Langer confident of seeing job through

European captain Bernhard Langer was delighted with the singles draw for the final day of the 35th Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills.

With the United States facing a record six-point deficit, Langer correctly assumed his opposite number Hal Sutton would put his top players out early and adjusted his order accordingly.

The German revealed Paul Casey had asked to take on Tiger Woods in the first match, while Sergio Garcia, with three-and-a-half points out of four, faces Phil Mickelson and Darren Clarke is up against Davis Love in the opening three matches.

“I like what I see in the draw,” Langer said. “I am not scared at all. I think they are going to win five or six points and that would be fantastic.

“I would be very surprised if we don’t get two points from the first three. We might not have the superstars we had in the 1980s but we have great players.”

In contrast, Sutton simply put his 12 players out in the singles in the order in which they qualified for the team, and admitted: “That was as good a way as any.

“The top three players are the strongest players we have got.

We have a large deficit and maybe the Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson you all know have not been here this week, there is a good chance they will be there tomorrow, and if they are what’s going to happen?

“If they do show up they will be formidable opposition.”

Draw for the concluding singles in the 35th Ryder Cup, United States v Europe, at Oakland Hills, Detroit, Michigan, on Sunday (all times Irish time):

1700 Tiger Woods v Paul Casey

1711 Phil Mickelson v Sergio Garcia

1722 Davis Love v Darren Clarke

1733 Jim Furyk v David Howell

1744 Kenny Perry v Lee Westwood

1755 David Toms v Colin Montgomerie

1806 Chad Campbell v Luke Donald

1817 Chris DiMarco v Miguel Angel Jimenez

1828 Fred Funk v Thomas Levet

1839 Chris Riley v Ian Poulter

1850 Jay Haas v Padraig Harrington

1901 Stewart Cink v Paul McGinley