McGinley keeps quiet over R&A criticisms

PAUL MCGINLEY is staying tight lipped despite much criticism of the R&A ahead of today's 36-hole British Open Final Qualifier at the Sunningdale course in England.

McGinley along with fellow Irish golfers, Gary Murphy and Michael Hoey, will be among 120-players vying for one of the 15 spots available into Royal Troon.

But the staging of the 36-hole qualifier in between the French Open and Thursday's starting Smurfit European Open has not delighted all involved.