Paul McGinley Just As Prepared Also To Confront Captaincy Rejection.
While Paul McGinley clearly won the 2014 Gleneagles vote for his behind the scenes team expertise he revealed he was prepared also should he not be appointed the new European captain.
Less than a day after receiving the unanimous vote of the Tournament Players Committee the delighted Dubliner listed a golf bag full of issues he will have to address in the coming 20 months.
One is the fact the 2014 Johnnie Walker Championship will be suspended for one season to allow for preparation of the Ryder Cup ...
Rose Looking To Better His ‘Barnes Wallis’ Effort in Abu Dhabi In 1999.
It is amazing to look back on the career of the current World No. 5 Justin Rose.
The extremely popular Rose, who is in Abu Dhabi accompanied by his mother, is making his first appearance in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in the UAE capital.
Rose will tee up in the first event on the Tour’s Middle East Desert Swing looking to build on a superb 2012 season.
The Orlando-based Rose was last in the UAE when the brilliance of World No. 1 Rory McIlroy denied him the season-ending DP World ...
Rory McIlroy Blasted Off The Court By Tim Henman.
The world’s current ranked World No. 1 ranked golfer was certainly no match for former British No. 1 tennis star Tim Henman.
The duo were guests tonight at a Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship coctail party held in the ballroom of the stunning St. Regis Hotel at Saadiyat Island in the UAE capital.
Strangely, the night before the room had been turned into a conference room and was the venue where Ireland’s Paul McGinley was officially confirmed as Europe’s 2014 Ryder Cup captain.
McIlroy ...
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 ...
