Poulter trying to stay positive

Ian Poulter says his career is far from over despite losing his playing status on the PGA Tour yesterday after a poor showing at the Texas Open. The 41-year-old Englishman was in the 10th and final event of a major medical exemption due to foot arthritis that sidelined him most of last season, needing a top-35 effort to win the $30,624 he needed to sustain playing rights. But after an opening 75, Poulter fired a 71 to stand on two-over 146, two strokes beyond the projected cut line and certain of his fate once second-round play ended. “Questions have been coming thick and fast and I think it has been slightly over-dramatised,” Poulter said. “It doesn't mean to say the clubs are going to go away and you're never going to see me again.” Poulter has not won since 2012.