MELBOURNE — Not surprisingly, neither captain was giving much away beyond the identities of the participants for the first series of four-ball matches in the 13th Presidents Cup. Ernie Els of the International side and U.S. captain Tiger Woods admitted to having what Els called “a system,” but the details, for now at least, will remain secret.
“We’ve had a plan, and this is the way we figured it,” Els said. “I can't tell you exactly what we're doing in the team room, but we've got a system, and we're following that.”
Still, some of the pairings were predictable enough.