There is already a lot of talk about the Ryder Cup and captaincy roles. Luke Donald has done incredible things, leading the team to two Ryder Cups, primarily in Rome in 2023 and Bethpage Black in 2025. However, some are not optimistic that Donald will be the captain of the team again, and several candidates who could succeed him are already being mentioned.
Richard Bland favors one name and that is Padraig Harrington, who could take over the captain's role again.
He particularly emphasizes the crowd in Ireland, believing it would be a special moment, but much depends on Luke Donald's decision.
Padraig Harrington has achieved great success during his long career, and this is one of the reasons why Bland favors him as the captain of the European team.
"I think coming to Ireland, as strong as America will be they will always be a strong team I think we will be huge favourites," Bland said, as quoted by Golf Magic.
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"In front of an Irish crowd, whether it will be an Irish captain, well wait and see. Obviously, depending on what Luke decides to do. but I think [the US] are going to be really up against it.
The beating we took in Whistling Straits, I think a lot of it was to do with we didnt have the support there because it was just coming out of COVID.
Whether Harrington gets another crack at a captaincy, which in my opinion, I feel he deserves with the player that hes been over the last sort of 30 years.
I feel he does deserve another crack at it. I feel it was a little bit hard for him going there with no support."
What can we expect?
In addition to him, there are several other candidates who are mentioned more and more often, and it will be interesting to see what kind of decision the Europeans will make.
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In any case, it will be a difficult task considering that the Americans are hungry for success and have a serious desire to dominate on European soil.
