McGinley gets down to business

New Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has wasted little time embracing the European team’s leadership role heading into next year’s Gleneagles encounter.

Less than a day after receiving the unanimous vote of the Tournament Players Committee the delighted Dubliner only scratched the surface in terms of the issues he will have to address in the coming 20 months.

One is the fact the 2014 Johnnie Walker Championship will be suspended for one season to allow preparations of the Ryder Cup host venue and thus ruling out the Scottish event as the final automatic European qualifying event.