Tiger Woods will face Adam Scott in an intriguing match-up on the opening day of the Presidents Cup two weeks after a racial slur aimed at the American by the Australian's caddie. Woods will team up with Steve Stricker for the United States while Australian Scott is playing with South Korea's K.J. Choi for the International team in the last of Thursday's six foursomes. It means former world No. 1 Woods will come face to face with Scott's caddie Steve Williams, who carried Woods's bags for 13 of his 14 major titles before being sacked earlier this year. Williams earlier this month made an offensive comment against Woods during an awards dinner in Shanghai. He subsequently apologized to him for the comment and they shook hands. “I think it's great for the tournament. It needed to be done,” Internationals captain Greg Norman said at Wednesday's pairings announcement. “It played out the way it played out. There wasn't any premeditation by it. “I think at the end of the day, the guys in that last group will be the consummate professionals and go out and play the game of golf representing their International team and the US team the way they should do.” US team captain Fred Couples said the Woods-Scott face-off would be an exciting match on the opening day of the biennial teams event. “We did not plan anything. But I think it worked out awesome for everybody involved to have Adam and Tiger play,” Couples said. Woods, who only got into this year's Presidents Cup as the captain's pick after slipping outside the world's top 50, won four points with Stricker in the US win in 2009 in San Francisco.
