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Faldo laughs off pairings gaffe (Ryder Cup)
by true_frnd on Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:22 am
Nick Faldo found himself involved in 'sandwichgate' at the Ryder Cup - after being caught with a piece of paper.
Faldo
found himself answering questions about whether some of his secrets
were out two days before the start of the action at Valhalla. The paper
had pairings on them - Sergio Garcia and Lee Westwood, then Padraig
Harrington and Robert Karlsson.Underneath them were the initials
of Justin Rose, Ian Poulter, Graeme McDowell and Paul Casey, then on
the next line Oliver Wilson, Soren Hansen and Miguel Angel Jimenez.
Henrik Stenson's name was missing. Faldo said: "It just had the lunch
list. It had sandwich requests for the guys, just making sure who wants
the tuna, what wants the beef, who wants the ham. So that's all it was,
sandwich list."When pressed on the matter, though, Faldo came up with a different answer."I haven't put numbers next to them yet, have I? We don't know what order they will go out, so some are safe," he contended."And that was on the seventh tee. If the photographer was on the 13th or 14th it all changed, so it's all different now."Then came a question about the missing Stenson.Faldo said: "He's on the other side of the piece of paper. The Swedes do it the other way around. "No,
it's tomorrow's (Thursday) pairings. Okay, I've been caught - I learned
a lesson. You know the pairings and we are going to play foursomes on
the front nine."
Faldo
found himself answering questions about whether some of his secrets
were out two days before the start of the action at Valhalla. The paper
had pairings on them - Sergio Garcia and Lee Westwood, then Padraig
Harrington and Robert Karlsson.Underneath them were the initials
of Justin Rose, Ian Poulter, Graeme McDowell and Paul Casey, then on
the next line Oliver Wilson, Soren Hansen and Miguel Angel Jimenez.
Henrik Stenson's name was missing. Faldo said: "It just had the lunch
list. It had sandwich requests for the guys, just making sure who wants
the tuna, what wants the beef, who wants the ham. So that's all it was,
sandwich list."When pressed on the matter, though, Faldo came up with a different answer."I haven't put numbers next to them yet, have I? We don't know what order they will go out, so some are safe," he contended."And that was on the seventh tee. If the photographer was on the 13th or 14th it all changed, so it's all different now."Then came a question about the missing Stenson.Faldo said: "He's on the other side of the piece of paper. The Swedes do it the other way around. "No,
it's tomorrow's (Thursday) pairings. Okay, I've been caught - I learned
a lesson. You know the pairings and we are going to play foursomes on
the front nine."
Stop trying to hit me and hit me!
