GMac keen on World Cup

Graeme McDowell (pictured) insists the debate over which country to represent at the Olympics will not stop him from playing in the World Cup.

McDowell and fellow Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy have represented Ireland in the last two stagings of the biennial event, which this year is reportedly set to be staged at Royal Melbourne in November. McIlroy, in particular, has come under pressure to decide whether to represent Great Britain or Ireland when golf returns to the Olympics in 2016, with the possibility being raised that an IOC rule will take the decision out of his hands.

“I think it’s Rule 41 but I still have a choice. They can’t take it away from me,” McIlroy said last week.