{"id":182268,"date":"2025-06-13T23:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T23:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/182268\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T23:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T23:05:11","slug":"would-have-been-amazing-ian-poulter-was-close-to-being-us-open-caddie-before-late-heartbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/182268\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Would have been amazing’ – Ian Poulter was close to being US Open CADDIE before late heartbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ian Poulter has revealed he could have made a surprise appearance at this weekend’s US Open.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ryder Cup<\/a> icon has not competed at the event since 2021, having left the PGA Tour<\/a> to join LIV Golf.<\/p>\n

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Poulter has revealed he was close to a US Open return this weekCredit: Getty Images – Getty\"His<\/a><\/p>\n

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His son Luke agonisingly missed out on a place at the eventCredit: Getty Images – Getty<\/p>\n

However, his son Luke was just one shot away from a spot in this year’s field at Oakmont<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The University of Florida sophomore featured in final qualifying on June 2.<\/p>\n

After finishing ten-under-par after 36 holes, Luke found himself tied for fourth and the final qualifying spot.<\/p>\n

The youngster was agonisingly beaten in a play-off to leave him as an alternate for the US Open.<\/p>\n

Poulter reflected on his son’s performance whilst speaking on talkSPORT’s Hawksbee & Jacobs show, explaining: “He played incredibly well.<\/p>\n

“He\u2019s had a great start to 2025 after having been out for seven months with injury last year. Proud to see the work that he\u2019s put in and start to get the reward.<\/p>\n

“So, he missed out in a two-for-one qualifying position to make it straight into the US Open. He feels pretty upset that he\u2019s at home watching it on TV when he was that close.”<\/p>\n

The former world number five is a veteran of 16 US Opens during his career.<\/p>\n

His best performance came at Winged Foot in 2006, where he finished tied for 12th.<\/p>\n

Poulter later competed at Oakmont the following year, ending the weekend in a tie for 36th.<\/p>\n

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Poulter planned to caddie for Luke if he qualified for the US OpenCredit: Getty Images – Getty\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

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The former world number five competed at Oakmont back in 2007Credit: Getty Images – Getty<\/p>\n

The 49-year-old added that he would have returned to the course this week had Luke qualified.<\/p>\n

He continued: “Unfortunately he didn\u2019t make it, but I was actually going to caddie for him in the US Open.<\/p>\n

“It would have been wonderful. Truly would have been amazing.<\/p>\n

“So hopefully he can get in a Major in the next few years and my legs are still strong enough to carry a bag for 18 holes for him.”<\/p>\n

A place at the event would have also allowed Luke to compete to be named the low amateur, awarded to the best scoring amateur player to make the cut.<\/p>\n

Despite the disappointment of missing out on qualifying for the US Open, Luke has already picked up a victory this year for the Florida Gators.<\/p>\n

I had to apologise’ – Justin Thomas forced to intervene after Brooks Koepka scolded by coach<\/p>\n

He won the Schenkel Invitational at Forest Heights in Georgia back in March, his first event triumph as a college athlete.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Poulter is now into his fourth season with LIV Golf after leaving the PGA Tour in 2022.<\/p>\n

A three-time winner on the PGA Tour, he co-captains Majesticks GC alongside Lee Westwood and Henrik Stenson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ian Poulter has revealed he could have made a surprise appearance at this weekend’s US Open. The Ryder…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[2826,68721,39497,74898,4298,79,16,15,5067],"class_list":{"0":"post-182268","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-ian-poulter","10":"tag-liv-tour","11":"tag-luke-poulter","12":"tag-pga-tour","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-us-open"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114678564569230749","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}