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Justin Rose has backed Padraig Harrington to be Europe\u2019s next Ryder Cup captain.<\/p>\nJustin Rose has backed Padraig Harrington to be Europe\u2019s next Ryder Cup captain.<\/p>\n
World number two Rose was part of the European team led by Thomas Bjorn which beat the United States in Paris at the end of last month.<\/p>\n
Talk has already turned to who will take charge when Europe defend their crown at Whistling Straits, Wisconsin in 2020.<\/p>\n
Rose believes Harrington is an ideal candidate and also feels Lee Westwood is in contention.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would say Padraig for me would be the front-runner. If he doesn\u2019t do it this time then I\u2019m not sure\u2026you\u2019ve got to start fitting guys in,\u201d Rose said on Sky Sports News.<\/p>\n
\u201c(Lee) Westwood\u2019s still capable of making a team next time around I believe, so is Padraig.<\/p>\n
\u201cPadraig\u2019s been on the leaderboard a bunch this year so I would say three-time major champion, clearly a European legend, for me Padraig is the front-runner and then you\u2019ve got Westwood.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s interesting when you try to project out who the possible captains are for the next 10 Ryder Cups. It gets pretty interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rose, who had a brief spell as world number one last month, is hosting the British Masters at Walton Heath this week.<\/p>\n
The 2013 US Open champion and Olympic gold medalist still has plenty of personal ambition and dreams of securing a career grand slam by winning the Masters, Open Championship and PGA Championship.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would say I\u2019ve accomplished a lot of my dreams, for sure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis season has given me a couple more strings to my bow, to be able to say I\u2019ve got to world number one is a nice tag line and it\u2019s a nice milestone to say you\u2019ve achieved in your career and in your sport.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is still plenty more to achieve, obviously I\u2019d love to win more major championships, as a kid that\u2019s what I dreamed about. I\u2019d love to win three more and I\u2019d love to win the right three.<\/p>\n
\u201cA career grand slam would be the icing on the cake but there\u2019s a lot of hard work there. I still love the game, I\u2019m not complacent.\u201d<\/p>\n