LIV star requires knee surgery after hopping up | Golf News

Ian Poulter has confirmed he’ll require knee surgery following an unlucky injury sustained during the LIV Golf event in Virginia earlier this month.

Poulter, 50, has yet to declare victory at an particular person LIV event and completed tied for 18th in Virginia. He is back in motion in Korea this week, though he had feared the freak injury he sustained at his last outing would possibly stop him from competing.

Poulter disclosed that the injury just isn’t affecting his golf sport, a fact borne out by his four-under first spherical rating of 66 in Korea. He adopted that efficiency with a 72 on Friday, with Talor Gooch at present sitting atop the leaderboard.

“Bizarrely I have no sensation throughout the golf swing that there’s anything wrong with it,” the Englishman added. “I sense it when I’m walking downhill, steep downhills. I’m going to have to strengthen that leg, but it’s not affecting my golf.

“I just have to be reminding myself that I can not go and play padel, tennis or do something silly or hop up steps like I did a couple of weeks in the past.

“Walking in straight lines and being super sensible is not something I’m used to doing. I feel good, the body feels good. We’ll deal with that at some stage.” Stars like Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler have skilled uncommon accidents in the past away from the course. Masters winner McIlroy sat out the Open Championship in 2015 after damaging his ankle while taking part in soccer with buddies.

Poulter’s injury arrives during uncertainty surrounding the future of LIV Golf as executives search for new investment following the pullback of funds from the Saudi Public Investment Fund.

It has been revealed that LIV is making an attempt to secure $250 million from buyers to maintain the tour’s operations past 2026. The league is reportedly pursuing investment companions among “private equity, family offices, and individual billionaires.”

Players such as Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm might still rejoin the PGA Tour but that would not appear to be a risk for Poulter, who has severed his ties.