Garcia: Poor English may hurt Jimenez

Darren Clarke’s quest to become the new European Ryder Cup captain has been given a surprise boost with Spain’s Sergio Garcia believing compatriot Miguel Angel Jimenez’s poor English will rule him out of captaincy contention.

The 2016 European team captaincy at Hazeltine now seems a clear-cut choice between Clarke and Jimenez, the Tour’s oldest champion.

However Garcia, a veteran of seven Ryder Cups along with being a vice-captain in 2010, believes the five-man committee to choose a successor to Paul McGinley may rule out Jimenez given his poor grasp of English.