Brentley Romine speaks with Luke Poulter to discuss his first hole-in-one, his recovery from a back injury, his rise to stardom, his thoughts on Cypress Point Club in Pebble Beach, California, his father, LIV Golf star Ian Poulter, and more. #GolfChannel #LukePoulter #WalkerCup
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Luke Poulter: First hole-in-one at Cypress Point was ‘really special’ | Golf Central | Golf Channel
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TALK AND I LOVE THE GAME OF NIALL SHIELS DONEGAN, TENACIOUS PLAYER AND A TOUGH OUT FOR THE U.S. TEAM. >> HE GREW UP IN CALIFORNIA AND HE JUST CALLS THIS A HOME WALKER CUP FOR THEM. WE WILL GET DEEPER INTO THESE TEAMS A LITTLE BIT LATER LET’S STICK WITH LUKE POULTER BECAUSE HIS FATHER IS A MATCH POINT LEGEND, HE HAS ALREADY GOT UP TO SOME PRETTY COOL BUSINESS JUST YESTERDAY, AT CYPRESS POINT CLUB . HOW ABOUT THIS FOR LUKE POULTER, EAGLE ON NUMBER ONE DURING THE PRACTICE ROUND AND MADE HIS FIRST EVER HOLE-IN- ONE ON NUMBER THREE. WE KNOW ABOUT IAN, LET’S FIND OUT ABOUT LUKE, COLLEGE RISING JUNIOR, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, 27 IN THE WORLD, 2025 GOLF WEEK 13 ALL-AMERICAN. EARLIER TODAY, LUKE CAUGHT UP WITH US. SPEAK YOU HAVE BEEN HERE FEW DAYS, YOU HAD A HOLE-IN-ONE YESTERDAY, EAGLE, — >> THAT WAS REALLY SPECIAL, WAS SAYING TO SOME OF THE BOYS, HOW COOL IT WOULD BE TO HAVE MY FIRST HOLE-IN-ONE AT CYPRESS AND TWO DAYS LATER, IT HAPPENS, THE FIRST HOLE, I DID IT. REALLY COOL, AND EXPERIENCE IS UNBELIEVABLE. WHEN I STEP ON HOLE 15, IT TAKES MY BREATH AWAY. >> SOME PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW BUT LAST YEAR YOU HAD A SERIOUS INJURY, MISSED SEVEN MONTHS, IF SOMEONE TOLD YOU, AT CYPRESS POINT, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE SAID? >> I WOULD NOT BELIEVE THEM , I DID NOT EVEN THE WALKER CUP WAS GOING ON IT HAS BEEN A NICE UPHILL CLIMB. I HAVE BEEN LOVING IT AND IT HAS BEEN GREAT. ONE OF THOSE THINGS I WOULD NOT HAVE BELIEVED. >> UPHILL CLIMB IS A LITTLE BIT MODEST. ON A ROCKETSHIP SINCE JANUARY. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THE FACT THAT YOU ARE PLAYING THE BEST GOLF OF YOUR LIFE AFTER THE INJURY? >> IT KIND OF JUST HAPPENED, NOT OUT OF NOWHERE, BUT I HAD NOT HIT A BALL IN SEVEN MONTHS. IT HAPPENED AFTER WINNING THE FIRST QUALIFIER. IT HAS BEEN GREAT SINCE THEN. THE TEAM BEHIND ME ALWAYS STAYING POSITIVE AND KNOWING I CAN DO IT. >> ON THE 12th HOLE, YOU HAVE PLAYED A LOT OF ROUNDS THIS WEEK ON THIS GOLF COURSE. WHERE DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE INTRICACIES OF THIS COURSE SET UP FOR THE GB&I TEAM? >> WE HAD A MAIN FOCUS ON SPIN CONTROL BECAUSE THE GREENS ARE SO SEVERE, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN FIRMING UP, TRYING TO GET THE SPIN CONTROL DOWN. PUTTING, YOU WILL BE LEFT WITH SOME TRICKY PUTTS. >> ARE YOU AWARE OF THE HISTORY, THE GB&I HAVE ONLY WON TWO WALKER CUPS ON U.S. SOIL. >> IS GOING TO BE AMAZING, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT A FEW TIMES AND WE KNOW WE HAVE ONLY WON TWICE, NOT CHIP ON OUR SHOULDER, BUT BIG SHOES TO FILL AND WE WILL TRY TO MAKE HISTORY. >> I KNOW HOW MUCH TWENTYSOMETHING-YEAR-OLDS LISTEN TO