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Yahoo
02-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Ian Poulter predicts golden future for son Luke despite both missing out on Open place
Ian Poulter described himself as 'immensely proud' of his son Luke despite the pair narrowly missing out on making history in Open qualifying here at Royal Cinque Ports on Tuesday. The English duo went into this 36-shoot-out on the mission to become the first father-and-son duo to play in the British major since the formative days when the likes of legendary champions Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris highlighted golf's unique quality as the sport that can transcend the generations. Advertisement Yet despite Luke producing a fine morning five-under 67 that put the amateur in the frame to earn one of the five royal Portrush spots on offer in this 72-man field, the 21-year-old struggled in the windy conditions of the afternoon, firing a 76 that took him back to one under and four shots off the required number. It meant that the Stadlers, Crag and Kevin, remain the last dad and heir to tee it up at the same major – in the 2014 Masters. In the event, Poulter snr, 49, finished on the same score, but as he acknowledged afterwards, his day was essentially wrecked when he played his first nine holes in four over. 'It was flat calm but I just wasn't with it,' he told Telegraph Sport. 'Yeah, I had to travel over from Dallas after playing the LIV tournament there on Sunday and I didn't get here until last night and there was a bit of jet-lag – but that's no excuse. Lee [Westwood] did the same and he qualified today. 'Of course, I was thinking about Luke out there and heard that he had started well. As any parent would tell you, if it had come down to it, I would have far preferred to have seen him qualify than me. But this is great experience for Luke – he has barely played on links courses before – and after the US Open qualifier he is knocking on the door.' Advertisement Last month, Luke, a student at the University of Florida, came within a shot of qualifying for Oakmont. 'I would have caddied for him there and would have been crying my eyes out on the first tee,' he said. 'If you think about where he was last year, with a fracture in his back and the months he had to spend recovering, it has been incredible how far he has come. He made me laugh just then. I saw him and said 'unlucky, mate' and Luke replied 'well, that's what you get for playing rubbish'. 'I mean, he's missed out by a few shots in a field containing me and Graeme [McDowell, the former US Open champion] and loads of European Tour winners. And none of them qualified either. I like that attitude. It shows he has high standards and drive. He will only improve.' Poulter Jnr will make his debut for the England seniors in the European Championships next week and is deep in the conversation to make the Walker Cup team against the United States in California in September. Another Poulter taking on the Americans in team matchplay is a truly delicious prospect. Advertisement As the pair departed this stunning layout, Poulter Snr was soon on the phone congratulating a LIV team-mate. With a seven-under total, Westwood, 52, topped the leaderboard at Dundonald, the Fife links, and will play in his first major in three years. It will be the former world No 1's 28th appearance at the tournament where he finished second in 2010 and where he made his debut 30 years ago. 'I've always said it's the greatest championship in golf and I'm just looking forward to seeing a few old friends and enjoying that fantastic course,' he said. 'I loved Portrush last time [in 2019] – I finished fourth. I won't be going in with any expectations but it is links golf and we've seen in the last few decades, veterans like Tom Watson and Greg Norman up there. So who knows? I've been up since 1.30am with jet-lag, but I've come through, There's still a bit of life left in me.' Richard Teder will become Estonia's first representative at the Open after making up for a seemingly dream-crushing mistake by sensationally holing out from the fairway in an extra-hole shoot-out at West Lancs. Advertisement The young amateur seemed almost assured of securing his place at the British major when he went down the last with a two-shot cushion. Yet he double-bogeyed to send himself into a four-man play-off chasing two spots. Teder looked crushed and distraught. No matter. He shook himself down and on the second extra hole - and by then there was just one place up for grabs - he hit his drive 340 yards and then span his lob wedge into the hole from 80 yards. The wild celebration soon went viral. 'This is incredible – I thought I'd blown it,' Teder said. 'There are fewer than 10 courses in my country. So this is huge.' Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
The Irish Sun
01-07-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Graeme McDowell suffers Open Championship heartbreak as Portrush native misses out on hometown major
GRAEME MCDOWELL suffered major heartache this afternoon as he missed out on qualification for the Open Championship. Advertisement 2 Graeme McDowell will not be playing at his hometown major later this month 2 Ronan Mullarney agonisingly missed out during a four-man playoff for the final two places at The West Lancashire Golf Club 2010 US Open winner McDowell carded a first round of two under par before a +1 round in the afternoon on the southwest coast of England. While The 2025 Open takes place on the Dunluce Links, McDowell's has a hole named after him on the Valley course at Royal Portrush Golf Club. The honour was given to him by the club in recognition of his achievements in golf, particularly his victory at the 2010 US Open. 20 places were up for grabs at four different venues on Tuesday, was the last for players who are not already exempt from the qualification process for the world's oldest golf major. Advertisement read more on golf Burnham and Berrow, Dundonald Links, Royal Cinque Ports, and West Lancashire will hosted a 36-hole stroke play event, with five spots available for Royal Portrush qualfication. The Ireland had a number of players across the four venues with Ronan Mullarney narrowly missing out after a four-man playoff that went four extra-holes for two places. Big names to miss out include Ian Poulter, David Puig, Erik Van Rooyen - to name but a few. Advertisement Most read in Golf Royal Cinque Ports (5 places) Dean Burmester (–8) Curtis Knipes (–7) Nathan Kimsey (–6) Sebastian Cave (a) (–5) John Axelsen (–4) Burnham & Berrow (5 places) Harry Hall (–8) Jacob Skov Olesen (–8) Justin Walters (–8) OJ Farrell (–6) Anirban Lahiri (–5) Brooks Koepka suffers meltdown and smashes tee marker into fans before withdrawing from LIV Dallas claiming 'illness' Dundonald Links (5 places) Lee Westwood (–7) Daniel Young (–6) Angel Hidalgo (–6) Jesper Sandborg (–5) Connor Graham (a) (–4) West Lancashire (5 places) Lucas Herbert (–8) Sampson Zheng (–7) George Bloor (–6) Richard Teder (a) (–5) Oliver Lindell (–5)
