Flash: Olazabal Names Clarke To Vice Cart-Driving Role After Assurances He Will Not Repeat Past Buggy Crashing Antics

Alistair Tait says the naming of Thomas Bjorn, Darren Clarke and Paul McGinley as three of four vice captains for September's Ryder Cup at Medinah will be rounded out by Miguel Angel Jimenez, assuming the Spaniard does not make it on points and the team hotel has smoking rooms.

Clarke has a bit of history behind the wheel, getting out of a speeding ticket by flashing the Claret Jug and more of a concern for potential European players, rolling a buggy at his home and sustaining minor injuries.

"You know Darren, I'll just catch a ride from Oly or Miguel or Thomas or Paul, if you don't mind," could be a popular refrain at Medinah.

American captain Davis Love recently rounded out his foursome of Senior Ego Masseurs, adding Scott Verplank and Jeff Sluman to the previously announced Mike Hulbert and Fred Couples.

Comments

[Cigar Man]

No smoking allowed indoors in Illinois, so Miguel Angel Jimenez is out of luck on that front.

[Dick Mahoon]

Do they really need 4 vice captains?

DM

[P-dog]

Verplank, Sluman, Hulbert and Couples. Now that's a raucous group. I just want to know who wakes up who from the nap? Much less wakes the team up when they unduobtedly need a kick in the ass after the biannual 4 ball debacle? Oh yeah, Mr. Energy, Davis Love. It's too bad including players from the past who "deserve" a captaincy are picked over who is actually suited for it.