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Paul McGinley: Great Britain and Ireland are the Seve trophy underdogs

Wednesday, 14 September 2011 01:04 PM Paul McGinley says his Great Britain and Ireland team are the underdogs in the 2011 Seve Trophy which begins tomorrow September 14th. The Irishman has world number two Lee Westwood, Open champion Darren Clarke and Dutch Open winner Simon Dyson among his squad, but is without big guns Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell. There is no doubt Continental Europe are favourites, the 44-year-old said. They are a stronger team on paper. Im disappointed not to have Luke and Rory because Im competitive - I want to win. I wanted my best team available, he added. But I understand the top players in the world are playing a different schedule in which ranking points are very important to them...
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