Pádraig Harrington: Donald's Europe will take Rome by storm

'I think people underestimated Luke all his life, and he knows that, too. You don't get to World No 1, you don't do what he has done in the game of golf without being hard-nosed underneath. Just because he's quiet, people don't understand'

HOME COMFORTS: Pádraig Harrington on the practice range at The K Club in Kildare. 

Pádraig Harrington has likened Luke Donald’s Ryder Cup team to the European sides that turned the tide against the US in the 1980s.

Three of the world’s top five – Rory McIlroy (2nd), Jon Rahm (3rd) and newly-crowned FedEx champion Viktor Hovland (4th) – feature in Donald’s team in Rome next month, while Matt Fitzpatrick (9th), Tyrrell Hatton (13th) and Tommy Fleetwood (14th) are in the top 15.