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Tiger is our Ryder Cup tactician: Love
Tiger Woods is taking on the role of US tactician.

Published: Wed 3 Aug 2016, 4:41 PM

Last updated: Thu 4 Aug 2016, 12:20 AM

Former world number one Tiger Woods is taking on the role of US tactician for next month's Ryder Cup against holders Europe, says captain Davis Love III.
Fourteen-times major winner Woods has been sidelined for almost a year as he recovers from multiple back operations and seems to have spent much of his time away from the circuit thinking about how the Americans can regain the trophy.
"He's been texting me some pairings and some groupings," Love told Sky Sports television of one of his vice-captains. "He's put a lot of thought into it and he's kind of our tactician.
"He's probably one of the most prepared guys when he shows up at a golf tournament. He's already picked his four wildcards... he knows who he wants to watch, who he wants to manage and who he'll get along well with."
US Open winner Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson, US PGA champion Jimmy Walker, Brooks Koepka, Zach Johnson, JB Holmes and Brandt Snedeker currently occupy the automatic eight qualifying berths for the 12-man American team.
Bubba Watson, Patrick Reed, Matt Kuchar and Rickie Fowler are the next four players in the points list and look best-placed to receive a wildcard pick. Europe's top nine are Rory McIlroy, US Masters champion Danny Willett, British Open winner Henrik Stenson, Chris Wood, Sergio Garcia, Justin Rose, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Andy Sullivan and Matt Fitzpatrick.

By Reuters

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