McGinley still mining that old magic

PAUL McGINLEY may not be the most talented golfer here at Oakland Hills this week but I doubt if there’s a more committed member of either side.

Having battled so gamely to get here in the first place, he is now throwing himself body and soul into the European cause and was quite magnificent in his fourball match in which he and Luke Donald, the young English rookie, tied with Chris Riley and Stewart Cink.

Indeed, they might well have completed a European whitewash only that Riley, the rookie with the golden putting touch, nudged home a seven footer to match Donald’s par on the 18th green.