Hal: Jay Haas and Stewart Cink
Hal’s made his picks. Hard to argue with them. Stewart Cink has the best putting average on tour. Both almost made the top 10 in Ryder Cup points.
Hal considered Scott Verplank, but had some concerns about his ankle problem. Verplank was the only person, other than the selections, that Hal called last night. When asked about Todd Hamilton, Hal said that he was somewhat of an unknown and, although he won twice and stared down two fierce competitors, Todd won on 2 courses that are exact opposites of Oakland Hills. About Justin Leonard, Hal said it wouldn’t be fair to judge a person based only on 1 tournament, good or bad.
Hal was very gracious in his comments, and said that he only had 2 picks and a lot of other people deserved to be on the team.
