Aus Open Officials Have No Plans For Woods-Scott Pairing
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We should be warming up for the greatest summer of golf in recent memory. Instead, a fading superstar and a disgruntled caddie are threatening to hijack the entire shebang.
In another story Read says that not only is a Woods-Scott pairing for the opening 36 out of the question, this storyline pairing was never a consideration even before Williams moved the state of his relationship with Tiger to DEFCON 5 1.
Golf Australia had already made the decision to keep Woods and Scott apart when they sit down to make their pairings for the opening two rounds of the Open, fearing Williams's presence would turn the entire event into a sideshow. There may be no avoiding it now.
"It's such a great field," Golf Australia chief executive Steve Pitt said. "It's such a deep field. There are so many really good players who are playing. I don't think it will become too much of a distraction.
"Certainly, once the tournament starts, it will look after itself. There has never been any plan to play Tiger and Adam together.
"I don't think it will be a distraction for us or the players."
I can certainly understand the distraction angle at this point, but to not have considered it prior to Stevie's comments in China seems peculiar.
But that's why we have the Presidents Cup next week!
