Thursday, September 11, 2008
Maccy D & Master P?

With the Ryder Cup fast approaching, rumours are rife and debates are being disputed on everything from shirt/trouser combos to the pairings. With four European players making their Ryder Cup debuts in Valhalla, Nick Faldo will have his work cut out selecting his pairings.

Ryder Cup rookie Graeme McDowell believes there’s not a huge amount of obvious pairings. “It’s tough, maybe Henrik Stenson and Robert Karlsson,” he said, “We’ve been toying with ideas the past few days, trying to match players up. It’s a difficult team to put together.”

“Lee Westwood and Sergio Garcia sound obvious but Nick has mentioned he’s looking to guys like that to put an arm around some of the younger players,” added McDowell.

With some of the more established partnerships of previous Ryder Cup’s not available due to the absence of Monty, Clarke and Donald, it’s going to be a difficult decision for Faldo whether to mix youth and experience or put his best players together.  

Our reckoning on the pairings: Garcia & Jiminez, Harrington & McDowell, Stenson & Karlsson and Westwood & Poulter. Watch this space.

The latest pairing.




9/11/2008 11:46:48 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #  Comments [0] 


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