{"id":165851,"date":"2025-09-24T13:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T13:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/165851\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T13:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T13:12:10","slug":"i-want-to-taser-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/165851\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I want to taser them’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ian Poulter slated American golf fans in a passionate rant ahead of the Ryder Cup.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\tIan Poulter has never been shy about winding up American golf fans \u2013 and now the LIV Golf star has poured even more petrol on the fire with a rant that will only cement his status as the Ryder Cup villain the US loves to hate.<\/p>\n

Ian Poulter was the scourge of Team USA for two decades, delivering clutch Ryder Cup points and revelling in the hostile receptions he got on American soil. Now, with his Ryder Cup playing days over, \u2018The Postman\u2019 has delivered fresh fire at US galleries \u2013 and his choice of words will not be forgotten anytime soon.<\/p>\n

In a SPORTbible YouTube video<\/a> with Tyrrell Hatton, Poulter was asked whether American fans are better than European ones. His glass slid straight to \u2018strongly disagree\u2019, joined shortly after by Hatton\u2019s. But for Poulter, it was an opportunity to get a few things off his chest\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t even know where to start,\u201d said Poulter. \u201cI mean, f***ing \u2018mashed potato\u2019 and all that bull**** that you hear is madness. \u2018In the hole! Get in the hole!\u2019 It\u2019s a 600-yard par 5 you f***ing idiot. I actually just want to borrow the taser from the security guard \u2013 just to let one go per hole would be amazing. Imagine that\u2026 you\u2019ve got one taser per hole. That would be awesome. How good? Right between the eyes. Have it! It\u2019s not heckling; it\u2019s just complete and utter embarrassing stupidity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Poulter went on to draw comparisons with golf fans in other countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t get that at The Open Championship,\u201d he said. \u201cYou don\u2019t get it anywhere [else]. It\u2019s only in America that the stupidness comes out. It\u2019s just so annoying. There\u2019s no need for it. Our fans, when they come and watch golf, are very respectful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Poulter did insist that he was \u201cNot completely dissing the American golf fans, because the atmosphere in America is amazing,\u201d though one feels that won\u2019t quite make up for what he\u2019d said moments before.<\/p>\n

Poulter and Hatton also felt that American golf fans don\u2019t always know good golf when they see it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a number of times in the States where you could hit 4-iron to say 15 feet, and that\u2019s a great shot, but no one up at the green has clapped,\u201d said Hatton. \u201cIf you can\u2019t see where the ball has finished, you thought you\u2019d missed the green. You get up there and you\u2019re like, \u2018F*** me, this is a tough crowd!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Poulter agreed: \u201cYou walk up on the green and you want to give yourself a clap. \u2018Was that not good enough?!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Poulter\u2019s Ryder Cup playing days are almost certainly over, and his resignation of DP World Tour membership seems to have kiboshed what would have been a near-certain future captaincy role (although Poulter himself hasn\u2019t given up on that<\/a>). But if he is brave enough to make an appearance at Bethpage Black this week, it might be wise to disguise himself as something other than a postbox.<\/p>\n

\"Ian<\/p>\n

\t\tAbout the author<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Rob
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Contributing Editor (mainly contributing unwanted sarcasm and iffy golf takes, to be honest)<\/p>\n

Rob has been a writer and editor for over 15 years, covering all manner of subjects, including a hefty dose of golf.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s played golf with tour pros and celebrities including Greg Norman, Charley Hull, Matt Wallace, Long Driver World Champion Joe Miller, and Rob Brydon, watched The Open with Gary Player, and had a pull-up contest with Rory McIlroy. He\u2019s interviewed countless tour pros and will always have a soft spot for Tommy Fleetwood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ian Poulter slated American golf fans in a passionate rant ahead of the Ryder Cup. Ian Poulter has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-165851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}