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The golf world’s thoughts and prayers are with Ian Poulter as he bravely soldiers on, even going on an early final-round tear at the PGA Championship, despite the turbulence of having to deal with the woes and anguish of the rich and famous.
Poulter, the multi-millionaire hero of the 2012 European Ryder Cup who tweets about his stable of expensive sports cars, deluxe threads, and other aspects of the cushy 1% life he leads, sparked a Twitter storm earlier this week by whining about an airline bumping his kids’ nanny from business class on their flight back to England.
Booked 6 business seats for my wife & nanny to fly home & @British_Airways downgrade my nanny so katie has no help for 10 hours with 4 kids.
— Ian Poulter (@IanJamesPoulter) August 8, 2014
Surprising perhaps only to the nattily attired Brit, whose career earnings are just shy of $34 million, Poulter’s complaints met with absolutely no sympathy from those on Twitter, who cleverly bashed the golfer for being a tad out of touch with his 1.7 million followers.
@IanJamesPoulter @British_Airways Thoughts with you at this dark time Ian
— Mark Douglas (@MsiDouglas) August 8, 2014
@IanJamesPoulter That news is just terrible Ian. I hope those 4 kids don't suffer too much like those in Gaza. How awful for the family.
— the brigadier (@thebrigadier1) August 8, 2014
@IanJamesPoulter @British_Airways Well done for distancing yourself from approximately 98.3% of the population, Ian
— Dan! Dan! Dan!...DAN (@DanPeroni) August 8, 2014
@IanJamesPoulter @British_Airways #PrayForPoulter
— Christian Cerisola (@ChristianCeriso) August 8, 2014
Even with the weight of the free world on his narrow shoulders, Poulter bravely kept it together well enough to make it to the weekend and went on a birdie-birdie-birdie barrage on holes three through five of his finale round. At 4-under for the week, Poulter was still way back of his Ryder Cup mate and 54-hole PGA leader Rory McIlroy (13-under) but kudos to him for playing through the emotional pain.