Beem 'bummed out' after 行方不明の out on Hong Kong place
Former major 勝利者 Rich Beem 認める Wednesday he was "bummed out" at 行方不明の the chance to play in the Hong Kong Open after he gave his place to Ian Poulter, 許すing the Englishman to keep alive his Ryder Cup hopes.
The unusual last-minute request for Beem, who now plays part time, to 減少（する） out of the event was made after Poulter was suddenly 押し進めるd out of the world 最高の，を越す 50 and saw his European 小旅行する 会員の地位 put in jeopardy.
Poulter dropped to number 51 after Andy Sullivan and Emiliano Grillo both won tournaments last week, meaning he was ineligible for the WGC-HSBC 支持する／優勝者s event in Shanghai in 中国 and would have fallen one short of competing in the necessary 13 events to 保持する his European 小旅行する 会員の地位.
Rich Beem of the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs, pic tured on August 14, 2015, gave his place in the Hong Kong Open to Ian Poulter ?Andrew Redington (Getty/AFP/とじ込み／提出する)
Any player wishing to play for Europe in the Ryder Cup must 保持する European 小旅行する 会員の地位 and so European 小旅行する 公式の／役人s asked Beem to step aside.
"Am I bummed out I'm not playing this week? 絶対. I （機の）カム over to play and compete on this ゴルフ course and I really enjoy it," he told AFP.
"But 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の circumstances （機の）カム up and I'd like to believe I did what any other professional would do in 類似の circumstances."
However, にもかかわらず 行方不明の out on playing in Hong Kong, he 主張するd it was not a "hard 決定／判定勝ち（する）" to stand aside for Poulter.
Beem, the 2002 PGA 選手権 勝利者, will now concentrate on 報告（する）／憶測ing for Sky Sports on the tournament and said he wished Poulter 井戸／弁護士席.
"If he goes out and cranks up four 勝利，勝つs in four weeks he better send me a nice Christmas gift!" the American joked.
"The only true favour I ask is he 行方不明になるs a few putts in the Ryder Cup. But here, I hope he goes out and plays 井戸／弁護士席."
Poulter played a 重要な 役割 in Europe's come-from-behind 2012 Ryder Cup 勝利 at Medinah and is renowned as a 熱烈な 関係者 in the biennial tournament.
He has not ended the year out of the 最高の，を越す 50 since 2005.
Beem 追加するd the last-minute （死）刑の執行猶予（をする） may help 動機づける Poulter, whose world 最高位の has 悪化するd 劇的な over the year.
"いつかs it takes something out of the blue to change your 見通し. You can't take anything for 認めるd -- this game never gives you anything," he said.
"I've never heard of a 状況／情勢 like this even remotely happening, and I've seen a lot of different things in this game."
Beem, 45, who 主張するd he would have been 競争の激しい against younger 競争相手s over the four days, tipped fellow American Patrick Reed, 現在／一般に 階級d 20 in the world, to 勝利 at the Hong Kong Open.
"He's got all the 道具s to go around a ゴルフ course like this and 勝利，勝つ," Beem said.
