Pádraig Harrington doesn't want 2027 Ryder Cup captaincy on Irish soil

"It is a great honor and there’s plenty of deserving candidates and there will be plenty for 2027."

Rory McIlroy with Team Europe captain Padraig Harrington during the 2021 Ryder Cup. Picture: ©INPHO

Pádraig Harrington was officially inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on Monday night in its new home at Golf House Pinehurst in North Carolina. Last week in a Zoom call with Irish media, the three-time major winner reflected on all of his career accomplishments that got him to this point of recognition as one of the game’s all-time greats, and the 51-year-old Dubliner relishes the opportunity “to catch lightning in a bottle” again and keep adding to his championship ledger on the senior circuit.

One thing Harrington doesn’t feel he needs to do, however, is get another chance at trying to be a winning Ryder Cup captain. His team lost in 2021 to a powerhouse American team at Whistling Straits before the landscape changed dramatically with the launching of LIV Golf cleaving a huge rift with a generation of European Ryder Cup heroes.