G-Mac ‘excited’ to see McGinley leading Ireland team in Rio

Graeme McDowell says that Paul McGinley was a natural choice to be Ireland’s 2016 Olympic team leader and declared that it will be an added incentive for him to qualify for the team teeing up in Rio de Janeiro.

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy seems assured of leading the team, with McDowell, currently ranked 15th in the world, looking to partner the current four-time Major winner as Ireland’s two male representatives.

“After the job Paul did at the Ryder Cup he’s a natural, a natural choice to be Ireland’s captain at the 2016 Olympics,” said McDowell, who was competing at the Franklin Templeton Shootout in Naples, Florida.