PGA prez calls out 'Lil Girl' Poulter on Twitter

It’s been nearly a month since the final putt dropped at the Ryder Cup, but the hits keep coming.

PGA of America president Ted Bishop was instrumental in naming Tom Watson captain of the American squad, then led the charge to create a task force in the wake of a lopsided loss to the Europeans. Now Bishop has turned his attention on social media to a player who has haunted the U.S. in past Ryder Cups: Ian Poulter.

Poulter's autobiography, "No Limits," was published this week, and in an excerpt he called out Nick Faldo, saying players had "lost a lot of respect" for the Englishman because of his recent comments calling Sergio Garcia useless in the 2008 Ryder Cup, which Faldo captained. That happens to be the only time Europe has lost the matches this century.

“It makes me laugh. Faldo is talking about someone being useless at the 2008 Ryder Cup," Poulter wrote. "That’s the Ryder Cup where he was captain. That’s the Ryder Cup where the Europe team suffered a heavy defeat. And he was captain. So who’s useless?

“Faldo might need to have a little look in the mirror. I have always got on great with Faldo in the past and I have a great deal of respect for everything he has achieved but this feels like sour grapes. It feels like a guy who is still bitter that he lost in 2008."

Poulter's comments apparently didn't sit well with Bishop, who appeared with Faldo earlier this week on "Morning Drive" to promote Faldo's junior golf program:

Bishop also expanded on his thoughts in a post to his personal Facebook page, which â€" like the tweet â€" was deleted an hour or so after publishing:

"Used to be athletes who had lesser records or accomplishments in a sport never criticized the icons," Bishop wrote. "Tom Watson (8 majors and a 10-3-1 Ryder Cup record) and Nick Faldo (6 majors and all-time Ryder Cup points leader) get bashed by Ian James Poulter. Really? Sounds like a little school girl squealing during recess. C'MON MAN!"

Later Thursday, PGA Senior Director, Public Awareness & External Relations Julius Mason issued the following statement:

“Ted realized that his post was inappropriate and promptly removed it.”

A screenshot of the Facebook post is below:

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