Telegraph
01-07-2025
- Sport
- Telegraph
Ian Poulter's son with huge chance to qualify for Open after outscoring his dad
Luke Poulter has put himself in with a huge shout of qualifying for the Open after he outscored his father, Ian, by five shots in the first round of the 36-hole shoot-out here at Royal Cinque Ports on Tuesday morning. Poulter Jnr, the amateur who missed out by a shot from securing a berth at last month's US Open, fired a five-under 67 at this famous Kent links to stand in a tie for third in the 72-man field, with five set to advance to Royal Portrush in a fortnight's time. Poulter Snr, 49, is not yet out of it, after recovering from early dropped shots to post a level-par 72 and stand just outside the top 20. Spaniard David Puig set the pace on eight under with American Maxwell Moldovan two behind in second. However, the former world No 5 will be just as interested – if not even more so – in the progress of his 21-year-old heir, who in recent months has been carving himself quite the name. After recovering from career-threatening back surgery last year, the student at the University of Florida won his first event on the US College circuit and has recently been picked for the England senior team. He has a different character to Ian – far less flamboyant and with a much calmer temperament – but he obviously has inherited the battling qualities of the Ryder Cup legend. And indeed the confidence. Not only is Poulter Snr in his rear-view mirror here, but another Europe colossus in Graeme McDowell – in a tie for 13th on two under – and other European Tour winners in Matthew Southgate and Tom Lewis are also playing catch-up with Poulter Jnr. Of course, the dream for the Poulter family is for both to earn their way to the Dunluce links and so follow in the Open's grand father-and-son tradition, which first featured Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris, as well as Willie Park Snr and Willie Park Jnr in the championship's formative years. The last father-and-son combination to appear at the same major was Craig and Kevin Stadler at the 2014 Masters. Poulter Snr's LIV team-mate Lee Westwood is playing at Dundonald Links as he also seeks a start in the Open for the first time since 2022, and at the halfway stage, the 52-year-old is in a tie for fifth on two under, three behind fellow Briton Jordan Sundborg. However, another member of the Majesticks team on the Saudi-funded circuit walked off the course at West Lancashire mid-round. Sam Horsfield was seven-over after nine holes when he effectively disqualified himself by making a sharp exit at the Liverpool links.
Daily Record
01-07-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
Lee Westwood on target for Open as Ryder Cup heroes battle for Portrush spot
English star and pals Ian Poulter and Graeme McDowell scrap to make the big one Lee Westwood has made a strong start to his bid to book a ticket to The Open. Ryder Cup mate Graeme McDowell has also put himself in line for a dream date back on home soil at Royal Portrush. But, although LIV Golf colleague Ian Poulter staged a fightback burst to keep alive his hopes of making it to the 153rd Championship, his son Luke is in even better shape at the halfway mark as the scrap across the UK reaches fever pitch. Westwood is in contention at his qualifying run at Dundonald with an eagle at the third of his first round kickstarting the bid to return to the Championship for the first time in three years. The 52-year-old, who came agonisingly close to winning just down the Ayrshire coastline at Turnberry in 2009 and also came second the following year at St Andrews, is the headline act on the Ayrshire track and was joint-leader at one stage of the morning. A seven at the par-five 14th set him back, but Westwood finished with a two-under par round of 70, three behind leader Jordan Sunborg and firmly in the mix to make it. McDowell and Poulter headed to Kent and the Royal Cinque Ports qualifier with the Ryder Cup hero's boy also trying to make it through at the venue next door to Royal St George's. The Northern Irish star joined Westwood in making a smart start, but stuttered on a back nine of 38 to finish at two-under par and inside the Top with 18 holes to go. Poulter Snr, worked the opposite way having looked in big trouble in the morning with a slow start before reeling-off a strong back nine to finish at level and battle into the shake-up. Son Luke finished five shots better than his dad as the starters near Royal St George's chase down leader David Puig, with the Spanish LIV Golf star beginning powerfully in the battle to join countryman such as Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia at Portrush. In total, 20 places at The 153rd Championship are available with five each coming from Burnham & Berrow, Dundonald, Royal Cinque Ports and West Lancashire. At Burnham and Berrow, Scotsman Craig Sutherland burst to the top of the halfway standings having carded back-to-back birdies to close with an opening six-under par effort of 65. Finland's Oliver Lindell headed the way at West Lancashire with a 67 putting him into the right spot to make it to Northern Ireland. Players will return in the afternoon at all four venues looking to make the final push for Portrush and seal thie places at The Open. McDowell, of course, is desperate to be amongst those who secure places as he looks to join his countrymen 2019 Portrush winner Shane Lowry and Grand Slam king Rory McIlroy in the field. He said: 'It would be amazing. With everything that Rory's done this year, with Shane being the defending champion, to go back to Portrush, it's going to be a special week. It goes without saying that I'd love to be a part of it.'
