Paul McGinley Ryder Cup

Fully Established · 15-01-2013 6:49pm #1

Paul McGinley just announced as Ryder Cup Captain.

bigtimecharlie · 15-01-2013 6:55pm

Fully Established wrote: »

Paul McGinley just announced as Ryder Cup Captain.

That's the best result.

Why change a winning formula.

Rikand · 15-01-2013 6:55pm

Fully Established wrote: »

Paul McGinley just announced as Ryder Cup Captain.

feckin delighted. Well deserved!

Fanny Biscuit · 15-01-2013 7:00pm

Great news and fully deserved. Popular decision with everyone no doubt.

kenkin · 15-01-2013 7:13pm

Delighted for him

peasncarrots · 15-01-2013 7:17pm

well done to Paul well deserved saw an interview on Setanta and his passion for the Ryder Cup was obvious and was the players choice as well

kyleman · 15-01-2013 7:22pm

Fair play to Darren for stepping aside, delighted for Paul.

slave1 · 15-01-2013 7:22pm

Excellent decision (if he wins

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Aidric · 15-01-2013 7:49pm

Watson and McGinley both gentlemen and will make good captains. McGinley was the clear players choice and the selection committee couldn't ignore that.

mosstin · 15-01-2013 7:52pm

Good guy.
Good speaker.
Great experience.
Monty pissed off.

What more could you ask for?

Axel Lamp · 15-01-2013 7:57pm

Great news

Lobby Con Shine · 15-01-2013 8:00pm

What was Monty playing at?

ForeRight · 15-01-2013 8:07pm

Monty just got the news.Chins up Monty.....

Dayor Knight · 15-01-2013 8:42pm

Great news for Paul. He was very impressive at the news conference - joyful, and full of conviction and enthusiasm. it was the only right outcome.

And fair play to Rory for the very definite and clear-cut endorsement. Saw him on CNN this morning - no equivocating - went up a long way in my estimation (not that he was down too far!)

Was the whole Monty business just to raise some hype around the selection....? It would have been a travesty.

Now can look forward to it with even more excitement! Only another 20 months or so!

rockonollie · 15-01-2013 9:23pm

http://www.rte.ie/sport/golf/ryder-cup/2013/0115/362900-irelands-mcginley-named-as-ryder-cup-captain/

Great news for anyone with irish golf at heart

stockdam · 15-01-2013 9:28pm

Nice to see somebody new getting the nod.

I don't see the need for the Monty bashing though.

TRS30 · 15-01-2013 9:29pm

Delighted for him, comes across as a top guy and his interview was very sincere.

RikkFlair · 15-01-2013 9:38pm

Came across really well at the Press conference. I wonder who those sources were close to Monty who thought he had the job in the bag....a bit of last minute hype and drama manufactured behind the scenes at Sky?

Interesting to hear the 4 other names discussed at the meeting according to Thomas Bjorn....Monty, Clarke, Jimenez and Paul Lawrie.

Edit: My mistake Clarke wasn't on the list, Sandy Lyle was

FixdePitchmark · 15-01-2013 11:25pm

A top bloke - surprised Monty did not have his ear to the ground a bit better than it transpired - has come out of this real bad. Too much too late.

It is also nice that Paul has won it in a contest too. It looks like Daren got a tip off that Paul had it.

Made up, nice guy with a bit more to him than just golf.

Leslie91 · 16-01-2013 10:51am

Great news. Delighted for Paul and his family, what an honour. Very fitting that he should get the job, win, lose or draw Europe has the best captain at their disposal right now.

StephenHendry · 16-01-2013 11:09am

Dayor Knight wrote: »

Great news for Paul. He was very impressive at the news conference - joyful, and full of conviction and enthusiasm. it was the only right outcome.

And fair play to Rory for the very definite and clear-cut endorsement. Saw him on CNN this morning - no equivocating - went up a long way in my estimation (not that he was down too far!)

Was the whole Monty business just to raise some hype around the selection....? It would have been a travesty.

Now can look forward to it with even more excitement! Only another 20 months or so!

i think the monty business was due to some people in the ET wanting a 'big name' if you like up against watson when in reality you need to have a captain in pauls case where they will be happy to play for him and has their respect as well, paul earned it with being VC in the RC in 2010 and 2012. it would be a serious misjudgement for the selection committee to ignore the players wishes

Beaulieu · 16-01-2013 1:18pm

Delighted for McGinty but I would love to hear the real story about the apparant "dark forces" at work against Paul.
Big D saying that Europe needed a "big name" against Tom Watson did nothing to help Paul's chances and I would love to know what he was thinking.. Lee Westwood has been very quiet on the whole affair also

death1234567 · 16-01-2013 2:35pm

stockdam wrote: »

I don't see the need for the Monty bashing though.

I do. Arrogant w****r. Delighted he didn't get it. The Ryder cup captaincy should only be done once as its an honour and there are plenty of good candidates who would love to do it, on both sides of the pond.

BigChap1759 · 16-01-2013 2:54pm

death1234567 wrote: »

I do. Arrogant w****r. Delighted he didn't get it. The Ryder cup captaincy should only be done once as its an honour and there are plenty of good candidates who would love to do it, on both sides of the pond.

Great reasoning :rolleyes:

vienne86 · 16-01-2013 4:30pm

stockdam wrote: »

Nice to see somebody new getting the nod.

I don't see the need for the Monty bashing though.

Because he had said several times that he would never do it again!

BigChap1759 · 16-01-2013 4:41pm

vienne86 wrote: »

Because he had said several times that he would never do it again!

"Man in mind change shocker...."

The lure of captaining the Ryder Cup in his home country must have been a huge lure and who knows what went on behind the scenes to influence his decision to run. I don't think it merits the castigation on some of the above posts.

ronjo · 16-01-2013 5:06pm

Am I right in saying that a Welshman was captain in Ireland, A Scotsman in Wales and now an Irishman in Scotland! :-)

SaveOurLyric · 11-12-2014 6:39pm

Cor blimey, but has Paul really developed a taste for non-job jobs ?

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/honoured-paul-mcginley-is-irish-golf-team-leader-for-rio-olympics-1.2034149

Looking forward to seeing how many vice-team-leaders he tries to get in on the junket with him.

slave1 · 11-12-2014 7:24pm

I think he's overstating when he said we've a good chance of a women's medal

Leslie91 · 12-12-2014 9:51am

slave1 wrote: »

I think he's overstating when he said we've a good chance of a women's medal

Assume he is referring to Ms Meadow who is a super young player.

vienne86 · 12-12-2014 10:06am

Nice job all right. But who else could you give that job to?

SaveOurLyric · 12-12-2014 1:16pm

Its not a job, is the point. You dont give it to anybody. Its a total nonesense.
Rory cant turn up to play a 4 round competition if he doesnt have Paul to lead him ?!?! Its the blazer mentality in 'amateur' sports organisations where there is a culture of how many hangers-on can you squeeze into a given jolly.

Paul McGinley Ryder Cup

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