Three-time Ryder Cup winner Graeme McDowell says he has not given up hope of being involved for Europe in the future.
Having played on four teams and twice served as vice-captain, the 47-year-old Northern Irishman was tipped as a future European captain before his controversial switch to LIV Golf in 2022.
The latest edition of the biennial contest against the United States takes place at Bethpage Black in New York from 26-28 September, while Adare Manor in Ireland will host the 2027 event.
“Jon Rahm asked me earlier this year if I was asked to be a vice-captain at Bethpage Black would I accept it. I replied if they asked me to make coffees for you – I would go and make coffees,” said McDowell, who famously holed the winning putt at Celtic Manor in 2010.
“That’s how much it means to me and how much I want to be there in a supporting role for Team Europe.
“It goes without saying as we look towards Adare Manor in two years’ time I would do anything to be in that European team room, to be part of that team, to put that team Europe shirt on one more time, to have the badge on my chest, to cheer the guys on and help Europe win another Ryder Cup. I hope to be there.”
The former US Open champion added: “I feel like I have something to give back.
“I wish Team Europe all the best at Bethpage Black – I will be pulling for them every shot and wish I was there, but the politics is a lot of levels above what I do, it’s definitely the powers that be that will figure this out for us.”
