LIV Golf’s inaugural season draws to a close with the Team Championship at Trump National Doral in Florida this week. The action begins with teams seeded 5 to 12 facing off to determine the four that will reach the semi-final and play the top seeds.
Ian Poulter captains Majesticks GC against Kevin Na’s Iron Heads GC – and the two men will play against each other in one of two singles matches. Both captains faced the media ahead of the tournament and it wasn’t long before Poulter took a cheeky dig at Na’s perceived slow play.
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It all started when Na commented on Lee Westwood’s age. The 49-year-old plays against Iron Heads GC’s Sihwan Kim in the other singles match and Na said: “Lee’s going to be on crutches, he’s getting old. He needs a cane out there. I think Sihwan’s going to have an extra cane in the back and just kind of hand it over to him on the first tee and start a little mind game.”
Things got a little tense when Kevin Na joked about Lee Westwood’s age ahead of their respective team’s matches. Should be a good one.Majesticks captain Ian Poulter took a couple jabs at him regarding his slow play. #LIVGolf pic.twitter.com/CzB0TXkXwyOctober 26, 2022
Poulter was quick to leap to the defence of his teammate, saying: “My old man’s been World No.1 too.” Talk then turned to the action, after which Poulter was asked if he would walk some putts in. He responded: “Listen, you’re talking about Kevin Na walking some putts in, right?” He then said: “I mean, listen, it could take him a while to walk a few in, it normally does.”
It’s possible that Poulter had touched a nerve at that moment, because Na has been called out on his perceived slow play in the past. Back in January, the American was involved in a Twitter spat with Grayson Murray. It began when Murray replied to a tweet from the Golf Channel’s Chantel McCabe. In the tweet, McCabe wrote: “Kevin Na walking in putts does not get old.” Murray’s barbed response was: “Kevin Na taking 3 minutes to putt them does get old.” Na fired back:…
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