Ian Poulter calls out Brandel Chamblee on Twitter following THE PLAYERS Championship

Ian Poulter called out Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee following some remarks made following THE PLAYERS Championship.

Ian Poulter, don’t change. Ever.

Following the final round of THE PLAYERS Championship on Sunday evening, in which Poulter finished tied for second with Louis Oosthuizen at 7-under, three shots behind winner Si Woo Kim, Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee, who never has a problem speaking his mind, said that the Englishman “clearly did not play to win” and things just got fun from there.

Chamblee really doesn’t have an issue with getting into it with anyone, as evidenced by past beefs with Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, but I suppose he just doesn’t want to deal with Ian Poulter from this point on. Following the telecast, Chamblee’s statement was tweeted out by his colleague Ryan Lavner and Poulter, who took home a cool $924,000 for his T-2 finish, took little time with his response. Take a look.

And the gloves are off. Only it looks like Brandel doesn’t want to fight. Poulter tweeted this gem out a short time later.

Hilarious. The thing here is that both sides make a valid point. Brandel Chamblee, who isn’t paid to suck up to players, merely stated what many people at home were probably thinking. Poulter, who played brilliantly in the early part of his round to get himself into real contention, hit some very poor to average shots coming in, including a horrible wedge on the par-5 16th and a way-too-safe shot at the 17th, aiming at the middle of the green with the pin tucked in its usual Sunday spot on the right-hand side. A mediocre tee shot on the 18th left him a little more than 200 yards away from the green and he shanked his second shot but pulled off a miraculous shot after a drop that nearly gave him a walk-off par, which would have given him a solo second as opposed to a tie. But things happened the way they did and he still took home a nice paycheck and jumped 78 spots in the FedExCup standings.

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The point that Ian Poulter was trying to make is that Brandel Chamblee was never as good as him and he’s absolutely right. In 18 years as a professional (he lost his card in 2003), Chamblee racked up four victories but three of those weren’t on the PGA TOUR. His lone win on tour came at the 1998 Vancouver Open and his other three were, in order, the 1986 TPA Tucson Open, the Ben Hogan New England Classic on the Nationwide (now Web.com) Tour in 1990 and the 1994 Abierto International Open in Chile. And just something really quick on that last one. Abierto means “open” in Spanish, correct? So was this the Open International Open? Just something to ponder. But hey, that’s four more pro wins than I have though, isn’t it?

On the flip side, however, Poulter’s professional resumé has 16 wins on it. He’s won two World Golf Championship events, which counts on both the PGA and European Tours, won 10 more times on the European Tour, won the Dunlop Phoenix in Japan, the Barclays Singapore Open and Hong Kong Open on the Asian Tour and the JBWere Masters on the PGA Tour of Australasia. And that’s not even bringing into consideration all of his heroics in the Ryder Cup over the years and the fact that he was once ranked fifth in the world and currently still resides in the top 100 in the latest Official World Golf Ranking. So yeah, I think Ian Poulter has got very little problem comparing his career to that of Brandel Chamblee. And again, Ian, don’t ever change.

At the end of the day, this is a ridiculous story but it’s a fun one nonetheless. Which side are you taking here?

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