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Paul Lawrie on Ryder Cup heartache: "It would have been the icing on the cake" | GolfMagic

I didn’t go for it when Padraig Harrington got it, but this time (for 2023) I thought I'll have a go and see what they were thinking. It was nice that they let us present, so I made up a nice little presentation and we had a zoom call with the panellists and I thought it went very well but obviously the vote didn’t go my way (Henrik Stenson got the captaincy). The support I had and the comments were nice. A lot of people wanted me to get it - just not the right people! Related: Paul Lawrie sees the funny side afer his Ryder Cup captaincy snub TOUR NEWS NEWS REVIEWS TIPS AND INSTRUCTION TRAVEL VIDEO

Scotland's Paul Lawrie was narrowly denied the 2023 European Ryder Cup captaincy in Rome as Sweden's Henrik Stenson got the vote My presentation was just about how I would be as a captain. I flew out to spend two days at the course to do a bit of prep on Marco Simone. I played 27 holes, took a business associate and met everybody out there. My presentation was about half-an-hour long. Why they should choose me, how I would do it, the communication side of it, stuf that you’ve learned from diferent captains. I was nervous presenting it! It’s a big deal… you are sitting there chatting to people you know have done it. I would have done whatever it took. I said in my presentation that if it had been desired that I should play on the main tour again. I retired from it in 2019 but had three years exemption lef. I would have very happily. I finished of by saying I feel like I’ve had a very nice career, a nice CV and there is just one thing lef for me. That was being captain, and it would be the icing on the cake.

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