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Paul McGinley discusses the possibility of becoming the next Ryder Cup captain

He could be the man charged with retaining the Ryder Cup for Europe in Scotland in 2014.

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Experience

McGinley has played under three winning captains in Ryder Cups and been vice-captain now to two more, so he would have plenty of ideas to arm himself with should he be given the role as expected, with one of the main factors being man-management. "I always say Sam Torrance was the best, and I say that because he was my first captain as a player and I learned so much from him," McGinley added. "His man management of me... I look back on it now and I think 'wow, he knew me a lot better than I knew myself' and he knew what boxes to tick for me to get the best out of myself. "But they've all had some great traits, Bernhard Langer was extremely organised, hugely respected, and you had a real sense that he wasn't going to be outsmarted by anybody. You knew your captain was going to look after the team and make good decisions. "Then you go to Woosie and what I loved about Wooise was his simplicity about what he did. He didn't try to over complicate it, he had a strong team with strong pairings he knew would work that had worked in previous Ryder Cups and he rolled them out again. "He kept everyone involved even those who weren't playing in a session, he kept them prepared for when they would be asked to play. He decided to win that Ryder Cup with 12 players rather than try and rely on six or eight and I just loved that.
Different
"So they were all very different captains but I learnt a lot from all of them." McGinley is still playing competitively on Tour, but like so many golfers he is already looking at other interests, including his Academy and also golf course design - which has led to him spending a lot of time in Ghana, which he thinks will be an emerging golfing destination. "The Paul McGinley Academy has been open a year now. The whole idea is not to go out and sell equipment but to provide service for members who are down here a lot. I want to build a relationship with the members. "On the course architecture in Ghana - I've spent nearly 40 days this year in Ghana. There are 14 courses in the country, all designed in the 1920s and 30s, they've been left really not in good condition so we're going in and regenerating some of them with proper procedures, proper grasses and irrigation and training staff. "The R&A accredited what we are doing, and we want to show them how to make money out of a course."

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