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Paul McGinley makes honest admission as he opens up on biggest regret of career
Paul McGinley makes honest admission as he opens up on biggest regret of career

Irish Daily Mirror

time4 days ago

  • Sport
  • Irish Daily Mirror

Paul McGinley makes honest admission as he opens up on biggest regret of career

Dublin-born golf star Paul McGinley has candidly expressed that his defeat in the World Match Play Championship final remains the "biggest regret" of his illustrious career. Despite being a four-time European Tour winner, McGinley, 58, still feels the sting from the Surrey-based Match Play tournament, which boasted a whopping £1 million prize pot and ran until 2014. The 2005 final saw McGinley's erratic driving give the upper hand to New Zealand's Michael Campbell, resulting in a 2&1 loss for the Irishman, despite having overcome players such as Luke Donald and Angel Cabrera to put himself in contention. In a chat on the Sliced Podcast in March, Ryder Cup icon McGinley reflected on the nuances between match play and stroke play, as well as his lingering sentiments about the match from two decades ago, as per Belfast Live. "I felt if the world of professional golf was 99 per cent matchplay golf rather than stroke-play, I feel I would've had a better career," he admitted. "I was good head-to-head, I understand moments, I love the cut and thrust of looking your opponent in the eye, playing with him. In a lot of ways I enjoy playing against an opponent rather than the golf course. "I found it hard to concentrate for 72 holes and my matchplay record was very good, not just in the Ryder Cup. Even the World Matchplay. "I got beaten in the final one year [2005] - the one time I got to it, by Michael Campbell, probably the biggest regret of my career. Yeah it's always something I enjoyed, and the Ryder Cup has been kind to me." McGinley is a huge name in Ryder Cup history, having made three consecutive appearances in 2002, 2004, and 2006, with Team Europe emerging victorious each time. In the 2010 and 2012 editions of the event, McGinley served as vice-captain to Colin Montgomerie and Jose Maria Olazabal respectively. However, it was in the 2014 Ryder Cup that he was named captain. Under his leadership, the European team defeated the American side, captained by Tom Watson, by a winning margin of 161⁄2 to 111⁄2. "I've got a lot to thank for the Ryder Cup," he added. "I've had a good career, you know, top 20 in the world, and won tournaments, but Ryder Cup, that's my brand. Would my career have gone on to what it is without the Ryder Cup? Probably not." McGinely's love for the competition is so strong that he expressed his disappointment in late 2024 after reports suggested that Team USA would share a £4 million prize pot at the 2025 tournament in New York. Traditionally, players were not paid for their participation in the Ryder Cup, yet American stars could now earn a $200,000 (€175k) stipend, and $300,000 (€262k) for them to distribute to charity, as reported by the Telegraph in November. "I personally don't like it," McGinley told Sky Sports in 2024. "I know they are professional sportsmen but, boy oh boy, are they not getting paid enough money at the moment, with all that's going on in the game?"

'High energy kid.' City Male Athlete of Year Kalen Sargent finds calling running track
'High energy kid.' City Male Athlete of Year Kalen Sargent finds calling running track

Indianapolis Star

time30-05-2025

  • Sport
  • Indianapolis Star

'High energy kid.' City Male Athlete of Year Kalen Sargent finds calling running track

Kalen Sargent will leave Bishop Chatard High School as a much different person than the one who entered. Sargent smiles when he thinks back to that kid. 'You think you know everything,' he said. 'I definitely changed.' For starters, that Kalen Sargent was not a track and field athlete. He was a football player. Sargent did not run track as a freshman. But Chatard track coach Sean McGinley remembers the first day Sargent came out for track practice as a sophomore. Long strider. Good potential. 'He helped the team,' McGinley said. 'He was more of a relay runner. He ran the 4x100 (relay) and the 200 (meters). Then, as a junior, he really developed the ability that he has now.' The big breakthrough came during the sectional meet in Sargent's junior year. His 48.17-second time in the 400 meters won the event in a duel with North Central's Dehnm Holt, who was right behind him at 48.32 seconds. 'In May of last year, he really started developing into a 200 and 400 runner,' McGinley said. "He went 21.7 in the City meet in the 200 and 48.1 (in the sectional 400). That was kind of his big breakout those two or three weeks in a row.' Sargent, the kid who would have never considered himself a track athlete, committed to Indiana University in February to run track. He is also the City Male Athlete of the Year for 2024-25 by a vote of the athletic directors in Marion County. The honor dates to 1950 (it grew to include female athletes in 1979) and is regarded as one of the top recognition awards for Indianapolis-area senior high school athletes. Other finalists for the award were Crispus Attucks basketball standout Dezmon Briscoe and Cathedral football/track star Devaughn Slaughter. The award is geared toward athletic achievement, but the winners also exhibit impressive credentials in academics and in their personal lives. Generally, multi-sport athletes are given consideration over single-sport athletes. 'He brings it in practice every day,' senior teammate Phoenix Boyer said of Sargent. 'He pushes his teammates. I'll be on the ground dead in a workout after doing a hard 400, an intense workout for runners, and he'll pick me up. He's a great teammate because he pushes you a bunch. Anyone would want him on your team.' Boyer would know. He and Sargent are part of Chatard's 4x400 relay team that set an indoor state record with a time of 3:15.92 at the state meet in late March. Sargent and Boyer, joined by Keaton Keuhr and Quinn O'Neil, are locked in a battle right behind North Central in the race for a state title. At the sectional meet, Sargent took first in the 100 (10.85), second in the 400 (48.15) and helped the 4x400 relay team to a second-place finish (3:18.32). 'He's definitely a high energy kid in a positive way,' McGinley said of Sargent. "He's willing to do different events for the team. He started off as more of a 100 runner but he developed into a 400 runner. He's really done the 100, 200 and 400 all season.' Sargent dropped the 200 for the run to the state meet, sticking with the 100, 400 and 4x400. He begged his coach last year to run the open 400, then set the school record in the sectional (Boyer later broke it). But Sargent found his passion, running a 46.3 split in the Dennis McNulty Invitational in late April. 'Coach called it a 'real man's race,'' Sargent said of the 400. 'I got out there and ran a fast time (in the sectional last year) and set a school record. That's when he was like, 'Oh yeah, I think we found your thing.' Before that it was more 100 and 200 and just went out there and ran. God blessed with this frame, but it's definitely a race where you have to have your mental side right. I definitely like a challenge.' Football did not necessarily turn out like Sargent hoped, though he did play on Class 3A state championship teams as a sophomore and junior as a receiver and defensive back. 'I kind of got in my own head and it just didn't work out,' Sargent said. 'But I came out here to track and just gave it a shot and kind of took off with it. I wasn't seeing the progress like I wanted during football season, so I wanted to find something else where I could get after it and just kind of feed that hunger.' He found the perfect outlet and the right teammates. Boyer, who has competed in track since fourth grade, said he appreciates track as a sport because he 'loves pushing to be the best version of myself.' 'I lot of it is mental,' Boyer said. 'The toughest part is finishing, staying strong. You have to get excited and have that mindset that you are going to win. If you doubt yourself, it kind of sends you down a bad hill. But if you can have that excitement and bring that energy, your teammates know what you can do, and the race is a lot easier.' Boyer said he saw that light go off for Sargent as a junior. 'He's one of the best athletes to train with because he's one of the top runners in the state,' Boyer said. 'He's the best person I can compete with.' Sargent is likely to run the 400 at IU. He plans on majoring in business and having a minor in meteorology, then joining the reserves and 'hopefully fly fighter jets while doing that' with the goal of becoming a commercial pilot. But for now, he is still taking flight by running around the track. 'I've enjoyed pushing my personal limits to a new level and the team's limits to a new level,' Sargent said. 'Just seeing what we can really do and having fun at the same time.'

