GMac: I Really Want To Play With Rory

In a guest column for BBC, Graeme McDowell assures us that while it hasn't been the best of years when he's dealing with the prospect of private dealings coming out in court thanks to Rory McIlroy's lawyers, he wants to be paired with the lad this week at Gleneagles.

McDowell writes:

Yes, it has been a rough time over the last couple of years on the business side of things for both me and Rory because he has been involved in a lawsuit with my management company.

And it certainly has put a stress our relationship, but we have put those things behind us this year. If anything, our friendship has been strengthened by what we have experienced.

We have talked about it and we would certainly love to renew our partnership again.

This way Rory can slip a subpoena in GMac's bag or perhaps your opponents will bring up the case while waiting around on a tee?

We can dream a little...

McDowell also goes through his schedule (Monday afternoon arrival after weekend in England) and the team of tailors on hand to make sure everything fits.

As for the course McDowell gave this diplomatic answer to Rob Doster in a Q&A covering a range of Ryder Cup topics.

Doesn’t matter if there is lots of rough or no rough. Long, short. Doesn’t really matter. Beautiful, not beautiful. Match play, the golf course is less relevant than it is at a major championship. I’m all for the Ryder Cup being at iconic venues. But it’s more about the people and the atmosphere and the experience and the matches.

That’s a golf course where you couldn’t play a stroke-play event. It would just be impossible. But it works for match play. The golf course can be irrelevant from a match play standpoint. It’s just ball against ball. Doesn’t matter if there is lots of rough or no rough. Long, short. Doesn’t really matter. Beautiful, not beautiful. Match play, the golf course is less relevant than it is at a major championship. I’m all for the Ryder Cup being at iconic venues. But it’s more about the people and the atmosphere and the experience and the matches.

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