The players thought all blue would have been too hot. I said I wanted them to be comfortable, so they wore white if they wanted. I knew the Americans would put their strongest players at the top of the singles because they needed to win points quickly to close the gap. I put the players who I thought were not playing so good near the top, but I did ask the players in which part of the list they preferred to be. Ian Woosnam, for example, threw up his arm and said he wanted to go out first.
Some players like to go out early because they want to play quickly.
But you know how it is. In the Ryder Cup, you look at the draw and think one match looks likely to be a win, this might be a loss, and so on, but things never work out like that. I did not think, for example, since we had a five-point lead, that it would come down to Ignacio Garrido playing Tom Lehman in the last match. I don't know. I think it is difficult to leave Tiger Woods out if he is on your team, but I don't want to say anything was done wrong on the American side.