Padraig Harrington admits being a vice-captain in this year’s Ryder Cup will tell him if he his cut out to lead a European team himself in the future.

European captain Paul McGinley has named Padraig Harrington, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Jose Maria Olazabal as his final vice-captains for the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles later this month.

Pádraig Harrington hopes a share of fifth at his season-opening Volvo Champions in Durban is a sign of things to come in 2014.

Paul McGinley has vowed not to cash in on his stint as Ryder Cup captain by writing a book detailing what goes on behind the scenes at Gleneagles.

Paul McGinley will resist any move at this week’s Players Committee meeting in Portugal to make it compulsory for the likes of Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell to compete in the Seve Trophy.

Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano has received a late call-up to Continental Europe's team for this week's Seve Trophy after Peter Hanson pulled out with a back injury.

Shane Lowry secured his best finish in nearly a year but two crowd distractions over the closing holes in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews cost him victory.

Jose Maria Olazabal and Sam Torrance will lead the respective teams in the Seve Trophy in France this October.

It’s 14 years since a European donned one of Augusta National’s famous green jackets and was proclaimed Masters champion.

Double winning Ryder Cup star Peter Hanson believes Europe could be an even stronger force under Paul McGinley than compared to victorious former captains Colin Montgomerie and Jose Maria Olazabal.

Darren Clarke has thrown his hat into the ring to captain the European team in the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles.

Graeme McDowell didn’t downplay how much this sensational Ryder Cup victory means to Europe — “It will be beers and tears tonight.”

The man who secured the winning point in the last Ryder Cup was today aiming to claim the first in defence of the trophy, alongside “the greatest player on the planet”.

Every time a European player reaches for a club this weekend at Medinah, it’s almost as if Seve Ballesteros were still looking on.

United States captain Davis Love expects this week's Ryder Cup contest at Medinah to be a friendly one - and stresses it is certainly not a war.

European Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal last night underlined just how highly he values his Irish stars by claiming Rory McIlroy was almost as good as Tiger Woods in his circa 2000 pomp and Graeme McDowell was one of his main men at Medinah this week.

United States captain Davis Love III cannot wait for the action to start after completing his line-up for this month’s Ryder Cup.

Europe captain Jose Maria Olazabal was right to ignore triple major winner Pádraig Harrington’s claims for a wildcard pick and his 12-man team is just about perfect, said former skipper Bernard Gallacher yesterday.

Nicolas Colsaerts comes from a rich sporting family but the first Belgian to compete in the Ryder Cup revealed he spent Sunday night nervously indulging in a ‘local sport’ before confirmation of his inclusion in the European team.

Miguel Angel Jimenez is to become Europe’s fourth assistant captain at next month’s Ryder Cup.

It is a telephone call that has been described as “evil” and it could be Pádraig Harrington on the receiving end later this week.

Des Smyth believes Pádraig Harrington can consider himself ‘unlucky’ if not afforded a ‘wildcard’ pick for next month’s Ryder Cup at Medinah.

European captain Jose Maria Olazabal has named Thomas Bjorn, Darren Clarke and Paul McGinley as three of his four vice-captains for the Ryder Cup.

Four years after being snubbed by then European captain Nick Faldo, Darren Clarke will return next week to Gleneagles taking the first steps to the 2014 Ryder Cup captaincy.

Scotland’s Peter Whiteford shot a six-under-par 66 to share the first-round lead with Spaniard Alejandro Canizares at the Avantha Masters in New Delhi.

If there is one headline Graeme McDowell dearly wants to see in print this year it’s ‘G Mac wins a secondMajor’.

JOSE MARIA OLAZABAL is backing Sergio Garcia to be part of his Ryder Cup team next September on the course where he became a world star.

Rory McIlroy and Martin Kaymer began the year battling with each other and that was how it was again today as Ryder Cup qualifying started in Switzerland.

Paul McGinley has a chance to further his claims to the Ryder Cup captaincy in 2014 after being put in charge of the Great Britain and Ireland team again for the Vivendi Seve Trophy in Paris on September 15-18.

The condition of golfing legend Seve Ballesteros, one of the most popular sportsmen ever, has taken a serious turn for the worse.

TRIPLE Major-winning Pádraig Harrington has led a chorus of praise following the appointment of Jose Maria Olazabal as the 2012 European Ryder Cup captain.

Jose Maria Olazabal insists he would love to captain Europe in the 2012 Ryder Cup, health permitting.

Colin Montgomerie wants Jose Maria Olazabal to succeed him as European Ryder Cup captain - and Olazabal wants to do it.

Not for the first time at the Ryder Cup Colin Montgomerie has expressed surprise at a decision by his opposite number Corey Pavin.

Colin Montgomerie and Darren Clarke both believe Jose Maria Olazabal will still become Ryder Cup captain – probably for the 2012 match in Chicago.

Darren Clarke was today unveiled as the 'third man' to help Europe try to win back the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor in Wales on October 1-3.

Miguel Angel Jimenez made hay once the rain stopped at the Alstom French Open in Paris today, starting the delayed third round with a hat-trick of birdies.

European golf’s man of the moment Pablo Martin extended his lead in the South Africa Open to three shots over the opening five holes of his third round at Pearl Valley today.

Rory McIlroy will make his debut for Ireland and Sergio Garcia will represent Spain for only the fourth time when golf’s World Cup takes place in China in November.

Europe can count themselves one up before they start next year’s Ryder Cup – if they select Colin Montgomerie as their captain at Celtic Manor.

JOSE MARIA OLAZABAL has put himself forward as a candidate for the Ryder Cup captaincy next year, even though all the signs now point to him having to wait until 2012 and Colin Montgomerie taking charge at Celtic Manor.

Jose Maria Olazabal has put himself forward as a candidate for the Ryder Cup captaincy next year, even though all the signs now point to him having to wait until 2012 and Colin Montgomerie taking charge at Celtic Manor.

DARREN CLARKE refused to criticise Nick Faldo’s brand of leadership after Europe surrendered the Ryder Cup at Valhalla, but does not believe he will get a second chance in the job.

Darren Clarke refused to criticise Nick Faldo’s brand of leadership after Europe surrendered the Ryder Cup at Valhalla, but does not believe he will get a second chance in the job.