Don’t call me Captain Perfect

Paul McGinley flees from the idea that he was the perfect captain or that he has turned the Ryder Cup into a poisoned chalice for his successor.

Whoever gets the nod early next year — Miguel Angel Jimenez and Darren Clarke appear to be the clear front-runners for the job at Hazeltine in 2016 — it will be impossible foreither of them to replicate theMcGinley formula.

That’s not because they can’t come up with inspirational graphics for the team rooms or call on motivational speakers such as Alex Ferguson, or find five great vice-captains. Or count on Rory McIlroy.