[suspenseful music playing]
[reporter] Officials in Saudi Arabia are trying to create a new golf league
to rival the PGA TOUR.
[reporter 2] Two-time major winner, Greg Norman,
who is CEO of the Saudi league,
says the new league will not be stopped.
The Saudi golf league has eight events planned this year.
[man] No one knows what this means for the future of golf.
It's not really like anything that we've seen in sports before.
They want to offer guaranteed millions of dollars to the tour's biggest players.
[man] LIV has offers out to some of the top names in the sport.
I've heard rumors of 200 million dollars for Phil Mickelson,
150 million dollars for Dustin Johnson, 700 million for Tiger Woods.
It's astronomical money that they're throwing at people,
and everything's got a price, I guess.
This venture has been criticized as an attempt by the Saudi government
to sportswash its controversial Human Rights Campaign.
[reporter 3] Political or not,
by stepping on the first tee at the Centurion in the South of England,
the players are choosing to work directly with Saudi Arabia.
It's going to shape the future of professional golf one way or another.
[man] They want the major winners there,
but they also want guys who have name recognition around the world,
which is why Ian Poulter is of interest.
He's got the big personality, the Ryder Cup history.
[woman] He's loud. He's flamboyant. He wears the colorful trousers.
He's like, this is who I am, take it or leave it.
Supposedly, LIV is offering Ian Poulter tens of millions of dollars.
[Poulter] There is a lot of moving parts to this Poulter journey.
I don't know how it's going to play out. It's going to be exciting to see.
[announcer] And this week, of course, it is the Players Championship.
Nine former FedExCup champions, nine winners of the Players Championship.
So this is a very big week for everyone on hand at TPC Sawgrass.
-[boy] You're my favorite golfer. -Oh, thank you.
Come watch me tomorrow. I need some of that luck.
It's one of the deepest fields in golf. I have a good game plan,
I know this golf course, and the weather doesn't look great.
We're gonna take what we can get from that and see what we do.
-[man] I haven't got a sweet tooth. -Give that a go.
My name is Ian Poulter.
My profession is a wannabe golfer.
[mellow upbeat music playing]
I had the ability to gain my PGA TOUR card in 2004.
It gave me the best opportunity to play against the best players,
which has been my path for the last 19 years.
[man] For someone like Ian Poulter, who's now well into his 40s,
just keeping his PGA TOUR card year after year,
that's a really impressive accomplishment.
[Poulter] Having a global schedule on the PGA TOUR and European tour,
becoming top-five player in the world, playing Ryder Cups.
It's been an amazing journey, really.
[woman] Do you love playing in the Ryder Cup?
Do bears shit in the woods?
[snickers] Oh dear. "Do you love playing the Ryder Cup?"
Oh my God. Is the pope Catholic?
[cheering]
[woman 2] The Ryder Cup is one of the coolest competitions
that we have in golf.
It happens every two years. It is Team USA vs. Team Europe.
They're gonna battle it out.
This is the thing that every single player wants to earn a spot on.
[announcer] A low driving one.
-[cheering] -[announcer chuckles]
Oh.
[Poulter] Playing in the Ryder Cup has been something that I've cherished.
I feel pretty fortunate that my golf has been good enough to make Ryder Cups.
[announcer] I don't think anybody gets more intensity in the eyes
in this competition than that man right there.
[man 2] I've been on the opposite side of Ryder Cup teams against him.
Poults is definitely a character in the golf space.
He's someone that isn't scared to kinda push the envelope a little bit.
[crowd clamoring]
[announcer 2] Poulter is a prince for Europe.
Can you believe it?
He creates this combative relationship where it's me against them.
[crowd clamoring]
[announcer 3 chuckles] He wants it.
[announcer 2] Oh my goodness, Poults.
[Poulter] I've never lost in singles in the Ryder Cup.
So I've inflicted a lot of pain on the Americans that watch Ryder Cup.
So, yeah, I've been that pain-in-the-ass guy.
