GAINESVILLE — UF golfer Luke Poulter has match play in his DNA and the British Isles in his blood.

The combination earned him a spot in this weekend’s 50th Walker Cup , amateur golf’s ultimate team competition.

Poulter grew up in Lake Nona, the son of Ryder Cup stalwart Ian Poulter of England — where Luke was born, lived until he was 4 and visits every summer. The 21-year-old showed up this week at the storied Cypress Point Club with his accent fully intact, his golf game trending and his mind set to help the Great Britain-Ireland side shock a stacked U.S. squad.

“That’s how it should be. It’ll feel normal,” he recently told the Orlando Sentinel. “Home, I would technically class is here, but my heart’s in England.”

Luke Poulter has developed a game that travels during the

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