Rory McIlroy believes it will be difficult for Ian Poulter or Lee Westwood to be a future Ryder Cup captain.
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VIRGINIAWATER,England—RoryMcIlroybelievesitwillbedifficultforIanPoulterorLeeWestwoodtobeafutureRyderCupcaptainbecausetheynolongerhaveaconnectionwithEurope’semergingstarsafterdefectingtoLIVGolf.
PoulterwasastalwartforEuropeatRyderCupsandtypicallysavedhisbestperformancesfortheteamevent,earning16pointsfromsevenappearances.
NowplayingonthebreakawayLIVcircuit,PoultersaidinarecentinterviewwithAlArabiyaEnglishthathewouldrelishtheopportunitytobecaptainoftheEuropeanteam—evenifthatwascurrentlynotpossiblebecauseheresignedhisEuropeantourmembershipafterjoiningLIV.
McIlroysaidplayerslikePoulterandWestwoodwouldstruggletoreintegratethemselvesafteranunsavorysplitfromtheEuropeantour,andpointedtocurrentRyderCupcaptainLukeDonald’seffortstobondwiththeteam’sbestplayersbeforelastyear’smatchesagainsttheUnitedStatesoutsideRome.
“YoulookatwhatLukehasdonethelastfewyears—he’sreallymadeanefforttocomeov
