Olly: McGinley ideal captaincy choice

Medinah miracle worker Jose Maria Olazabal has heaped praise on his successor as Ryder Cup captain, Paul McGinley.

“Paul has been wonderful as a vice-captain in the last two Ryder Cup’s and he certainly deserves now to be a captain,” said Olazabal. “He knows very well the job in hand and I’m sure he will do a superb job. I have been impressed not only by the way he captained the GB & I Seve Trophy teams but impressed by how he handled his role at Medinah. So the European Ryder Cup captaincy is still in good hands with Paul.

And when asked what advice Olazabal would extend to McGinley, the Spaniard responded: “I don’t need to give him any advice as he’s been there and he’s done it all. But it is not going to be easy for him when it comes to playing golf as your mind is always somewhere else and all the things that go with the Ryder Cup. So it’s important for him to try and focus on just competing.”