Three-time Ryder Cup winner Graeme McDowell says he has not given up hope of being concerned for Europe sooner or later.

Having performed on 4 groups and twice served as vice-captain, the 47-year-old Northern Irishman was tipped as a future European captain earlier than his controversial change to LIV Golf in 2022.

The newest version of the biennial contest in opposition to america takes place at Bethpage Black in New York from 26-28 September, whereas Adare Manor in Eire will host the 2027 occasion.

“Jon Rahm requested me earlier this yr if I used to be requested to be a vice-captain at Bethpage Black would I settle for it. I replied in the event that they requested me to make coffees for you – I’d go and make coffees,” stated McDowell, who famously holed the successful putt at Celtic Manor in 2010.

“That is how a lot it means to me and the way a lot I need to be there in a supporting position for Crew Europe.

“It goes with out saying as we glance in the direction of Adare Manor in two years’ time I’d do something to be in that European staff room, to be a part of that staff, to place that staff Europe shirt on another time, to have the badge on my chest, to cheer the blokes on and assist Europe win one other Ryder Cup. I hope to be there.”

The previous US Open champion added: “I really feel like I’ve one thing to offer again.

“I want Crew Europe all the very best at Bethpage Black – I might be pulling for them each shot and want I used to be there, however the politics is quite a lot of ranges above what I do, it is positively the powers that be that can determine this out for us.”