Colin Montgomerie has his eye on the captaincy for the 2010 Ryder Cup in Wales and the 2014 edition in his native Scotland.
The 43-year-old said Nick Faldo was a good choice to skipper Europe in their Cup defence against the United States in Kentucky next year and hoped he could take over from the six-times major champion.
'Nick will be excellent. He's got more points in Ryder Cup history than anybody else,' Montgomerie told reporters at the launch of a new course in the Gulf state of Bahrain.
'He's got incredible experience and he'll bring that to the table. Hopefully I'll be in his team and...the next captain in Wales in 2010.
'Then hopefully I'll be captain of the team some more, whenever that might be. Gleneagles (2014) might be quite good.'
The eight-times European number one was a member of the side that defeated the US at the K Club in September but otherwise endured a frustrating 2006, failing to win a tournament in a calendar year for the first time since 1992.
Montgomerie brushed off the statistic as bad luck.
'You've just got to be fortunate to win and I just wasn't fortunate,' said the Ryder Cup stalwart.
'The first time in 14 years? No problem. I should be winning shortly,' added Montgomerie, who will compete in this week's Dubai Desert Classic.
The burly Scot has never won a major championship, five times finishing second.
'I don't fear myself not winning a major,' he said. 'I start again at the US Masters at Augusta in April and will have a good go.
'I'm a course record holder at Carnoustie so that's not a bad start,' said Montgomerie referring to the venue for July's Open.
