"What was important to me is who I thought could play well in that environment over in Wales on European soil," Pavin said. "I wanted to find guys that round off the team and make it a team of 12, not 12 individuals that are great players. I wanted 12 players that made up a great team."
While Pavin will have to wait until the matches against Europe are played in South Wales on Oct. 1-3 to find out if he succeeded, at least, on paper, the captain's four picks appear difficult to question.
Pavin had just given the roll call, announcing (in order) Stewart Cink, Zach Johnson, Tiger Woods and Rickie Fowler as hand-picked additions to a squad of eight points-system qualifiers.
"The important thing was to match up these four with the eight that are already on the team," said Pavin.
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Interestingly, Pavin made his announcement in New York City at a press conference hosted by the New York Stock Exchange, where speculation and risk are all in another day's work.
Pavin's investment capital comes in the form of his eight automatic points-system qualifiers: Phil Mickelson, Hunter Mahan, Bubba Watson, Jim Furyk, Steve Stricker, Dustin Johnson, Jeff Overton and Matt Kuchar. But from that group, only Mickelson (seven), Mahan (one), Furyk (six) and Stricker (one) have past Ryder Cup experience. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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