Fail to prepare, prepare to fail

FOR a man that earlier in the week brought in a military man to gee up his players, USA captain Corey Pavin cut an extraordinarily benign figure on the eve of today’s deciding Ryder Cup singles matches.

DESCRIBING sporting contests as battles and rivals as enemies are regrettably easy metaphors to employ.

Europe are the ones using motivational videos in the final countdown to the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor – and a talk by Welsh rugby legend Gareth Edwards - but the Americans have been spoken to in their team room by a decorated fighter pilot back from Iraq.