-[man] Shit. -You all right?
[man laughs]
Did they get that?
[laughing]
No! [laughs]
That will make TV.
[man] Oh, fuckin', oh…
[Poulter] Thirty-one eighty-five.
-You have 591,000 followers on Instagram. -[Poulter] What?
-I looked at it. -How do you know that?
I saw it yesterday. I happened to see it yesterday.
I don't have Twitter, so I dunno.
-Must have a couple mil on Twitter. -[man 2] Who has the most followers?
-[Poulter] Tiger, Rory… -Tiger's got four and a half. Rory's 2.2.
[Poulter] Tiger, Rory, Bubba, myself…
Listen, I just go on Instagram.
[Poulter] …Rickie… JT…
Rickie's got 1.6 or 1.7.
He never posts. No. Never posts.
-Ricky? -Never posts.
He doesn't have to. He's gotten 15 commercials.
-Beauty there. -[man] Attaboy, Ian.
[Poulter] The tour, up until this year,
where the players get the opportunity to play for the most money
against the best players, has been the PGA TOUR.
Now there's a threat in the game of golf.
[reporter] Legendary golfer Phil Mickelson
is apologizing for explosive comments that he made about Saudi Arabia
and a proposed golf league that would rival the PGA TOUR.
Mickelson told an author and golf writer,
"We know they have a horrible human rights record.
Why would I even consider it?
Because it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
to reshape how the PGA TOUR operates."
Phil Mickelson says the comments were reckless
but claims they were off the record and not meant to be shared publicly.
The LIV Golf tour, headed by Greg Norman, is an existential threat to the PGA TOUR.
Greg Norman was the best men's professional golfer
in the world in the 1990s.
He then joined on with LIV Golf as its commissioner,
as the face of the brand.
[Fowler] To me, they're two very different things.
The PGA TOUR is the pinnacle of professional golf.
A lot of history and tradition. Seventy-two holes.
Um, typically fields are anywhere from 128 to 156 guys.
LIV is 54 holes, no cuts, team aspect, very limited field.
And there's some fun and different aspects to that.
So it's definitely shaken up the game of golf at the professional level.
[indistinct chatter]
And me. Yeah, okay, good.
[man] I wanted to take a moment to address all of the news,
discourse, and conjecture lately about the world of professional golf.
The PGA TOUR is moving on.
We have too much momentum and too much to accomplish
to be continuously distracted by rumors of other golf leagues
and their attempts to disrupt our players, our partners,
and most importantly, our fans from enjoying the tour
and the game we all love so much.
[applause]
We are, and we always will be, focused on legacy, not leverage.
[Poulter] There were definitely lots of rumors swirling
that if you do take an offer
and play for LIV that you'll be suspended and banned from the PGA TOUR.
We just don't know how it would compromise
any possibility of playing or captaining our Ryder Cups.
All that chatter is creating this murky world
and this divide on the PGA TOUR of guys that are actually thinking about leaving.
[Poulter] It's a difficult decision and a decision with so many uncertainties.
[announcer] Lots of drama already this season,
but if the weather cooperates,
we do have some golf to play here in Florida.
[announcer 2] We have resumed after the weather delay.
[announcer 3] The players must be chomping at the bit to get back on the golf course.
This guy's fucking…
I mean, seriously, come on. Come on. Come on. Come on.
When does sun set, at like 40?
They said 30.
[announcer 3] These players want to finish before the PGA TOUR rules officials
sound the horn for darkness.
[announcer 2] Ian Poulter on the tee.
-[man] Let's go, Poult! -[man 2] Yeah!
[announcer 2] Line is good.
And the shot is good. Beautifully done.
Well, look at this.
All right, here's another guy that wants to get up there,
try to putt out and get over to 18.
Tell you what, for a guy 46 years of age, I'm impressed here. Look at this.
[Poulter] Babe, I need to go on a diet. I'm not even joking.
[woman] You already did for about a month, but then you quit.
It's like Nellie the Elephant.
