Corey Pavin announced during the Senior British Open that he will ask Tiger "if he wants to be on his Ryder Cup team." After publicly announcing that "Tiger has to earn his way into the team", Pavin received some negative reactions to this statement, one of which came from Jack Nicklaus.
Knowing Tiger's pride and his present professional and personal status, Pavin is making sure that he can save face if Tiger is not on the Ryder Cup team. By the way, it is not his team. It is the United States Ryder Cup team, of which he happens to be the leader.
His actions and his words indicate he only wants Tiger in the Ryder cup team half-heartedly. Luzviminda G. Veloso, Ridgewood, NY
You are a prescient observer, Luziminda. But whether Pavin is half-hearted, cold-hearted, full-throated or surreptitious about it, he'll have Tiger if Tiger feels like playing, and we're betting he will. Based on Woods' reception at the British Open--fairly cordial, I thought--you'll see him in Wales. Did you see the story about him
still being No. 1 (tied, now with Kobe Bryant) among sports fans? He's the draw he always was.
--Bob Carney
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