Daly targets Irish Ryder Cup debut

BUOYED by his 15th place in the British Open championship last week, John Daly is targeting a Ryder Cup debut in Ireland next year.

And the two-time major winner, who will compete this week at the Deutsche Bank tournament in Hamburg, believes the American team have learnt a huge amount from Europe's record-breaking victory at Oakland Hills in 2004.

US captain Hal Sutton was widely criticised for a number of high-profile mistakes in Detroit, most notably putting Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson together and seeing the world's second and fourth-ranked players suffer two defeats on the opening day.