I don't think I've matured much in 15 years. [chuckles]
I'm still like a 12-year-old kid between these ears.
How does daddy dress on the golf course? Be nice.
Funky, I guess you could say.
-Funky? -Yeah.
[announcer] Well, he's always been a sharp-dressed man.
[announcer 2] I'm sorry, folks. Those shoes disturb me.
[announcer 3] It would work as wallpaper in a hallway bathroom.
[Poulter] I've always loved following the personalities in golf.
Payne Stewart, you know, when he wore all the plus-four pants,
Um… different color outfits every time he played.
He had a new pair of shoes on every time he played.
It was all more about, for me, I didn't just want to be a golfer,
I wanted to be my own personality.
[announcer 4] Somewhere in a Motel 6, the drapes are missing.
[announcer 5] That seems standard for Ian.
Yes, I've worn some real rascal outfits through time.
-Is this just embarrass Dad time? -Yes.
Hang on. The hairstyles are the best.
[both laugh]
[Lilly-Mai laughs] I love that one.
[Poulter] I don't know how your mom didn't divorce me on that one.
[laughs]
-That one's better. -[woman] I came close.
Oh, is it a lovely shot. Shot, Josh!
[Poulter] We have lived here in America, full time, for 15 years.
Katie and I have brought four great kids into the world.
Over the 20-plus years, I've been away for over 50% of their growth,
and missing birthdays and, you know, walking, talking, first steps.
[screaming]
[Poulter] It's hard sometimes when you sit back and you've missed all of that.
But yet, you've hopefully secured them a nice path moving forward.
[rock music playing]
Dickie bird tells me they're going to cut your hair tonight.
-Who said that? -Don't know.
Saw a rumor running around they're gonna chop your hair off.
If someone can find a barber, I'll get a haircut.
[Poulter] Luke is our 18-year-old.
His dream is to become a successful golfer,
and I see massive potential in what he's got.
I know, but you can hit it, right, and use some of these ridges,
because the green is going to be soft and you can just spin it.
He knows it already.
[Luke] He gives me lots of tips.
I don't always listen to him, but I try to.
[Poulter] Having someone like Luke that I see growing into the person he is,
it makes me still hungry to keep playing as much as I can.
2022, for me, has been this very average season,
which I'm hoping to get it back on track pretty soon.
Getting back into the top 50 is something which gives you opportunity
to play in the majors,
and working hard to break back in is just not a very easy thing to do.
I need a good week too, or I'm not gonna be in the Masters.
So Luke is not going to be a happy boy
if I don't play well next week, because he wants to go to Augusta.
[rock music playing]
[announcer] As the PGA TOUR swings into the heart of Texas,
the capital city of Austin welcomes many of the top players in the world.
And they will compete this week in the sometimes volatile,
often unpredictable, and always thrilling format of match play.
The PGA TOUR's Match Play event in Austin has a unique format.
It's structured like the World Cup.
There are groups of four, and if you advance out of your group,
it's mano a mano all the way to the championship.
You just have to beat your group and get out of that,
and then beat everyone else. And that's all you can focus on.
If you just keep that mindset of being aggressive
and just fighting for every shot, you should probably do fine in match play.
It's kinda funny that Poulter is the "lowest ranked" player in the group,
and he's got good match play record, so it'll be a good challenge and fun week.
[rock music fades]
[Poulter] Morning, guys. How you doing?
How's the back, big dude?
-[man] Not good. I just WD'ed. -[Poulter] You're joking. What happened?
[Casey] Old age.
-I feel ya. I feel-- -[Casey] How's your back?
[laughing]
[Casey] Should be way worse than mine.
[Poulter] I'm gonna need to play well to make the Masters.
It does lump a load of pressure on, but I've been in this position before.
I have my destiny in my own hands.
[announcer] A match that all of England has its eyes on.
Matt Fitzpatrick against Ian Poulter.
