McGinley: New focus fires McIlroy to new level

European Ryder Cup skipper Paul McGinley singled out Rory McIlroy’s loyalty and single mindedness as key to his incredible dominance this season.

The Dubliner, who will be looking to McIlroy to lead Europe to a hat-trick of Ryder Cup victories at Gleneagles next month, insists that even he learned new things about the world No 1 having watched him win three massive events in a row.

“You don’t see it when you speak to him one on one,” McGinley said of the new, ultra-focussed McIlroy. “But when you watch him play on TV, you see the focus, you see his eyes, you see how he hones in on a shot that he knows is important and that he can pull it off. I have learned a lot watching him the last two weeks.