THEIR DADS BUT WHAT WAS YOUR DAD’S MESSAGE TO THE PLAYERS? >> MATCHPLAY TIPS, INSIDE OF HIM, AS THE STATS SHOW, STAYING POSITIVE, KNOWING WE CAN DO IT, BELIEVING IN OURSELVES. ALL THESE FANS WILL BE CHEERING FOR US, THEY STAY IN OUR LANE AND GET IT DONE. >> HAS YOUR DAD BEEN WORK SHOPPING NICKNAMES? >> NOT YET, I DON’T KNOW. >> THE PAPERBOY ? >> WE WILL SEE. >> WE WILL SEND IT BACK TO THE STUDIO. >> VERY NICE, JOINING THIS LIST OF GREAT PLAYERS THAT HAVE PLAYED IN THE WALKER CUP , BOBBY JONES, REPRESENTING THE UNITED STATES IN A WALKER CUP FIVE TIMES, PLAYING CAPTAIN IN 1928 AND 1930. 18 TYPE MAJOR CHAMPION, JACK NICKLAUS , PLAYED IN TWO WALKER CUP , 1961 AND ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS EVER ASSEMBLED, JACK WAS 4-0-0 IN HIS WALKER CUP CAREER AND TIGER WOODS WITH THE 1995, IN WALES, HE SUFFERED FROM FOOD POISONING THAT FORCED HIM TO MISS PRACTICE DAYS BUT HE WON TWO POINTS FOR THE LOSING USA TEAM. RORY PLAYED FOR TEAM GB&I IN — HIS FINAL EVENT AS AN AMATEUR. HE CAME AWAY WITH A 1-2-1 RECORD, THE SUNDAY VICTORY. USA WON 12.5-11.5, 2017, WORLDS NUMBER ONE NOW SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER PART OF A STACK U.S. TEAM, WILL ZALATORIS, CALABAR, — THEY WON 19-7 OVER GB&I . YOU CAN SEE THE KIND OF TALENT AND LEGENDARY PLAYERS COMPETED IN THE WALKER CUP . THIS YEAR, A SPRINKLE OF A SPECIAL FIELD TO THIS WEEK. HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK APPEARING IN THE WALKER CUP MEANS TO THESE PLAYERS ? >> IT MEANS EVERYTHING . WHEN I WAS PLAYING THROUGH COLLEGE I WAS NEVER ELITE ENOUGH TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE TEAM BUT MY FRIENDS WERE. I CAN’T TELL YOU HOW HONORED THEY WERE WHEN THEY REPRESENTED THEIR COUNTRY IN MATCHPLAY. EITHER SIDE OF THE POND, DOES NOT MATTER. NOW, IT IS A LOT DIFFERENT NOW WITH THE GB&I TEAM , LOVE THE PLAYERS PLAY GOLF COLLEGIALLY IN THE UNITED STATES WITH THE INFLUX OF INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS PLAYING COLLEGIALLY. THESE PLAYERS SEE EACH OTHER MORE OFTEN THAN THEY HAVE IN THE PAST. IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU ARE USED TO THE PLAYING STYLES OF THE OTHER PLAYERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE COLLEGE PLAYERS ARE DOING NOW AT THE NEXT LEVEL. HOW WELL JACKSON KOIVUN HAS PLAYED IN THE TOUR THAT HE HAS GOTTEN IN. THESE YOUNG MEN ARE TAKING THEIR OPPORTUNITY AND MAKING THE MOST OF IT, NOT ONLY COLLEGIALLY BUT IN THE WALKER CUP . MAKING BIG SPLASHES ALREADY ON THE PGA TOUR LEVEL. IT IS GREAT TO SEE, NO QUESTION, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LIST OF WALKER CUP PARTICIPANTS , AND YOU JUST SHOWED A LOT OF GREAT CHAMPIONS THROUGH THE YEARS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED, THESE ARE GOING TO BE THE PLAYERS WE WILL BE WATCHING ON THE PGA TOUR IN THREE OUT OF FOUR, FIVE YEARS, BUT THE WAY THEIR SPEEDING THINGS UP, THE COLLEGE PLAYERS COULD BE WINNING THIS NEXT YEAR ON THE PGA TOUR, OR EVEN THIS FALL, LIKE JACKSON KOIVUN OR EVEN MASON HOWELL. HE HAS NOT PLAYED A LOT OF TOUR EVENTS THAT HE IS A RED-HOT PLAYER. AND YOU THROW IN THE VENUE, CYPRESS POINT CLUB, A VENERABLE VENUE AND I LOVE HOW THESE HOLES COMING DOWN, WITH THE FAMOUS 15,
