Monty Says He Has Made His Day One Pairings, But Maybe Not

Colin Montgomerie has to be anxious to get to October 1. On that day at Celtic Manor, he can finally begin the work of actually captaining the European Ryder Cup team. The worry of any kind of October surprise courtesy of his local Olan Mills - AKA Paula Tagg - will be gone and the focus will be solely on his game of chess with Corey Pavin.

Monty said in a presser yesterday that he has nailed down all of the pairings for the eight matches contested on Friday. He intends to use all 12 players on his roster. Good thing because Paul Azinger has noted that players which compete in every session lose their singles match on Sunday about 80% of the time. 

Montgomerie also said he plans to pair the two Ulstermen - Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell - together. Same is true for the Molinari brothers. Well, color me surprised. Monty revealed the most obvious pairings. These four go together like peanut butter and jelly. Liz Lemon and Jack Donaghy.

Where's Ryan Seacrest to take it to commercial before we come back with the real results?

Jason Sobel reports that Monty may not be entirely truthful about his line-up, though. Luke Donald told Sobel he is not aware of the day one pairings. So, did Monty tell himself? Did he send an e-mail or a text message and guys just won't get it until they're uncomfortably sitting on the practice ground wondering who they're going to play with on Friday?

Could it be supplemental gamesmanship by Donald to give a sense of European discombobulation? 

No matter. The Americans aren't paying attention anyhow. Everyone who doesn't like fuscia is still complaining about the Saturday cardigan from the Lisa Pavin line. Frankly, I find them delightful. Then again, it is really out of Steve Stricker's comfort zone to wear anything ROY or IV in the color spectrum.