Ryder Cup 2012: Rory McIlroy will cope just fine if the US target him at Medinah, Graeme McDowell says Nobody else in the game knows McIlroy better than McDowell and he believes he will relish being put out No1; regardless of the US gameplan. "I think it's a massive plus having a Rory McIlroy on our team," McDowell said. He's the best on the planet now, hands down. I've looked at Rory playing on our team next week as opposed to the Rory who played two years ago. Both were incredibly talented golfers. Two years ago, he was a rookie and we were perhaps wrapping him in cotton wool and, come the weekend, just trying to protect him. I think this time around, it's a case of just putting him out top and sending him out there really. Rory has to play this Ryder Cup as one of our leaders, as our best player. McDowell also expressed sympathy for McIlroy in being dragged into a political storm recently concerning who he might represent at the Olympics in four years" time. I feel sorry for Rory that instead of the focus being on his second win in a week, it was very much on Rory's allegiance to whichever part of the world he was going to play for at the Olympics. My take on it is that it's four years away. McIlroy revealed on Friday that he was selling his house in his home-town of Holywood. "With my global tournament schedule, I am now only making it back home to Northern Ireland for a couple of weeks here and there during the summer and at Christmas," he said. The 14-acre estate is on the market for £2million.