Ian Poulter will not play in this week's Johnnie Walker Championship, which leaves him needing a wildcard spot to make the Ryder Cup.The automatic selections are the top five players from a list based on the world rankings, plus the next five best players to feature on a European Tour-based points list. Poulter is currently eighth on the European world rankings and 11th in the overall European standings.
Instead of taking his place at Gleneagles though, the 32-year-old will play instead on the USPGA Tour at the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston - hoping to qualify for the final two FedEx Cup play-off events, the BMW Championship and The Tour Championship.
Poulter admitted: "I have called (captain) Nick Faldo and told him of my decision and hope that my performance so far will earn one of his two wildcard picks.
"It has been an extremely difficult decision to take given my burning desire to represent Europe again in defending the Ryder Cup in the United States.
"But the fact that Boston this week is my only opportunity to qualify for the final two play-off events, as well as being my final opportunity to play my 15 events on the US PGA Tour, conflicts with my ambition to play Gleneagles and earn my spot in the Team."
