LIV’s Graeme McDowell still wants Europe to regain Ryder Cup

European golfers denied Ryder Cup candidacy within the wake of becoming a member of LIV Golf are relegated to fan participation this week when the 2023 occasion is performed at Marco Simone Golf & Nation Membership in Guidonia Montecelio, Italy, close to Rome.

Henrik Stenson was bumped from his captaincy; Spain’s Sergio Garcia owns an impressive document in Ryder Cup play; and Workforce Europe regulars Ian Poulter and Graeme McDowell cannot play, both.

However McDowell told Golf Digest this week that he’ll be up together with his just-after-midnight alarm at his Florida house to root for his crew and fellow countryman Rory McIlroy to regain the Ryder Cup.

“I really like the Ryder Cup,” McDowell instructed Golf Digest. “It’s particular to me. And it at all times will probably be. I am very a lot attempting to place the small little bit of bitterness I really feel to the aspect. It is not bitterness in direction of anybody. It is bitterness that I’m not a part of the eco-system. However I am attempting to not let that get in the best way of what my true emotions are. I’ve had a few of the biggest experiences of my life with my Ryder Cup teammates. And I loved my two vice-captaincies. However this yr it is slightly bittersweet for me. I simply have to recollect how cool all of it is.”

Garcia is the one LIV participant worthy of “making the 12” this yr, in McDowell’s estimation. McDowell himself hasn’t completed a event within the prime 10.

“Possibly Paul Casey, if he had been absolutely match. Myself, Lee [Westwood] and Ian have not performed effectively sufficient,” he stated.

“The schedule we have performed hasn’t helped both. Henrik remains to be a very good participant. However would any of us have been within the 12? I do not suppose so. Possibly a decide if the world was a unique place, however definitely not me. I would not be shut. I might like to have been a part of the vice-captain squad and assist Luke [Donald] out. However it’s what it’s. I am accepting of the place we’re on this planet proper now.”

Garcia stated a number of occasions that he wished to discover a method on the crew and admitted this week that he had tried on to work his method on the roster by way of talks with the DP World Tour. Poulter has been salty in regards to the Ryder Cup state of affairs, and Stenson, a member of three successful Ryder Cup groups, stated he is hopeful a center floor could be discovered for LIV Golf gamers rejoining Workforce Europe as Brooks Koepka was welcomed to Workforce USA.

“If there are some issues to be stated and spoken about, I really feel like there will probably be a greater time and place out of respect for the crew and the Ryder Cup itself. We’ll let that play out,” Stenson instructed Sports activities Illustrated this week.

McDowell would additionally welcome an opportunity to take swings for Workforce Europe once more. This week, he’ll accept waking in the midst of the night time to observe each shot as a fan.

“It has been one thing I’ve thought of,” McDowell instructed Golf Digest. “And it is an attention-grabbing argument. Do I bury my head within the sand and await all of it to be over and never say something? Or do I be supportive? There aren’t any bitter grapes on my finish. I perceive why I am not concerned. I used to be texting with [European vice captain] Edoardo Molinari the opposite day, telling him how a lot I want I could possibly be in Rome. I genuinely really feel that.”