Jason Duffner Calls For More Player Input Into USA Ryder Cup Captaincy Selection
American Ryder Cup star, Jason Duffner has called for more player input into the selection of the USA Ryder captain.
Duffner has got a first hand glimpse of the role of the European Tour players into choosing a new European Team captain having played nine holes alongside new 2014 European Team captain, Paul McGinley in a practice round on Tuesday.
Duffner is on a first visit to the Middle East and will also contest next week’s Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in Doha.
“It would be nice ...
Paul McGinley Singles Out Gaelic Football Team Sport As Pivotal In Ryder Cup Selection.
Paul McGinley has proudly singled out an early career of Gaelic football as pivotal in his selection as the first-ever Irish-born European Ryder Cup captain.
McGinley won a unanimous committee vote last night in Abu Dhabi despite the rather selfish late nomination of former captain, Colin Montgomerie .
The 46-year old Dubliner will lead Europe in two years time at Gleneagles hardly having known defeat in team golf in his 22-years in the professional ranks.
McGinley will lead Europe into battle against ...
Paul McGinley Named 2014 European Ryder Cup Captain
Paul McGinley has been named 2014 European Ryder Cup Captain here tonight in Abu Dhabi.
The Players Committee meeting to name a replacement lasted just over two hours before the Tour announced the decision.
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Paul Lawrie Hopeful Of Stars & Stripes Opposition In His Gleneagles Title Defence.
Scotland’s Paul Lawrie may find himself defending his Johnnie Walker Championship title at Gleneagles later this year with a number of his Medinah Ryder Cup rivals in the field.
As good friend and colleague, Martin Dempster correctly writes in The Scotsman this year’s event in Perthshire is the last chance for players to get a taste of the PGA Centenary Course ahead of the match, as it was recently announced that the tournament is not being held in 2014 due to the logistics of the Ryder ...
McIlroy Heads Possible Players Revolt Backing McGinley In Glenegles Captaincy Showdown
World No. 1 Rory McIlroy could lead a general players revolt should fellow Irishman Paul McGinley not be appointed 2014 European Team captain.
The Players Committee will convene at 7.30pm UAE time tonight in the St. Regis (TUE) Hotel at Saadiyat Beach to vote on a replacement for Spain’s Jose Maria Olazabal.
McGinley and Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie are the only two known candidates given Darren Clarke has officially advised committee chairman, Thomas Bjorn he will not be contesting the Gleneagles ...
McIlroy Hands McGinley Ringing Ryder Cup Captaincy Endorsement
World No. 1 Rory McIlroy delivered fellow Irishman Paul McGinley a ringing 2014 Ryder Cup captaincy endorsement ahead of tonight’s (TUES) Gleneagles vote.
The Tournament Players Committee will meet in St Regis Hotel at Saadiyat Beach in Abu Dhabi to decide a successor to Jose Maria Olazabal and with McGinley now favourite to become the first-ever Irish born captain in the 85-year history of the Ryder Cup.
With Darren Clarke seemingly out of the vote McGinley’s only other rival is Colin Montgomerie ...
Rory McIlroy Signs For Nike But It’s Not About The Money Declares World No. 1
Rory McIlroy’s official unveiling with sports giant Nike took on an Academy Award presentation proportions with the World No.1 denying his reputed $200m deal is about the money.
Nearly two dozen TV cameras and some 200 invited guests and media waited impatiently for confirmation of golf’s worst-kept secret.
With Abu Dhabi’s 80-dome Grand Mosque lit up in the distance McIlroy finally stepped onto a platform leading from the edge of one of the many Arabian Gulf fed waterways in the UAE capital ...
