Pavin open to superstar pairing
United States captain Corey Pavin has not ruled out putting Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson back together at Celtic Manor.
"I think there's a lot of combinations and permutations out there and there's nothing set in stone, that's for sure, yet."
"Do I rule it out for this match? No.
"It's the same thing that would make me put any pair together - if they wanted to do that.
"I will certainly be asking the players who they want to play with and hopefully it will all work out.
"What did they do in 2004? They lost one on the last hole and the other 2&1 - they played pretty well. There's nothing that's ruled out."
"I told these two guys that I felt like the perception of the world was that the US team didn't bond and we didn't come together as a team," he stated on announcing it.
"I said 'I can't think of any other message that we could send any louder than to put the two of you guys out first'.
"Both were committed to it and I don't know that we could pair two guys together that were more matched for one another than those two guys."
Then at the opening ceremony, he added: "I felt like history needed it. I felt like the fans needed it. And, most of all, I felt like Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods needed it."
"I think there's a lot of combinations and permutations out there and there's nothing set in stone, that's for sure, yet."
"Do I rule it out for this match? No.
"It's the same thing that would make me put any pair together - if they wanted to do that.
"I will certainly be asking the players who they want to play with and hopefully it will all work out.
"What did they do in 2004? They lost one on the last hole and the other 2&1 - they played pretty well. There's nothing that's ruled out."
"I told these two guys that I felt like the perception of the world was that the US team didn't bond and we didn't come together as a team," he stated on announcing it.
"I said 'I can't think of any other message that we could send any louder than to put the two of you guys out first'.
"Both were committed to it and I don't know that we could pair two guys together that were more matched for one another than those two guys."
Then at the opening ceremony, he added: "I felt like history needed it. I felt like the fans needed it. And, most of all, I felt like Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods needed it."
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