2022 British Open: WATCH: Ian Poulter nearly hits tee shot out of bounds on first hole at St. Andrews

In the end, it was a par at the first hole for Ian Poulter. But it was an adventure from the start.

Poulter, who plays in the LIV Golf series, received a smattering of boos after his introduction on the opening hole of the 150^th Open Championship.

He then nearly hit his tee shot out of bounds.

The first and 18^th holes parallel each other on the Old Course, creating a 129-yard-wide fairway. Poulter snap-hooked an iron off the first tee and the low runner stopped just shot of the gates bordering the 18^th hole.

Poulter hit the green with his approach shot and two-putted for par, walking off with a 4 and avoiding a comparison to Ian Baker-Finch, who infamously drove his tee shot O.B. in the 1995 Open Championship.