Ryder Cup captaincy snub vexes Miguel Angel Jimenez

Miguel Angel Jimenez has expressed his disappointment at missing out on the Ryder Cup captaincy for 2016 and hinted his chance may have gone.

Darren Clarke was the unanimous choice of the five-man selection panel when they met at Wentworth on Wednesday, chosen ahead of Jimenez and Thomas Bjorn.

European Tour chief executive George O’Grady, who was on the panel, said Jimenez and Bjorn are viable candidates in the future, but Jimenez will be well outside the age profile for recent European captains by the time of the 2018 contest.