Ryder Cup Notebook: Captains Display Different Schools of Thought on Pairings

Filed under: PGA, Ryder Cup, European Tour

NEWPORT, Wales -- U.S. Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin (pictured, left) is taking the traditional (paranoid) route and treating his pairings for Friday's opening day of competition like a state secret.

In contrast, European captain Colin Montgomerie's approach is far less conventional (Monty being Monty); he's already informed his team of his opening-round plans.

Montgomerie (pictured, right) has promised all 12 of his players will see action on the first day, and was even willing to go ahead and confirm two of his teams: Italy's brother combo of Edoardo and Francesco Molinari will partner, as will the Northern Ireland duo of Graeme McDowell and Rory McDowell.

"I can tell you all the pairings," Monty said. "Doesn't matter who pairs with who -- I can tell you the whole pairings. I won't, but I could. It's the order that counts, who plays where.

"They know who they are playing with, when they are playing, and I think they can prepare onwards for that start."

 

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