Showdown: The Inside Story of the Gleneagles Ryder Cup

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It's easy to for complacency to creep in,” he says. “So when I went to the press conference on the Saturday night, I was on the front foot, and I was positioning our team. I was serious and strong: I wanted everyone to know it was far from over.” Each and every European player paid tribute to their skipper for providing the opportunity to perform at their best over the three days at Gleneagles. But what he could do was try and out-think him. By doing his homework, by being respectful, by being unbelievably clever in the way that he went around getting all of his statistics to make sure he had the right players on the course at the right time, he did that. Behind the scenes, he warned his team not to take their foot off the pedal and reminded them how easy a four-point lead was to wipe out. “That was me hitting a shot on the first tee,” he says: leading from the front. Garcia then added to applause from his team-mates: "Yeah, it's true," before providing more words of support for the under-fire captain.

He has been a European Tour player now for over 25 years. Despite winning several tournaments and being a former top 20 ranked player in the world, he is best known for his performances in team competitions. The Landscape of Leadership is a beautifully produced, experience-based leadership program, designed to simulate one-on-one leadership lessons with Paul McGinley.Bluenose - may look unfair on the face of it, but the population of the USA far exceeds the total population of the nations represented in Europe's team. The team will represent Europe at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, at the end of September.

The Motivational Speakers Agency would like to keep you updated byoccasionally sending you newsletters that include information about exclusive free events, showcases and entertainment at venues such as The Gherkin, O2 Arena and Wembley. CAPTCHAPaul McGinley 02/08/22 9:30am Donald 'natural replacement' as captain | Will LIV Golf impact Ryder Cup? In 2014 he was the captain of the winning team for the Ryder Cup and was the first captain for the Europe Ryder's Cup side who was from Ireland. He is well known for on the 18th hole he holed a ten-foot put against Jim Furyk at the Belfry. Why would the players need me to validate their playing? They had 60,000 cheering fans for that,” he says.

Fact is .... golf is a game of imperfect & Tom made some imperfect decisions ....but his team were further behind than the score suggests. In the old days the americans always won the singles ...not any more McGinley displays the tightrope balancing act of a leader: with meticulousness weighted on one side and strategic elasticity on the other. On the one hand, there’s nothing effective about an autocratic leader who doesn’t learn from past results and who is deaf to new ideas. On the other, it's not enough to reflect and to have a contingency plan; it’s also about having the courage to say: “I need to rethink this.” The problem being is that they are ushered straight into the press conference, after being humiliated by Europe."It is watched by its most impassioned spectators and all 24 players on show in Perthshire were, undoubtedly, motivated to win the trophy. However, in an interview with the Mail on Sunday, Clarke told how he had apologised, and the two have patched up their differences.