北爱尔兰名将达伦·克拉克(Darren Clarke)很可能成为下届莱德杯欧洲队的队长,李·韦斯特伍德、哈灵顿以及麦克罗伊都已经站出来表示支持,在宝马大师赛上,麦克道尔也坚定地为自己的同胞站队。托玛斯·比约恩也是个不错的人选,他是欧巡赛球员委员会中非常受欢迎的主席,可是麦克道维尔表示丹麦人也许更适合2018年在法国举行的那届莱德杯。麦克道尔说:“我支持达伦,他明显是我的选择。我与汤玛斯谈到了2016年莱德杯,可是他相信自己仍能以队员 Northern Ireland star Darren Clarke is likely to be captain of the next European Ryder Cup team and Lee Westwood, Harrington and McIlroy have both voiced their support. At the BMW Masters, McDowell also stood firmly for his countrymen. Thomas Björn, who is also a very popular chairman on the European Tour players’ committee, said that the Danes may be better suited to the Ryder Cup in 2018 in France. McDowell said: ”I support Darren, he obviously is my choice.I talked with Thomas about the 2016 Ryder Cup, but he believes he can still team members