Ian Poulter shares the impact of Hurricane Milton as a golfer's Florida home plunges into chaos | Golf

British golfer Ian Poulter was effectively under siege at his Florida home as Hurricane Milton unleashed its fury on the region.

The hurricane prompted a mass evacuation among residents, including several Floridians who fled into the night on Wednesday in search of refuge.

Although it initially appeared as a threatening Category 5 threat, Hurricane Milton decreased in strength to a Category 3 and ultimately a much less threatening Category 1 as it approached the Florida coast.

However, its force was still felt and it threw more than three million families into total darkness, while ravaging homes with strong winds and torrential rain.

From his vantage point at Lake Nona’s prestigious Golf and Country Club, LIV Golf superstar Poulter provided his Instagram audience with a glimpse into his personal ordeal.

The 48-year-old from Hertfordshire documented saturated fairways and greens as flood waters bypassed his property.

Poulter was able to share a photo of the confines of her home, also showing the harrowing sight of water coming in through her front door. He wrote: “No. 1 leak of the night. (It would) be a great result if this is all we have.”

Poulter’s dog Geno seemed thankfully unaffected by Storm Milton, as the golfer also shared a light-hearted post: “Dogs don’t really care about Milton.”

He also thanked his generator, writing: “(We’re) very lucky to have the generator, we lost power a little while ago. But Geno is fully up and running.

“Now this thing is a game changer. I’m loving you, Generac. It doesn’t get used to much, but when you need it, it’s good.”

After his controversial move to LIV Golf last year and stepping away from the DP World Tour to avoid penalties, Poulter still harbors ambitions of captaining Europe at the Ryder Cup. P

outter, along with others, faces the prospect of losing due to a lack of selection points.

With Jon Rahm defending his LIV Golf champion status after a crushing victory in his debut season, he is against time to secure qualification, having returned to European competition as soon as the breakaway tour ended.

Rory McIlroy has hinted that Poulter diminishing his role on the DP World Tour could severely impact his chances of captaining or playing in the Ryder Cup.

“I just think with the current state of everything, you need someone to be around and show their face as much as they can,” McIlroy said. “Right now, honestly, it can’t be them because they’re somewhere else.”