Golfer Attacked On Twitter

As a professional golfer, he has earned prize money totalling £9.4million.

And yesterday, Ian Poulter was accused of being 'out of touch with reality' after complaining that his wife was forced to look after their children without a nanny.

Poulter took to Twitter to complain, writing: 'Booked 6 business seats for my wife & nanny to fly home and British Airways downgrade my nanny so katie has no help for 10 hours with 4 kids.'

He then added: 'Amazing how British Airways have downgraded a full fare ticket when you buy 6 seats together in 1 booking. Just doesn't seem right.' 

Perhaps unsurprisingly, many of Poulter's 1.7million followers failed to sympathise with his situation.

One tweeter, Joe Walker, wrote: 'Some single mums aren't lucky enough to have a nanny. Or fly business class.'

And one posted: 'Well done for distancing yourself from approximately 98.3% of the population.'

Poulter, whose profile picture is of his sportscar collection parked outside his multi-million-pound home in Orlando, Florida, was quick to defend his tweets.

He posted: 'I don't understand what the problem is. I work as hard as everyone else to provide for my family. So I can share my opinion. #Thank you.'

But tweeter Michael Richardson replied: 'You play golf... where [does] "working hard" come into it?'

Poulter also defended his and his wife's decision to hire a nanny, deeming his wife a 'brilliant' mother.

He tweeted: 'Actually, my wife is a real mum, we have the luxury of having some help, as it's difficult to travel with 4 on your own. Lots do it without.'