Newly Ryder Cup pick Ian Poulter had a bad week at the PGA Tour stop in Boston. He needed to play another PGA Tour event to play the minimum events to keep his full-time card for next year. By playing in the PGA Tour event he was banking on being picked for the Ryder Cup team, because he had not accumulated enough points to be an automatic pick. The media let him have it, by insinuating that Captain Nick Faldo had already promised him he would be picked which made it easy for Poulter to play in the States. Poulter played poorly to miss the cut by five shots and then came out to say, “It’s been a very long week, and I think a lot of misspent energy has been taken up by obvious press — media, players, everybody. It’s just so mentally draining to be in this position, to listen, to read, to hear all the B.S. this week. I’m spent. I’m exhausted. I didn’t want to finish the last two tournaments like this.” Poulter has a long way to go before he challenges Tiger to be an elite player. If the media can get to him like this, he is in for a rude awakening if he plays poorly at the Ryder Cup. Professional golfers are an interesting group in that they feel disrespected if they don’t get attention for their good performances and complain when they get too much attention for their poor performances. Thick skin is needed to play any sport at the highest level. Media just wants to dig for stories, if the players get caught in it they will find their performances will suffer. Take care of the golf the other things are out of your control.