Captain Paul's praise for Sam.Byline: Dale Rankin PAUL McGINLEY Paul McGinley (born December 16, 1966) is an Irish golfer who plays on the European Tour. He is most famous for holing the winning putt for the European team in the 2002 Ryder Cup. He currently resides in Sunningdale, England. McGinley was born in Dublin. led Britain and Ireland to Vivendi Trophy glory then praised Scots star Sam Torrance Sam Torrance (born 24 August 1953) is a Scottish golfer who was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid 1970s to the late 1990s and was the winning non-playing captain of the European Ryder Cup team in 2002. for teaching him how to be a captain. The Irishman was the star of the show in his first attempt at captaincy as Continental Europe were crushed 161/2-111/2 in Paris. And McGinley is now hot favourite to lead Europe when the Ryder Cup comes to Scotland in 2014. But the 42-year-old, who played under Torrance in the Ryder Cup win at The Belfry belfry Bell tower, either freestanding or attached to another structure. More particularly it refers to the room, usually at the top of such a tower, where the bells and their supporting timberwork are hung. in 2002, admits Big Sam is the man who showed him how to be a successful skipper. McGinley said: "I've just done what I believe in and what I've learned over the years. "To be honest, most of the stuff I'm doing in captaincy I'm doing from Sam." McGinley's Great Britain and Ireland Great Britain and Ireland are the two largest islands in the British Isles. A former state, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, was composed of the political union of the two. team actually lost the singles 6-4 yesterday but already had such a big lead that the final day was a formality. Needing only two points from the 10 singles, Rory McIlroy edged his side to the brink of their fifth win in a row by beating Sweden's Henrik Stenson on the final green. And when fellow Ulsterman Graeme McDowell followed that up with a 3&2 victory over Robert Karlsson, McGinley's side had won with the rest of the matches still out on the course. It was just as well the necessary points were gained early though as some of Thomas Bjorn's men finally burst into life. Most impressive of all was Denmark's Anders Hansen who was an incredible 10-under for the 12 holes it took him to demolish Nick Dougherty by a 7&6 margin - the biggest in the event's history. England's Chris Wood had the chance to become the first player to win all his five games and might have done it had he not settled for a half by conceding Swede swede: see turnip. Peter Hanson a six-footer on the last green of the last game. But, almost inevitably, McIlroy was the centre of attention again with his four wins out of five contribution over the four days, the same as McDowell. McIlroy, round in a six-under 65, said: "I'd be lying if I said my hands weren't a little shaky over the five footer on the last. It's been a great week and I'm desperate to make the Ryder Cup now." CAPTION(S): SMILES BETTER: Rory McIlroy and Paul McGinley celebrate after winning the Vivendi Trophy |
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