[Dethier] Ian Poulter has already lost his opening match to Scottie Scheffler,
which means he has to beat Matthew Fitzpatrick,
not only for his tournament chances,
but also to have any hope of qualifying for the Masters.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Fitzpatrick] I was a fan of Poulter when I was younger.
He played a practice round with me when I was
an amateur at Millfield in 2013, so that was enjoyable for me.
He's one of the players that a lot of English players look up to.
[announcer] Fitzpatrick won his match yesterday.
Looking to go 2 & 0 in the first two days.
[announcer 2] Big match for him. You know he wants to beat Poulter.
[Poulter] Fitz is a stat geek.
He's tracked every single shot he's hit since the age of 15.
That is insanely impressive.
[announcer 3] Matt Fitzpatrick to win the hole on four.
[announcer] Oh, he knew it.
He's two up on Ian Poulter.
[announcer 2] He looks like a walking gender-reveal party
with the powder blue and pink.
[announcer laughs]
-Fore! -[caddie] Right!
Fore!
-Careful, it's slipperiest here. -Is that a trap down there?
[Poulter] I mean, seriously, how many f-- I mean, it's half plugged itself.
Unbelievable.
[announcer] Tough to count Poulter out.
[announcer 4] Just a consummate professional,
hates losing in match play.
[crowd] Ooh!
[announcer] Poulter, he's not out of it yet.
This is one of the guys that can really catch fire in match plays,
as we've all seen over years and years at the Ryder Cup.
[announcer 2] Ian Poulter looking for his first birdie of the day.
He's three down. Gotta turn something around,
or he could be eliminated today.
[announcer 4] Big putt here. He needs this to win the hole.
[crowd] Oh!
[announcer 4] Very solid for Fitzpatrick.
Fitz is four up with five to go.
[Poulter] Gift. Gift.
How many more fucking gifts
can you give…
in a round of golf?
[pensive music playing]
It's gotta be a little chip 4-iron.
-To get the run-up, know what I'm saying? -Yeah, I agree.
[Poulter] Go on, chase.
You dirty, rotten pig.
[announcer] Fitzpatrick has an eagle putt,
so Poulter needs to make something happen quickly.
[crowd] Oh!
[announcer] And that's it. Ian Poulter will lose his match to Matt Fitzpatrick.
-Cheers, Poults. Thank you, cheers. -Next time.
[applause]
[announcer 2] That'll be an irritating loss for Poulter.
He almost broke my hand there.
Yeah, I played solid today, on the whole. Managed to get it done, fortunately.
[Poulter] Fuck!
[ethereal music playing]
[Poulter] Just disappointing to have that opportunity slide by.
You want to make the Masters more than anything else.
And it's… it's tough. It's really tough when you don't make it,
'cause you want to be there. It's brutal.
[Fitzpatrick] I watched Poults, obviously, do his thing at Medinah in 2012.
You know, you say to me ten years ago,
"Oh, in ten years' time, you'll be playing against him, and you'll beat him."
I'll be like-- I just wouldn't believe you, to be honest.
There does come a point
in every person's career where they start thinking,
"Can I keep up with all these young guys coming through?"
[Poulter] I'm a winner. I want to deliver.
I don't just want to play golf.
I want to be able to make a difference when I play golf, which I believe I can.
I still feel my game's plenty good enough to be well inside the top 50.
[groans] Fucking hell, man.
[pensive music playing]
[Poulter] We are heading home.
England, home.
This is always my chair when I fly.
[Poulter] You know, I was expecting to go and have a good week, and I didn't.
Pretty much the story of the season.
And it's not great. It's not good enough.
I need to perform better
even though I'm getting old and gray.
Grayer.
Hang on.
You need to set up a cup. You need a little cup to putt into.
This is the 41,000-foot putt challenge.
-[Poulter] Go. -Oh!
-Go in! -[Poulter] Oh, so close!
[Luke] Go. Go.
[cheering]
[Poulter] Go!
[cheering]
[Joshua] Oh…
[cheering]
Nice drive, very nice drive!
No, I'm one and done. I'm out, done, no more.
