Rory McIlroy has said he does not think that it is possible to be a playing captain for the Ryder Cup and rejected the idea of being a future one. It is a dilemma faced by United States captain Keegan Bradley, who is 10th on the qualification list for the 12-man team in a month’s time.

Rory McIlroy says he said no to the question of whether he'd be a playing captain for a future European Ryder Cup team, but said

Rory McIlroy says he rejected the idea of being a playing captain at a future Ryder Cup "straight away" as he believes it "would be very difficult to do".