Wild Poulter decision could haunt Faldo

THE first time Nick Faldo was handed a wild card into the Ryder Cup, he lost his opening match, did not play again until the singles — and lost that as well.

It did not matter because Europe still triumphed for the first time in 28 years.

But if the side he is now in charge of lose later this month for the first time since 1999, and Ian Poulter does not earn a point, Faldo can expect to be hammered. Rightly hammered for getting it wrong.