Ian Poulter defeats Kevin Na at LIV Golf Miami then chirps: "F you, basically!"
Ian Poulter defeated Kevin Na in his singles match on the first day of the LIV Golf team championship in Miami at Trump National Doral.
Ian Poulter appeared in buoyant mood after he defeated Kevin Na in his singles match on day one of the LIV Golf $50m team championship in Miami.
Poulter was involved in a bit of a tense exchange with the American earlier in the week when they traded barbs at the pre-tournament press conference.
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It was the same press conference in which the Englishman appeared baffled at Rory McIlroy's comments about feeling a sense of betrayal from the Ryder Cup Europe stalwarts who have defected over to the breakaway tour.
Poulter eventually saw off 39-year-old Na 4&2 in their match to help the Majesticks GC advance to Saturday's semi-finals.
The teams are competing for a top prize of $16m at Trump National Doral.
This is the payout info:
WIN - $16m
2: $8m
3: $6m
4: $4m
5-8: $3m
9-12: $1m
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Poulter said:
The Englishman was asked which team he would like next. He added:
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Ian Poulter recaps his singles match after defeating Kevin Na 4&2:
"He drew first blood, and he walked it in. So I was like F you, basically, I'm going to make this really hard for him today."
#LIVGolf pic.twitter.com/VpOUOpZr22— LIV Golf Updates (@LIVGolfUpdates) October 28, 2022
The team championship is a little bit complicated, so this is how it works.
On Saturday, these will be the semi-final matches:
4 Aces GC vs. Cleeks GC
Crushers GC vs Stinger GC
Fireballs GC vs. Punch GC
Smash GC. vs. Majesticks GC
That's after these results:
Harold Varner III defeated Brooks Koepka 4&3
Peter Uihlien defeated James Piot 5&3
Jason Kokrak / Chase Koepka defeated Turk Pettit / Hudson Swafford 2&1
Lee Westwood defeated Sihwan Kim 4&3
Sam Horsfield / Henrik Stenson defeated Sadom Kaewkanjana / Phachara Khongwatmai 4&2
Joaquin Niemann defeated Shergo Al Kurdi 5&3
Laurie Canter defeated Jed Morgan 1UP
Graeme McDowell / Richard Bland defeated Scott Vincent / Adrian Otaegui 2UP
Cameron Smith defeated Phil Mickelson 1UP
Marc Leishman defeated Matt Wolff 4&2
Bernd Wiesberger / Cameron Tringale defeated Matt Jones / Wade Ormsby 3&2
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