Ian Poulter makes decision on LIV Golf future with clear transfer plan

Ian Poulter is one of three captains of the Majesticks alongside Lee Westwood and Henrik Stenson, and the all-European team have decided what their future will look like

Ian Poulter has revealed he and his Majesticks colleagues have already started looking at their potential future LIV Golf replacements.

Poulter is one of LIV's original stars, having competed in every event on the breakaway circuit since its formation at Centurion Club back in June 2022. In that time the Englishman has co-captained the Majesticks, working alongside his former European Ryder Cup teammates, Lee Westwood and Henrik Stenson.

There is no doubt Poulter, Westwood and Stenson are all closer to the end of their careers than the start, but heading into 2025 their roster remains unchanged, with Sam Horsfield once again making up the squad.

Poulter is more than aware however that one day he will need to step aside, and it appears his franchise already have a plan in place to bring through new blood into the team. Asked about the possibility of one day stepping aside as a player, the Englishman told Sports Illustrated: "At some stage it's inevitable.

"It will naturally happen, I think. We're trying personally for it not to happen as quick as some might want. But, you know, we've earmarked within the world golf system a platform to kind of work out who would be a good fit within our team, who would be an A ranked player, B ranked player, C, D and E.

"And really try and look at what options could be available to us and at what time they would be available to us. So, behind-the-scenes that work is already being done." At the end of every LIV season, the breakaway league's transfer window opens, allowing teams to alter their rosters."

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The Majesticks will do no business this time around, but are more than ready to delve into the market as early as this time next year. "It's not for public knowledge of who sits on the A, B, C, D and E list but internally we have been thinking about it," the European stalwart added.

"The team have been thinking about it and again James [Dunkley] and Ollie [Banks] are doing what they need to do to be able to, you know, keep that in mind with how things are going to progress over the next 12, 24 [and] 36 months." Poulter's 2024 season came to end in September, where the Majesticks finished ninth in the Team Championship.

Individually, the former PGA Tour player's campaign came to an end a week earlier at LIV , having finished 37th in the season-long standings, directly behind Westwood and Stenson. Poulter ended his campaign with his best performance of the year, ending the event in fifth, finishing five shots behind champion, Jon Rahm.