grow, compete and take the next step in their careers.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust as important, we want to align ourselves with quality people who represent the game the right way and who also want to be part of what we\u2019re building through the Liberty National Foundation to make a meaningful impact on and off the course. It\u2019s exciting for our club to build relationships with these players early, follow their journeys and hopefully play a small part in helping them reach their potential.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier this summer, Poulter competed in the Arnold Palmer Cup, and was voted by his peers the winner of the Michael Carter Award for his attitude and spirit. The honor comes with an exemption into next year\u2019s Arnold Palmer Invitational event at Bay Hill. Poulter also supports his family\u2019s annual charity event that raising money to provide holidays to children with illnesses and disabilities.<\/p>\n
According to the club, Poulter\u2019s partnership will include his support of Liberty National Foundation initiatives, engagement with club members and enhancing the member experience through his presence and involvement.<\/p>\n
\u201cGiving back has always been important to me, and my mum and dad have both been strong influences in that,\u201d Poulter said. \u201cI feel very fortunate that this role gives me another opportunity to help others. I\u2019m also looking forward to getting to know the members, spending time with them and having some fun along the way. At the end of the day, that\u2019s what golf is all about and why we love this game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Liberty National opened in 2026 and was the site of the 2017 Presidents Cup. It currently hosts the LPGA Tour\u2019s Mizuho Americas Open and next year will hold a PGA Tour FedEx Cup Playoff event for the fifth time will be the site of next year\u2019s BMW Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Predicting who\u2019ll win the U.S. Amateur is a fool\u2019s errand, the eventual champion needing to successfully navigate nine…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[44,18877,7692,18878,18876,54,18875,82,18624],"class_list":["post-48539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-golf","tag-liberty-national-golf-club","tag-luke-poulter","tag-luke-poulter-liberty-national-nil-deal","tag-name-image-and-likeness","tag-news","tag-nil-deals","tag-story","tag-us-amateur"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}