They will come back 'sharper' for it - Enda McGinley on Donegal's loss to Tyrone
They will come back 'sharper' for it - Enda McGinley on Donegal's loss to Tyrone

RTÉ News​

time27-05-2025

  • Sport
  • RTÉ News​

They will come back 'sharper' for it - Enda McGinley on Donegal's loss to Tyrone

Three of the four provincial champions were beaten in their first matches of the group stage of the All-Ireland senior football championship, but what impact does this have for the remainder of the season? It's all how they respond says RTÉ pundit Enda McGinley. The likes of Tyrone and Derry have had weeks to rebuild and prepare, which some may see as an advantage, but McGinley thinks that a first-round group defeat allows teams to learn more than winning. "The key thing, every team that gets beat, you learn from your defeats. It's an old cliché, but it is such a true cliché. You learn from your defeats," McGinley said on the RTÉ GAA podcast. Those who scooped wins in their first group games, notably Dublin and Tyrone, were both in a position to bring top-level energy, according to McGinley, after learning from earlier mishaps in their respective provincial championships. "One of the key things a lot of teams are making, the likes of Dublin, the likes of Tyrone, is if you don't bring that top energy level, that real sharpness, you just lose in the modern game. "Dublin then got their ship in order and you don't become better footballers, fitter footballers, et cetera, et cetera, over the gap between those two performances." McGinley's own county, Tyrone, have also seemingly turned it around and bounced back after relegation in the league and an Ulster semi-final loss to Armagh, with a three-point win over provincial champions Donegal. The physiotherapist and pundit felt Tyrone were at the required pitch in Ballybofey and that Donegal can be somewhere similar in their post-loss bounce. "Tyrone were on it," he said. "Donegal just weren't on it in the way that Donegal can be. "So they will learn and they will come back the sharper for it. When you get two top teams absolutely at it, which is what we've seen in the likes of the Ulster final with Donegal, Armagh, then you have a hell of games." McGinley is relishing the later stages of the group aspect of the competition, especially if all teams manage to successfully learn from their defeats but feels Kerry may not have the same experience, having registered their last defeat on March 1 in the league against Mayo. "I think that's what we're heading for come the later stages of these group games," he added. "I think all of these teams, if they get to learn their lessons from defeats, which always hurts, it always changes the mood in the dressing room, always changes the mood in training and you get the benefits from that. "I think Kerry are flying. Hugely strong team. But my gosh, it's hard to replicate what happens inside a team when you get a loss and you really look at yourself critically and you get that sick feeling in your stomach, and you come back the better for it. They're unlikely to experience that until maybe it's too late." McGinley suggests Monaghan are strong favourites to top their section after an opening win against Louth and their history of being underrated will continue, which may be to their advantage. "Monaghan would strong favourites to top the group, but will they get much credit for topping the group? "We'll be all back to our usual patting them on the heads. Aren't you as great with your small resources? "They'll be sitting in the quarter-finals and whoever they play in the quarterfinal will probably be a more vaunted team than them and they'll have got no respect for topping their group. "Monaghan have a lot of strings to their bow and the narrative will suit them just fine." Watch Dublin v Armagh in the All-Ireland Football Championship on Sunday from 3.30pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player. Follow a live blog on and the RTÉ News app and listen to Sunday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1. Highlights on The Sunday Game at 9.30pm

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