Tom Watson Now Not As Sure Tiger Is A Ryder Cup Lock

James Corrigan questioned Tom Watson's declaration last week that Tiger Woods would be on the Ryder Cup team no matter how few points he accrues in whatever starts he might make this year. Bob Harig wrote about the Watson guarantee here, which was lost in some of the pre-Masters hype.

So a nice catch by Corrigan who noticed Captain Watson softening this stance during a pre-RBC Heritage press conference where Watson is paired with Jordan Spieth Thursday.

From the transcript:

Q.  We can't stop thinking about the Ryder Cup.  If Tiger Woods only played in one more tournament the rest of the year, because of his injury, would you consider picking him?

TOM WATSON:  One more tournament?  I'm not going to answer that.  Tiger I hope just basically gets well and starts playing well again.  If he gets well and is playing well, I'll pick him.  But one more tournament, I don't know.  I can't answer that.