As soon as news of Paul McGinley's appointment as European Ryder Cup Captain broke, players took to Twitter to offer there congratulations. Here are a selection of the Tweets.

Tom Watson‏@TomWatsonPGAPro
Congrats to Paul McGinley on your R/C Captaincy. Looking forward to our future competition. You're a class act.

Rory Mcilroy‏@McIlroyRory
Common sense prevailed in the end.... Paul McGinley 2014 European Ryder Cup captain!!! Couldn't be happier for him... Roll on Gleneagles

Graeme McDowell‏@Graeme_McDowell
Congrats to '14 Ryder Cup Captain Paul McGinley. He will be a thoughtful, articulate, prepared, motivated, fair and respected captain. #euro

Luke Donald‏@LukeDonald
Very happy for Paul McGinley, his enthusiasm and attention to detail will serve Team Europe very well. #2014RyderCup

Nicolas Colsaerts‏@Coelsss
congrats to Paul McGinley...well deserved captaincy

Paul lawrie‏@PaulLawriegolf
Huge congrats to paul mcginley ryder cup 2014 captain. Hope I'm in your team

Ian Poulter‏@IanJamesPoulter
Paul Mcginley Ryder Cup captain truly really happy that he has given the opportunity to captain the 2014 Ryder Cup team.

Matteo Manassero‏@ManasseroMatteo
And now we have it ... Congratulations to Paul McGinley 2014 Ryder Cup captain ! Hope to be part of it #RyderCup2014

Edoardo Molinari‏@DodoMolinari
I am sure that Paul will be a fantastic captain! Well done to him...and now it's time to work even harder to be part of his team!

Soren Hansen‏@Hansen_Soren
Congrats to Paul. He will be great and has the backing of all the players and the tour. 100% RC record and as a cap!! He is a true leader!

Scott Jamieson‏@scottjamieson54
Congrats Paul McGinley, def gets my vote, will be a great Ryder Cup captain.

Callum Macaulay‏@birdieblitz83
Glad Paul McGinley is new RC captain. Can only dream big and hope I'm in his team. Two years......

mark foster‏@markfozgolf
huge congratulations to paul mcginley. i played under his captaincy in the seve trophy and he's a class act. #popularchoice

Alastair Forsyth‏@Forsythgolf
Well done to Paul Mcginley and well done to the players committee.. Right man for the job.. Common sense

Lorenzo Gagli‏@Lorenzo_Gagli
Congratulations to Paul Mcginley...new @RyderCupTeamEUR Captnain in #Gleneagles

Jorge Campillo‏@jcampillogolf
Got paired with the new Ryder Cup captain for the first two rounds of the Abu Dhabi golf Championship. #CaptainMcGinley

Ian Woosnam‏@IWoosnam
Thanks to everybody who has followed me today, I think we got the right man for the job, Ryder cup captain, Paul Mcginley 2014, thank god

Sandy Lyle‏@SandyLyle1
Congratulations and good luck to our 2014 Ryder Cup Captain Paul McGinley.

David Duval‏@david59duval
Congrats to McGinley for the captaincy. We competed first 20 plus years ago in the Walker Cup.

Gary Player‏@garyplayer
Congrats to Irishman Paul McGinley on being selected as European Ryder Cup Captain for 2014.Team player, players choice, my best.

Alison Nicholas‏@Ali_eurocaptain
Congrats to Paul McGinley great appointment - he came and supported the Solheim top man and gave us advice!