Having led Europe to a comfortable win at Rome’s Marco Simone Golf Club in 2023, captain Donald stayed in post to guide them to a stunning victory on US soil at Bethpage Black, in New York, in 2025.<\/p>\n
At Adare Manor, he could become the first captain to win three in a row and he says Harrington will form a key part of his backroom staff in his quest to make history.<\/p>\n
“I’ve been around Padraig in many Ryder Cup team rooms, as a player, as a vice captain to his captaincy, and he’s been a vice captain before as well,” Donald said. “So he brings a wealth of experience.<\/p>\n
“I do love the fact that there’s a connection. He understands the Irish crowds and all that goes with having a Ryder Cup in Ireland. I think it’s going to be very special for him.<\/p>\n
“He’s loved in Ireland with what he’s achieved in the game, and that will only bring more energy to our team.”<\/p>\n
It will be the first time the competition has been held in Ireland since 2006, when Harrington was in the European team that won 18\u00bd-9\u00bd at the K Club, County Kildare.<\/p>\n
“You wouldn’t want to miss out with it being in Ireland, so I’m very pleased,” Harrington added. “I think it will be a spectacular occasion and one of the great sporting events to be played in the country. The whole of Ireland will be behind it, watching it, enjoying it and living it.<\/p>\n
“The fans are going to be fantastic, and I think the atmosphere will be second to none.”<\/p>\n
In total, Harrington played in 25 matches across six Ryder Cups, winning 10\u00bd points for Team Europe, while he also boasts 44 tournament victories across a glittering career.<\/p>\n
He still plays on the DP World Tour and in major championships, most recently at The Open.<\/p>\n
Since turning 50 in 2021, he has starred on the Champions Tour, including winning a record-equalling three US Senior Open titles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Having led Europe to a comfortable win at Rome’s Marco Simone Golf Club in 2023, captain Donald stayed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":831297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-831296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/831297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}