"Hopefully, I can get them off to a reasonable start" - Ian Poulter on three generations of the family playing at the LIV Golf Orlando Pro-Am event

LIV Golf's next event at Orange County Club Orlando is going to be very special for Ian Poulter as three generations of the Poulter family will be playing together in the Pro-Am portion of the event.

Poulter was asked about this during a pre-event press conference at LIV Golf Orlando. The 47-year-old said:

"Obviously, I live in town. My dad flew in a couple of days ago, and Luke(Poulter's son) drove down from Gainesville. It was nice of them to give us the opportunity to have three generations playing in the Pro-Am. Hopefully, I can get them off to a reasonable start, and Brandon Grace around the back nine can enjoy the Poulter family as a whole."

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In addition to Poulter, the Majestick GC has two more captains, Henrik Stenson and Lee Westwood. LIV Golf's captains are stakeholders in their respective teams as the Saudi-backed league intends to turn the teams into individual brands.

When asked if they were enjoying the business side of the Saudi-backed league, Stenson said:

"Well, I mean it's obviously interesting, but then you got some challenges. I mean that's obviously part of it. I feel fortunate to have these guys by my side. We're in Majestics, or in a different position, we're three captains and we can balance a lot of ideas and share knowledge."

Stenson stated that they have a strong team around them that is trying to improve the side. He added that they want to make sure the team is the best in the business department, but ultimately their main goal is to play good golf:

"We haven't had the best start to the season for our team, so we've got some work to do. All three of us are equally or more focused on getting the birdie pots to drop, rather than the business side of things as we stand here now. It's one part of it, and I'm happy to have these guys by my side."

Tee times and group for LIV Golf Orlando Day 1

LIV Golf uses a shotgun start for its events, which means that all golfers will start at the same time on different tees. This week's event will begin at 1:15 p.m. EST at Orange Country Club.

Here are the groups for Round 1 on Friday (March 31):

1- Bubba Watson, Sergio Garcia, Patrick Reed
2- Charl Schwartzel, Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson
3- Danny Lee, Brooks Koepka, Ian Poulter
4- Bryson DeChambeau, Joaquin Niemann, Cameron Smith
6- Louis Oosthuizen, Harold Varner III, Paul Casey
7- Charles Howell III, Marc Leishman, Carlos Ortiz
8- Branden Grace, Jason Kokrak, Talor Gooch
9- Cameron Tringale, Thomas Pieters, Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra
10- Mito Pereira, Graeme McDowell, Pat Perez
11- Andy Ogletree, David Puig, Bernd Wiesberger
12- Dean Burmester, Laurie Canter, James Piot
14- Matt Jones, Kevin Nah, Sebastian Munoz
15- Richard Bland, Jediah Morgan, Scott Vincent
16- Sihwan Kim, Sam Horsfield, Chase Koepka
17- Henrik Stenson, Peter Uihlein, Brendan Steele
18- Abraham Ancer, Lee Westwood, Matthew Wolff