BBC News
30-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
A family affair as Poulter and son battle to qualify for Open
Ian Poulter's bid to play his first Open for three years could be thwarted by his son Luke, who is also trying to make it to the will be battling the odds in the same qualifying tournament to try to grab one of just a handful of spots at the main event. Either could knock the other out of contention for an Open are among 72 players competing over two circuits of Royal Cinque Ports in Kent on Tuesday. This family venture to reach Royal Portrush for the 153rd staging of golf's oldest major is one of several enticing storylines from final older Poulter, a Ryder Cup legend, has played in 20 Opens, but none since 2022 when the 49-year-old opted to join the LIV is one of several members of the the breakaway league who will dash from their latest event in Dallas. Another is Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell, who is desperate to play another Open in his home town. 288 chasing 20 places in Portrush Poulter's 21-year-old son is a highly promising talent, who is a sophomore at the university of Florida. Luke is ranked 51st in the world amateur standings and came desperately close to qualifying for the recent US Open at dad revealed that he would have caddied for his son, had the youngster been successful in a sudden death play-off against American Austen Truslow at their US Open dad and lad are rivals for the five places up for grabs at Royal Cinque is the same equation at three other final qualifying venues - Burnham and Berrow in Somerset, West Lancashire and Scotland's Dundonald Links - meaning a total of 20 from 288 players will head to Royal Portrush from 17-20 July. The fields are made up of 131 who emerged from the near 2,000 who tried their hand at regional qualifying on 23 June, along with golfers who merit entry due to their standing in the professional are also aware qualifying can prove a springboard for success, as Justin Rose found after emerging from the scramble to make it to Royal Troon last year before finishing joint runner-up behind champion Xander Schauffele. Home Open has been big focus - McDowell It is a cut-throat business laced with sporting begins his 36-hole bid in the company of Tom Lewis, who shot 65, a record low score for an amateur, when he took the first-round lead as a qualifier at Royal St George's in was thrilled to be at Portrush, the town of his birth, in 2019 when The Open was staged there for the first time in 68 years. He grabbed a qualifying spot at the Canadian Open, a route no longer open to him because of his LIV affiliation."With the Open going back to Royal Portrush, it's been a big focus," McDowell revealed. "I'll play Dallas and fly straight to London, and I'll go down to the qualifier."I'm going to Royal Cinque Ports. It's maybe not the best prep in the world, but I'll be pretty fired up."I'm excited. It would certainly be bittersweet to not be there, but I'll definitely be giving it my full attention and be trying hard."He knows this will be a special championship given how Shane Lowry delighted home fans on the island of Ireland with his runaway victory six years McDowell's Northern Irish compatriot, Rory McIlroy, will bring the Masters Green Jacket, a career Grand Slam, and a huge buzz to the Antrim venue."It would be amazing," the 45-year-old Ulsterman added. "With everything that Rory's done this year, with Shane being the defending champion, to go back to Portrush, it's going to be a special week."It goes without saying that I'd love to be a part of it."McDowell tees off with the highly promising Dane Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, who contended before finishing 12th at the US Open in June. He has yet to compete at an entered at the Deal course is DP World Tour stalwart Matt Southgate, who was sixth at the 2017 Open and promising amateurs Tyler Weaver and Kris Kim. If successful, Weaver - along with Luke Poulter - will warm up for Portrush by representing England Golf men's squad in the European Amateur Championships from 8-12 July in Kilarney, Wood was a 20-year-old amateur when he finished in a share of fifth at the 2008 Open at Royal Birkdale. A year later only Stewart Cink and Tom Watson finished better than him at Turnberry as he shared third place with Lee Englishman are seeking a ticket to Portrush. Wood plays alongside Eddie Pepperell (T6 in 2018) at Burnham and Berrow while Westwood makes the journey from LIV Dallas to the Ayrshire coast, he will be reunited with former Ryder Cup partner Jamie field there also includes Alex Noren, who was in the final pairing with champion Scottie Scheffler at the US PGA Championship in May, as well as tour winners Marc Warren and Adrian Masters champion Danny Willett tries his luck at West Lancashire along with the likes of Sam Bairstow, Alex Fitzpatrick, Joe Dean and Sam the United States, they call final qualifying for the US Open "the longest day". It is a marketing ploy that could easily be attributed to the four events across the UK this could be decided by sudden death play-off and at each venue dreams will be realised while hearts are being broken. It is golf in its rawest form with a place in the game's most historic tournament at should be quite the conversation over the Poulter family dinner table.
