When Paul McGinley bounded triumphantly on to the stage, having been unveiled as Europe's new Ryder Cup captain on Tuesday night, you half expected to hear a thud and then see the backdrop of the platform tremble like a wonky set in Crossroads as the spurned Colin Montgomerie unleashed a brassed-off boot into the set.
When Paul McGinley bounded triumphantly on to the stage, having been unveiled as Europe's new Ryder Cup captain on Tuesday night, you half expected to hear a thud and then see the backdrop of the platform tremble like a wonky set in Crossroads as the spurned Colin Montgomerie unleashed a brassed-off boot into the set.
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He's had his thunderous, moody moments down the years, of course, but he's not that bad. On the contrary, the former European skipper was full of praise for "the best man for the job".
As it turned out, Monty's "dream" of reprising the captain's role he performed at Celtic Manor in 2010 was, well, a pipe dream. Instead of swearing in a Scot on Scottish soil for 2014, this week's committee meeting in Abu Dhabi ended in a resounding cry of Irish Ayes as Dubliner McGinley was thrust into office.
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