Europe to get Ryder Cup pep talk from Alex Ferguson – minus hair dryer
Alex Ferguson was on Tuesday unmasked as the man Europe captain Paul McGinley has asked to address his team on the eve of the Ryder Cup, but the former Manchester United manager will be leaving his hair dryer at home.
McGinley had said previously that he had a big name in the pipeline but the secret was let out when Ferguson was seen on the course on Tuesday morning.
“The one thing he asked me to do was keep it quiet, we wanted a bit of a surprise for the players. But I guess it’s not a surprise,” McGinley said.
This is not about him being a headmaster and coming in and preaching to them. This is about fun
“There are a number of things that he’s dealing with that he was particularly good at that I think he’ll be a particularly strong fit. There’s a lot of similarities, and I’ve met him a number of times over the last few months. The more I’ve met him, the more there was just such a natural fit.”
McGinley said he played with Ferguson in a pro-am 15 years ago and, after a few subsequent meetings, asked him to help out once he had been named captain.
There will be none of Ferguson’s firebrand changing-room roastings, however, with his famous “hair dryer” assaults on errant players left firmly behind in the world of football.
