COMMENT: European Tour makes the right decision on players’ favourite Darren Clarke

It did not need George O’Grady to tell us it is Darren Clarke’s time to captain Europe at the Ryder Cup, writes Simon Lewis.

However, the European Tour chief executive deserves the credit for being in a position to make that happen.

O’Grady chaired the five-man panel tasked with finding the man to pick up the mantle from three successive and successful European campaigns and continue the gold-medal-winning blend into a fourth victory in a row at Hazeltine in 19 months’ time.