Golf-Open-Poulter almost gets escorted off on arrival
TURNBERRY, Scotland, July 14 (Reuters) - Warm welcomes are normally par for the course for players at the British Open but 2008 runner-up Ian Poulter suffered an unusual bout of heckling on his arrival.
"I turned up Sunday night, had a little look on the 18th green and security guards came out (saying), 'what are you doing?, get off," the smiling Briton told reporters at a rain-lashed Turnberry on Tuesday.
"It's okay, I'm playing (I replied). That was my first look and I nearly got escorted off."
The flamboyantly-dressed Poulter, one of the most recognisable players in golf, says he has been working on his game at home as he bids to go one better by lifting the Claret Jug on Sunday.
"I've spent a little bit more time back at the house working on the visuals of the golf course, the tee shots, which way the wind is going to be blowing, what clubs I need to hit," said the world number 18.
YARDAGE BOX
"It's all in my yardage book. Yardage books nowadays have photographs on them of the actual tee box so it's got (details of) carries and obviously you can work out the wind direction." Continued...
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