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Harrington, who has won three majors and played
in six successive Ryder Cups from 1999 to 2010, was a
vice-captain to Thomas Bjorn and is odds-on favourite to captain
at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin in two years' time.
"I would say a three times major champion, clearly a European
legend, for me Padraig is the frontrunner," Rose, who reached
world number one this year and is now second in the rankings,
told Sky Sports television on Tuesday.
"And then you've got (Lee) Westwood... It's interesting when you
try to project out who the possible captains are for the next 10
Ryder Cups."
Former world number one Westwood, 45, was also one of the five
European vice-captains this year. The Englishman has said he
would like to captain Europe in Italy in 2022 when Rome hosts
the event.
Harrington told Irish national radio station RTE last week that
he wanted to be a Ryder Cup captain at some stage.
Still playing, the 47-year-old narrowly missed out on his first
European Tour title at the Czech Masters last month, where his
second-place finish was his best placing in almost a year.
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy, a member of the victorious team
in Paris and winner of four majors, has also backed Harrington,
who won back-to-back British Opens in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA
Championship also in 2008.
"I've always thought Padraig would be a good captain in the
United States. He's won a lot of golf tournaments over there,
he's won a PGA Championship," McIlroy said last week.
"I think the continuity in the European camp having all these
vice-captains this year and preparing for captaincy down the
road has been a huge foundation of why we've been so good."
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
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