Ian Poulter wanted to fight Phil Mickelson before 2025 Ryder Cup - McDowell
LIV Golf's Graeme McDowell has revealed Ian Poulter was desperate to be the Ryder Cup captain in 2025 with Phil Mickelson the skipper of the U.S. side.
LIV Golf League player Graeme McDowell revealed Ian Poulter joked he wanted to get into a fight with Phil Mickelson in New York as a preamble to the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black.
McDowell recently went on the 5 Clubs podcast where he spoke to host Gary Williams about the topics you would rightly expect to be broached.
Chief of which was his Ryder Cup future - if there is one - and his decision to join the LIV Golf League.
McDowell said the idea of captaining the side in 2027 at Adare Manor brings a tear to his eye and he would be "incredibly disappointed" if he never gets the chance to lead Ryder Cup Europe by the time he's old and grey.
Bethpage Black will host the Ryder Cup for the very first time in two years. It was widely expected that Mickelson would be in charge of the U.S. at some point.
Who knows what will happen now. But Mickelson going up against Poulter would surely make for some great entertainment.
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Mickelson - who has dropped an enormous amount of weight before returning to LIV with his Hy Flyers - has said he's "at peace" with the idea of never being involved in the Ryder Cup again.
McDowell told the pod:
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"Kept me awake at night"
McDowell said he believed it wasn't a guarantee he would be a captain anyway. At least not if he was up against Westwood.
He said:
What about joining LIV, G-Mac?
McDowell said his LIV choice was "a complex equation".
He said:
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