Former European Ryder Cup star Ian Poulter let his feelings be known about how he views Americans who attend golf tournaments.
In doing so, he supplied the United States team with a little extra incentive for when they start competing for the Cup on Friday.
Poulter accused the American spectators of having "embarrassing stupidity". He said he wishes he could use a taser, once per hole, to silence the fans he deems to be unruly.
He also thought the video would only be broadcast in the United Kingdom, but it was put on the World Wide Web.
Poulter has no involvement in this Ryder Cup. He is not a player, a captain or a vice-captain. He still unleashed his feelings in a video that appeared on social media Wednesday morning.
He made an appearance on SPORTSBible's YouTube channel and played "Agree to Disagree" with 2025 Team Europe player Tyrrell Hatton.
“This is just a UK channel, right?", Poulter said. Hatton told him he "had gone to town."
When the question came up as to who has the better golf fans, Poulter went on a tirade about how stupid the American golf fan is.
“I don’t even know where to start. There’s no… I mean, f—-ing mashed potato and all that bulls— that you hear is madness. ‘In the hole! Get in the hole!’ It’s a 600-yard par-5, you f—ing idiot, ” Poulter said.
He then went on his rant about using a taser on the fans he did not approve of.
“I actually just wanna borrow the taser from the security guard. Just to let one go per hole would be amazing. Imagine that. You get one taser per hole. That’d be awesome. How good, right between the eyes. Have it,” Poulter joked.
It was readily apparent Poulter was trying his best to bring humor into the video, but if anyone were to read the transcript, it would not come off with a belly laugh. Hatton did not appear to be comfortable where Poulter was going with his shtick, but sat there and waited patiently until he was done speaking.
Poulter referred to the American golf fans and their "stupidness" and said the levels were like he experienced nowhere else in the world.
“It’s not heckling. It’s just complete and utter embarrassing stupidity,” Poulter said. “We don’t get that at the Open Championship. You don’t get it anywhere. Like, it’s only in America that the stupidness comes out. I mean, it’s just so annoying.”
Poulter went one step further. He said European fans were "very respectful." He said the American fans were annoying.
“It’s annoying. There’s no need for it, right? Our fans, when they come and watch golf, are very respectful. I’m not completely dissing the American fans because the atmosphere in American is amazing. I think the understanding of a good shot…”
Hatton then put in his own two words and put more gas on the Poulter fire.
“There are a number of times in the States when you can hit a 4-iron to 15 feet and that’s a great shot, but no one up at the green has clapped… and you’ve thought you missed the green,” Hatton said. “You get up there and you’re like ‘F— me it’s a tough crowd.'”