Americans can’t ignore Tiger for Ryder Cup squad

DESPITE all that is read into the fact America won the last Ryder Cup without Tiger Woods and lost the previous three with him, there seems no way Corey Pavin will choose to bring a Tiger-less team to Celtic Manor in three weeks’ time.

Pavin names his four wild cards today and, while Woods is clearly not the player he was before his sex scandal and subsequent marriage break-up, it should be the easiest decision that the United States captain has to make.

Certainly far easier than the one which saw Colin Montgomerie select Pádraig Harrington, Luke Donald and Edoardo Molinari ahead of Paul Casey and Justin Rose.