Golf: Poulter earns Ryder Cup wildcard

Ian Poulter and Nicolas Colsaerts have received the two wildcard picks as captain Jose Maria Olazabal completed his 2012 European Ryder Cup side. England’s Poulter, 36, will be winning his fourth cap, while Belgian Colsaerts, 29, will make his debut in Medinah, Chicago according to BBC. Colsaerts was on the Challenge Tour – Europe’s second tier event – in 2009. “I am living proof if you want something badly, put the work in and have passion, it can happen,” said Colsaerts. The players who made the team are Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Graeme McDowell, Paul Lawrie, Francesco Molinari, Luke Donald, Lee Westwood, Sergio Garcia, Peter Hanson and Martin Kaymer.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 28^th, 2012.