McGinley welcomes selection dilemmas

European captain Paul McGinley intends to sit down with PGA champion Rory McIlroy to discuss how much of a Ryder Cup target he will represent to the United States when the teams clash at Gleneagles next month.

McIlroy’s epic sweep of The Open, WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and Sunday’s PGA Championship at Valhalla has seen Ireland’s world number one golfer take down the game’s best, including in-form American stars Rickie Fowler and Phil Mickelson.

Tom Watson’s team will clearly be gunning for McIlroy in Scotland next month as they bid to win the Ryder Cup for the first time since 2008 and prevent a hat-trick of European victories in the matches.