Poulter's claim of shoulder-barging adds to post-Ryder rancour
Ian Poulter Ian Poulter has accused an unnamed US player of
shoulder-barging him during a Ryder Cup match. Photograph:
Andrew Redington/Getty Images   It is believed the culprit was
Anthony Kim, who led America's rout on Sunday with victory over
Sergio García. Kim and Poulter were caught on television
exchanging words after they collided during the Englishman's
Saturday fourballs match, a game Kim was following. Without
identifying the player, Europe's top points-scorer said: "He
hadn't played very well and decided to walk around in the
afternoon and make his point. As opposed to walking around me as
I was walking off the tee, he shoulder-barged through me. It was
pathetic. He should grow up. I said: 'That wasn't awfully nice.'
I said in the team room: 'Let's use their energy and turn that
in our favour.'"   "If you look at the crowds when we played in
Europe there was a silence when they missed a putt and there was
a clap when we won a hole," sa