[laughing]
[Joshua] Ee!
Hey!
-Finally! -[Poulter] Now we touch down.
Thank you so much. That was amazing.
[Joshua] It's freezing out here.
It's beautiful weather!
-No, it's not! -How good is that? Ah!
-[woman] It's not what you're used to? -It is nothing like it.
[Poulter] You got to square your shoulders more.
Bit more, square your shoulders.
Turn them in more. That's it. Right, now you're good.
Oh, that's going to be over.
[Poulter] Growing up at Stevenage, we as a family never had luxury items.
There were nights on a Friday night where my dad would play on a Saturday,
and we went to sleep in the car because it was all about being
the first one in the queue to get your tee time.
And I remember a number of times
following my dad and all of his mates play golf on this municipal golf course,
and he gave me… the want to succeed at a very early age.
Luke drove the car. He drove nicely. It's your turn next.
[Poulter] My whole life is about trying to work hard and provide.
-No crashing. -Until I crash some--
No crashing, and leave the curbs alone.
[Poulter] I'm sure LIV have offers out there to numerous people.
The fact of there being guaranteed money at play is obviously an attraction.
People ask all the time, "Don't you have enough already?"
But that's all relative.
I treat my golf as a job, and I want to, obviously, maximize
every bit of my potential over the coming years.
And, I mean, I'm 46 years old. I'm not getting any younger.
There's so many deciding factors in all of this. I love the Ryder Cup,
and if one day I get the opportunity to be Ryder Cup captain, I would love it.
If you do play for LIV,
would it be a factor in not being able to be a captain down the road?
It would be devastating if it was taken away.
That would be really disappointing.
Golf, now, is bit crazy at the minute, so time will tell on that part,
but he's doing what's best for our family.
So I'm here for whatever he wants to do.
First LIV event has become a big talking point in all sport
in general.
Huge controversy swirling around golfer Greg Norman,
who is defending the creation of this Saudi golf league
and brushing off the role of the country and the Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman,
allegedly played in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
When Greg Norman was asked about Jamal Khashoggi's murder, he replied,
"Look, we've all made mistakes, and you just want to learn from those mistakes
and how you can correct them."
Well, I don't know about you, John, but I've never made the mistake
of ordering the brutal murder and dismemberment of a journalist.
I don't think you've made that mistake. Brianna? No.
The view of the Washington Post, what we're seeing is,
"A government trying to use golf to cleanse its global reputation."
Or Amnesty International says, "It's yet one more event in a series
of sportswashing exercises that the Saudi authorities are using
to clean its blood-soaked image."
[Dethier] I'm not sure any of these guys fully understand
the ramifications of what they're signing up for.
If you sign on the dotted line, you don't necessarily know all you're getting into.
[Poulter] Packing is what we love.
What Joshua really loves doing in this room
is trying on every pair of old sunglasses that I've had.
-Josh. -Dad?
I like these ones.
[rock music playing]
Yeah, they were sweet.
What have I got myself into?
-You do realize you're gonna regret this? -[Joshua] Yeah.
Whatever street cred you had just disappeared.
-[Joshua] You know who would wear these? -Who would?
[Joshua] Um, Rickie Fowler.
[laughs]
Yeah, Rickie Fowler probably would wear them.
Ooh.
[Poulter] Oh yeah, dude.
[Poulter] We're going to Tulsa, Oklahoma for the PGA. It's hot. Super hot.
The PGA's always been an awesome tournament.
It's another major. It's a major where I feel,
you know, I've got an opportunity to play well.
So looking forward to it.
My golf this year hasn't been anywhere near as good as I've wanted it to be,
but yet, there are so many good signs that encourage me
to get the level of spark that I know is inside me to go and play great.
I'm trying not to be distracted by anything. No distractions are good.
It's gonna be tough. It's gonna be long. I'm gonna have to play some great golf.
[tense music playing]
[announcer] We are here at Southern Hills for the fifth time. PGA Championship.
