Preparations are now underway for another Ryder Cup, with Team Europe having already named Luke Donald as their captain.
Donald has been selected by Team Europe for the third successive tournament, having guided the side to success in both 2023 and 2025.
He will once again take up the role for the 2027 Ryder Cup, which takes place at Adare Manor in Ireland next September.
It remains to be seen what course of action the powers that be take after the event, with Ian Poulter now discussing his chances of one day becoming the European Ryder Cup captain.
When asked on the Rough Cut Golf Podcast if he can see a future where he can take on the role, and if he would consider it, he said: “Right now, no.
“The way things are structured at the minute I don’t think there’s an opportunity. I hope that changes, I really do.
“My house is nothing bar Ryder Cup. It has meant the world to me through all the years. People will turn around and say why did you join LIV?
“Are you kidding me? I am not going to not join LIV, just for the sake of one tournament that happens every two years.
“I have a job to do and that is to provide for my family. I have done an amazing job of doing that for a long time and I have earned an obscene amount of money.
“People will say have you not earned enough? Well, it doesn’t work like that. Everybody, no matter who you are, in whatever walk of life.
“You don’t turn around and say I am okay earning X. We all want to earn more. Everyone is looking at another job. If someone offered you a job to work at Sky Sports and pay you £10 million a year would you go?
“So first and foremost I take care of the family, I take care of business and I want to come home because the people who really care about me are the people in these four walls. Family.
“Then I have to look outside of that and turn around and say, of course, I definitely left an opportunity on the table but I knew what that would be in the hope that one day the golfing landscape and the world of golf would be able to pull itself together.
“I don’t know of many businesses in the world that would turn a blind eye to an investment from the PIF, which are arguably the biggest investors in the world.
“In business, in sport, in everything. So to have them part of the ecosystem of golf is good – some people will say it’s been bad for the fans because it’s a split product.
“But in the bigger picture, like they have invested in to tennis and boxing, it has been better. They want to help sport and make things better for the fans eventually. So the turmoil is there.
“Yes, I have sacrificed being a Ryder Cup captain for now. Does that change? I hope so. Can I see it changing in the next couple of years? No. Luke is doing it again.
“He has a great rapport with the team and by Luke doing three, it is definitely stopping some of the players that were always earmarked to be Ryder Cup captains. It’s definitely stopping them.
“It’s what they want and I will always stand here today, and if I never have any more involvement with the Ryder Cup, I’ve had a good time!
“Amazing stories, amazing Ryder Cups. I was proud to put the shirt on, I have helped them grow their business and their brand.