Ian Poulter braced for worst as LIV Golf star shares Hurricane Milton reality

Ahead of Wednesday night, Hurricane Milton was expected to beryllium 1 of the astir destructive hurricanes successful Florida's history, with the Sunshine State present braced for the worst.

Golf ace Ian Poulter was holed up successful his Florida residence arsenic locals braced for the wrath of Hurricane Milton, forecasted to deed the portion and origin immense damage.

Tagged initially arsenic a ferocious Category 5 storm, Hurricane Milton caused an exodus on the highways connected Wednesday night. Many Floridians were forced to evacuate their homes for information owed to the oncoming weather.

As hours ticked by, Milton was knocked down to a Category 3 and yet a overmuch weaker Category 1. Still, it packed capable punch to plunge implicit 3 cardinal homes into acheronian and origin a country that resembled upwind apocalypse connected tracking systems, arsenic the hurricane astir crumbled upon nearing Florida's coasts.

LIV Golf prima Poulter gave his Instagram followers a look astatine the concern helium saw from his home, which is nestled adjacent Lake Nona's Golf and Country Club with a plush 18-hole title course. The Brit shared snaps of the flooded greens and waterlogged fairways, showing the deluge lapping astatine his doorstep.

Despite the threat, Poulter managed to station a representation from wrong the information of his home, capturing an unwelcome h2o leak breaching his door, and wrote, "Leak No. 1 of the night. [Would] beryllium a immense effect if this is each we have," reflecting anticipation amidst the havoc.

Poulter's dog, Geno, seemed to beryllium the astir relaxed subordinate of the household, sleeping connected his proprietor into the aboriginal hours of the greeting connected the East Coast. "Dogs truly aren't bothered astatine each astir Milton. [We are] truthful fortunate to person the generator, we mislaid powerfulness lone a abbreviated clip ago. But Geno is afloat up and running," Poulter quipped.

Come morning, Poulter was singing praises for his generator. Sharing a clip connected Instagram, helium penned: "Now this happening is simply a crippled changer. I'm loving you Generac. Doesn't get utilized overmuch astatine each but erstwhile you request her she's good."

On the greens, contempt jumping vessel to LIV Golf past twelvemonth and stepping down from the DP World Tour to dodge fines, Poulter inactive harbours dreams of starring Europe successful a aboriginal Ryder Cup. However, Poulter, among others, could hazard missing retired connected information owed to not racking up capable points for selection.

Jon Rahm, presently holding the champion rubric astatine LIV Golf aft clinching the triumph successful his debut season, is successful a contention against the timepiece to suffice having returned to European contention station the breakaway tour's wrap-up. Rory McIlroy suggests that Poulter's determination to measurement down from the DP World Tour has importantly dented his chances of either captaining oregon competing successful the Ryder Cup.

"I conscionable deliberation with the existent authorities of wherever everything is, you request idiosyncratic that's astir and showing their look arsenic overmuch arsenic they can," McIlroy said. "Right now, that honestly conscionable can't beryllium them due to the fact that they are elsewhere."