Euros are undervalued, claims McGinley

EUROPEAN captain Bernhard Langer was very happy to use the world rankings in installing the US as favourites in the build-up to the Ryder Cup.

His American counterpart Hal Sutton tried all he could to counter what he saw as a piece of cunning propaganda by his opposite number, but the figures spoke for themselves and he had to give way.

However, when it was all over, Sutton revisited the issue and made some fairly scathing comments about the ranking system, pointing not only to the decisive nature of the European victory but to the few American successes on their own circuit and further afield this year. And now that the dust has settled on Oakland Hills, the Europeans are making similar noises with Paul McGinley, one of their most articulate members, pressing the point forcibly at Mount Juliet over the weekend.