[man] What's up? How are you?
Poults? Did you go to the race?
Yeah, I was there Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
-I was supposed to come down, but… -Couldn't be arsed?
No, Mama didn't want to go, so…
I wouldn't leave her. It was Mother's Day. So it's tough.
-That's also true. -Not my mum.
That's what everyone says!
-I sent my mum a card. -That's what everybody says.
[Dethier] LIV's London event at Centurion is a just a few weeks away,
but there's still so much up in the air. Who is actually going?
[Fitzpatrick] Must be talked about at the Bears all the time. Who's going?
Who's going to Saudi?
I think Poulter and Westwood are definitely going. I think Sergio is going.
PGA TOUR wanna ban 'em,
so it's going to be interesting to see whether they do or not.
Have you been approached at all by the LIV Tour,
and if so, what's your stance on that?
Yeah, I have. Um, I mean, I'll be straightforward with you guys.
I haven't necessarily make a decision one way or the other.
[Johnson] I think golf is in a good spot,
and I think what they're doing could potentially be good for the game of golf.
So, um, I'm excited to see what happens here in a few weeks.
-[reporter] "Excited" meaning? -I'll be watching. [laughs]
[cheering and applause]
[announcer] Now on the tee from England, Ian Poulter.
[announcer 2] Poulter looking to turn things around after some struggles.
-[man] Fore! -Right!
[announcer 2] Shots like this are not going to help him.
[Poulter] There's always that question of, are you losing your touch,
because you're not succeeding as much as you were in the first ten years on tour.
[Renner] One of the most savage things about being a professional golfer
is you have a full field that tees it up, a hundred and fifty-some players.
After the first 36 holes, if you're not in that top 65 and ties,
you have missed the cut, and you're going home.
[announcer 2] It's going to be close, but right now,
I don't think Poulter will make the cut.
Ugh!
Obviously, if you make the cut, you get paid.
If you don't make the cut, then you've traveled to a tournament,
but you're not getting paid.
[Poulter] I don't want to feel like my time's coming to an end
as a competitor.
Ugh!
I'm personally disappointed with my results.
I'm disappointed with my ability to handle distraction this year.
One of the most painful things that can happen is missing cuts.
It utterly infuriates you.
Oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy.
[Poulter] I mean, missing the cut by a shot is the worst scenario.
You'd rather miss by five and…
know you just haven't played good enough.
So missing by one shot, realizing that…
poor shot here or a poor chip or a short putt missed or…
anything like that…
um…
is just going to infuriate you even more.
Best plus about missing the cut is you go home to family.
You just don't want to miss a cut like this, like…
Your job is not to waste time,
be away from them for five days, and not cover your expenses.
It's like the ultimate worst feeling you can possibly have as a golfer.
It's like, it's just… It's the worst feeling.
[somber music playing]
You're there for five days, packing your bags and leaving without getting a check.
So working for free doesn't float my boat.
I'm not traveling to the U.S. Open
because I'm not in the top 60 of the world rankings.
I'm going to be here at home…
um… with my family.
And there is the first LIV event down the road.
Um…
[woman] Straight up, are you going to LIV?
[chuckles] "Straight up, are you going to LIV?"
Um…
It's a business decision.
It's an opportunity, so we'll see.
[indistinct chatter]
[hip-hop music playing]
♪ Walk inside the bank ♪
♪ All I want is cash ♪
♪ Jacksons and the Franks ♪
♪ Busting out the bags ♪
♪ No limit like the tank ♪
♪ For I ain't got to brag ♪
♪ You see that candy paint Every time I'm sliding down the ave ♪
♪ Big ol' bag of money ♪
♪ Big ol' bag of money Big ol' bag of money ♪
-♪ I need that big ol' bag of money ♪ -♪ Uh-huh… ♪
[Dethier] These numbers are kind of insane.
I mean, Ian Poulter over his 20-year career
has made about 33 million dollars.
And now, at the tail end of his career,
he's being offered millions and millions
for him just to show up.
