Poulter suffers knee injury 'hopping up two steps'

He admitted he was not sure he would be able to compete in Korea, but said walking was more painful than playing.

"Bizarrely I have no sensation throughout the golf swing that there's anything wrong with it," added the Englishman. "I sense it when I'm walking downhill, steep downhills. I'm going to have to strengthen that leg, but it's not affecting my golf in any way.

"I just have to be reminding myself that I can't go and play padel, tennis or do anything stupid or hop up steps like I did a couple of weeks ago.

"Walking in straight lines and being super sensible is not something I'm used to doing. I feel good, the body feels good. We'll deal with that at some stage."

Poulter has yet to taste victory at an individual LIV Golf event since joining in 2022, but has 17 professional wins, including three on the PGA Tour.

He is not the first golfer to suffer a freak injury.

World number one Scottie Scheffler missed the first two weeks of the 2025 PGA Tour season after undergoing surgery on a hand injury he sustained while cooking Christmas dinner, which left him with a puncture wound to the palm of his right hand from a broken glass.

Rory McIlroy also had to miss the 2015 Open after he ruptured ankle ligaments while playing five-a-side football with his friends.