Ian Poulter has denied rumours he missed the Johnnie Walker Championship because Nick Faldo already offered him a Ryder Cup wildcard.But the flamboyantly-styled Englishmen has denied suggestions from rivals that he has been told by Faldo that he is in for the Valhalla event next month.
"I know for a fact that I haven't been given the nod," Poulter said.
"I'm disgusted that people, players, media would think that Nick Faldo would be that unprofessional."
Poulter is now up against the likes of Colin Montgomerie, Darren Clarke and Paul Casey for one of the captain's two wildcard picks on Sunday.
Instead of trying to qualify automatically in Scotland, Poulter will compete at the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston, which starts on Friday, hoping to secure entry to the final two FedEx Cup play-off events on the stateside PGA Tour.
Though he admits he has spoken to Faldo, Poulter insists their conversations were not about being assured a place on the team.
"It's pathetic that people can even think that's the case," he said.
"Nick's a professional, he's been a professional the last 30 years of his career and he's not going to start changing now.
"I told him basically that my decision is to stay here and play and I got the best answer I could have possibly got off a captain (which was) 'you've got to do what's right for you'.
"That's the most respectful thing I could have possibly wanted to hear from a captain."