[Poulter] I think I bring a personality.
I think I bring an individual who
has been super successful through his career.
I have a great social media following.
This is a platform for me to continue being the personality
that I've been for the last 24 years on tour.
I think it's generally unfair to ask too much of our athletes
when it comes to thinking about what goes on outside the lines.
But, in this case, you can't say that you don't know what you're doing.
[Chamblee] You made this decision to go help Saudi Arabia,
and here these atrocities are that you're helping hide.
[reporter] The journey you've been told about Saudi Arabia is on.
How is that journey helping the women oppressed in Saudi Arabia,
the migrant groups, their rights violated, LGBTQ individuals who are criminalized,
the families of the 81 men who were executed in March,
and those being bombed in Yemen?
[chuckling]
It's a really hard question to answer. We're just here to focus on the golf.
I don't condone human rights violations at all.
I… I don't think it-- Nobody here does. Um…
Any-- Throughout the world and…
I'm certainly aware
of what has happened with Jamal Khashoggi, and I think it's terrible.
I've also seen the good that the game of golf has done throughout history,
and I believe that LIV Golf is going to do a lot of good for the game as well.
[reporter] If Vladimir Putin had a tournament, would you play there?
That's speculation. I can't-- I'm not even gonna comment on speculation.
[reporter] Is there anywhere you wouldn't play on a moral basis?
If the money was right, anywhere you wouldn't play?
I don't need to answer that question.
It's so hard to just give a simple, quick explanation
on how all of this works its way out.
In the 25 years I've played on tour,
I've played European tour and I've played the PGA TOUR.
I've played on the Japanese tour. I've played on the Korean tour.
As an independent contractor,
I'm doing nothing different to what I've always done.
The hope in this is that we can all coexist.
[reporter] Jay, for the players who've made the leap
and will make the leap to LIV,
do you foresee any opportunity for them to come back,
or is that door closed on them forever for the tour?
Listen, I laid out, on June 9th,
you know, our position on the players that had signed up for that first event,
virtually all of whom made a long-term commitment
to play in that series.
And I think our position there is very well established
as it relates to any players that are going to play in future events.
[PoulterI I definitely shouldn't be forced to walk away from the PGA TOUR.
It's a shame.
It took a lot of consideration, through time, to get to this point.
[Chamblee] I think Ian Poulter, he's given up everything.
Not gonna be a Ryder Cup captain.
He's not gonna get the goodwill of the game of golf.
He's not gonna get the goodwill of the sponsors. It all goes away.
[Monahan] On the PGA TOUR, our members compete for the opportunity
to add their names to history books,
and, yes, significant financial benefits,
without having to wrestle with any sort of moral ambiguity.
This is the right decision for myself. It's the right decision for my family.
So deep down inside, I feel comfortable with my decision.
And that's what you have to guide yourself by.
I love competing. I love being a professional golfer.
That's been my dream since day one,
and I just want to continue playing great golf all over the world.
[applause]
[indistinct chatter]
[rock music playing]
-[man] Nice ball. -[announcer] Ball's in the air for Dahmen.
[Dahmen] It's not like I don't try and I don't practice,
but someone's gotta be
the seventieth-best golfer, might as well be me.
Are you miked up right now?
Yeah, basically.
[laughing]
Netflix, cut this.
[man 2] On one end, you have Jordan Spieth, who's like,
"I'm confident. I'm gonna win everything." And on the other end you have Joel,
who's like, "I suck. I'm not gonna be able to win this."
[announcer 2] This will be a great week in the latest chase for the U.S. Open.
[man 3] Joel's capable of being top 30 in the world.
[announcer 3] Joel Dahmen is just hitting it great.
[man 3] That being said, I don't know if Joel wants to be top 30 in the world.
[announcer 4] Oh no. Here we go. Oh!
-[announcer 5] Dahmen gonna get fined. -[announcer 4] Getting in on the act.
[upbeat music playing] gonna get fined. -[announcer 4] Getting in on the act.