Ryder Cup: Is Corey Pavin Leaving Tiger Woods Off American Team?

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Published: May 25, 2010

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Corey Pavin seems to have a good head on his shoulders. Smart guy. Competitive. Should make a fine Ryder Cup captain.

On Sunday, however, Pavin told Reuters that Tiger Woods is no shoe-in for his Ryder Cup team in October. In fact, Pavin added, "I'm not going to treat him different than any other player."

Woods is currently 11th on the list of Ryder Cup points for the Americans. The Top Eight get a spot, and the captain picks the next four.

"I'd love to have him on the team," Pavin said. "But he needs to be playing well."

Okay, Corey, sure, I'll give you that, we don't want Tiger to be playing less than well. But does that mean less than well for him, or less than well for any golfer?

Meaning, Tiger Woods, even when he is playing poorly, is playing better than most golfers in the world.

Some of the Americans currently ahead of Woods in the Ryder Cup standings include Ben Crane, Hunter Mahan, Lucas Glover, Dustin Johnson, and Matt Kuchar. Good golfers all around.

Is there a great golfer there? Somebody who would scare the crap out of Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter?

Is perhaps Mr. Pavin reacting to the Tiger Woods image right now more so than the Tiger Woods golfer? I believe Tiger Woods is still the No. 1 ranked player in the world—and that is with hardly playing at all this year.

He missed one cut this year. If we start excluding golfers who have missed cuts this year, well, we won't have a team.

Corey might want to check the records of American golfers in match play over the last dozen years. After doing that, would you really consider not adding Tiger Woods to your team?

When Tiger struggles, it is magnified 100 times more so than any golfer, except maybe Phil Mickelson. When these guys struggle (Tiger and Phil) it really means they have come down, temporarily, to everyone else's level.

But we all know ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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