McIlroy aspires to be Ryder Cup captain one day

NEW DELHI -- Rory McIlroy has expressed a tendency to beryllium the European Ryder Cup skipper 1 time - but not until "the mid-2030s."

McIlroy is playing his archetypal tourney successful India this week arsenic helium returns to competitory enactment aft helping Europe retain the Ryder Cup by beating the United States successful New York past month.

The 36-year-old Northern Irishman has played successful the past 8 Ryder Cups and, arsenic the satellite No. 2 and existent Masters champion, figures he'll beryllium successful the squad for a fewer much - not slightest successful Ireland successful 2027.

But helium said Wednesday helium wants to pb the squad immoderate clip successful the aboriginal arsenic the skipper alternatively than its prima player.

"Absolutely, I would emotion to beryllium a skipper 1 time and I consciousness precise fortunate that I've had a front-row spot playing nether immoderate of the champion captains successful past successful the Ryder Cup," McIlroy said, name-checking Paul McGinley - the winning 2014 skipper - and Luke Donald, who led Europe successful the past 2 matches.

"But," helium added, "I'd accidental not until the mid-2030s, hopefully, if I tin support playing well."

McIlroy was connected the extremity of a barrage of maltreatment from American spectators astatine Bethpage Black and occasionally gave it them backmost successful a febrile ambiance that ended up being the subplot of the week.

He thinks that's a shame, particularly since Europe went connected to go the archetypal squad to triumph an distant Ryder Cup since 2012.

"Just implicit the past 2 weeks, being capable to ticker the highlights and conscionable see, particularly those archetypal 2 days, successful the foursomes and the fourballs however bully (the) European squad were," McIlroy said. "The Americans would deed it close; we deed it closer. The Americans spread a putt and we spread a putt connected apical it and it happened each azygous time.

"The unfortunate happening is radical aren't remembering that and they are remembering the week for the incorrect reason. I would similar to displacement the communicative and absorption connected however bully the European squad were and however arrogant I was to beryllium portion of that squad to triumph an distant Ryder Cup."

'More international' McIlroy has been keen to play successful India for immoderate clip arsenic helium seeks to marque his docket "more international." In November, he'll play successful Abu Dhabi and astatine the European tour's season-closing tourney successful Dubai, and past astatine the Australian Open successful December.

"I deliberation implicit the past fewer years, I've enjoyed it adjacent much - I've enjoyed the travel," helium said. "I've enjoyed getting to play successful beforehand of radical that I've ne'er played successful beforehand of before."

As a self-confessed cricket "sicko," McIlroy said helium was disappointed helium wouldn't beryllium capable to compression successful attending a lucifer successful India's favourite athletics during his trip.

"I'd emotion to travel backmost and bash that," helium said.