If I win I get to the top of the Order of Merit.

It's ominous who's on top of the board. Ominous. If there's a course built for him, it's this one. He won by eight shots last time here, and who says he won't do the same again?

Well, if you take the view that Tiger [Woods] is going to win two every year that leaves only two majors for the rest of us.

It's not a ceremonial thing. Losing in Ireland is not an option. We have a golden opportunity to win three times in a row, which we've not done before.

It is our duty to pick the best possible side on merit regardless of where the players come from.

I tend to be given the celebrities,