Players react to McGinley announcement on Twitter
- By Will Gray
- Jan 15, 2013 3:43 PM ET

During a press conference this afternoon in Abu Dhabi, the European Tour announced that Paul McGinley will serve as their captain at the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles. As news of the announcement began to break, some of the world's best players took to Twitter to react to the news:
Common sense prevailed in the end.... Paul McGinley 2014 European Ryder Cup captain!!! Couldn't be happier for him... Roll on Gleneagles
— Rory McIlroy (@McIlroyRory) January 15, 2013
Congrats to '14 Ryder Cup Captain Paul McGinley. He will be a thoughtful, articulate, prepared, motivated, fair and respected captain. #euro
— Graeme McDowell (@Graeme_McDowell) January 15, 2013
Paul Mcginley Ryder Cup captain truly really happy that he has given the opportunity to captain the 2014 Ryder Cup team.
— Ian Poulter (@IanJamesPoulter) January 15, 2013
Just got done shooting a commercial...heard the Ryder Cup news about McGinley... @tomwatsonpgapro & the USA will be ready!!!!
— Dustin Johnson (@DJohnsonPGA) January 15, 2013
Congrats to Irishman Paul McGinley on being selected as European Ryder Cup Captain for 2014.Team player, players choice, my best.
— Gary Player (@garyplayer) January 15, 2013
Congrats to Paul McGinley on your R/C Captaincy. Looking forward to our future competition. You're a class act.
— Tom Watson (@TomWatsonPGAPro) January 15, 2013
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Tags: Ryder Cup, Paul McGinley
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