ANTALYA, Turkey For a few hours on Thursday at the Turkish Airlines Open Padraig Harrington could focus on golf, not rumors or possibilities or hypothetical scenarios.Shortly after the European team won the Ryder Cup in September, Harrington was tabbed as the favorite to follow Thomas Bjorn as the Continents captain, and although the Irishman has made it clear hed cherish the opportunity to captain the team the barrage of questions that he cant answer has been difficult.
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I've said my name's in the hat. Really I probably should come up with a one-line statement but that's not me. When it happens, we'll see, said Harrington, who began his week in Turkey with a 6-under 65 and was one shot off the lead. It's tough to talk about it, isn't it? You know, let's talk about Thomas Ryder Cup, that's a better one to talk about, and how good that was, and we'll leave the next one on the side.Both Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood offered their support for Harrington to be the teams next captain and on Thursday fellow Irishman and Round 1 leader Paul Dunne was asked about a possible Harrington captaincy.Hes so thorough, Dunne said, it that team doesnt win it wont be his fault.
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"No matter what our relationship is, it's still the Ryder Cup and we've always gotten over it for the Ryder Cup and I think we are in a far better place than that now," Harrington said of Garcia's support should he go for the captaincy in 2020. "Right now, I think I would have his support. Sergio wants to win the Ryder Cup in 2020.
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