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Harrington was on the Sky Sports Golf Show
discussing, among other things, whether this year's event would
have to be played without fans present due to the COVID-19
pandemic when he let the cat out of the bag.
"I'm trying to be prepared as much I can," he said. "I've had
phone calls today with (Ryder Cup director) Guy Kinnings and
yesterday I talked to Luke, my new... whoa, I possibly said the
word, then... one of my vice-captains.
"Is this live? That is not to be announced yet!"
Donald tweeted a clip of the interview, accompanied by the
message: "I thought this was supposed to be a secret @padraig_h,"
prompting a reply from his skipper.
"Sorry about that. News was too good to keep under wraps!
Welcome to the Team," Harrington responded.
Donald joins Sweden's Robert Karlsson as part of Harrington's
brain trust for the biennial event, which is scheduled to take
place from Sept. 25-27 at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin.
The 42-year-old Donald has never finished on the losing side as
a player in four Ryder Cup appearances, winning 10-1/2 points
from his 15 matches.
Donald also served as vice-captain alongside Harrington under
Thomas Bjorn when Europe regained the Ryder Cup by beating the
United States at Le Golf National in 2018.
(Reporting by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby
Davis)
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