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TICKED TIGER
 
Michael Jordan knows how tense things can get during competition. So he took a little pity on European captain Nick Faldo during Friday’s opening round matches, playfully giving Faldo a neck massage.
 
Jordan, back at Valhalla on Saturday, admitted the move didn’t sit well with at least one Ryder Cup regular: Tiger Woods.
 
The world’s No. 1 golfer, watching the Cup on TV while recuperating from knee surgery, fired off a text to Jordan telling him to cut it out.
 
“He texted me when I was massaging (Faldo),” Jordan said. “He said ‘Get your hands off him and choke him instead of massage him.”
 
Jordan has attended every Ryder Cup since 1997 and called it one of his favorite competitions in sports.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/golfNews/idUKSP34042120080921

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) - World number one Tiger Woods, a frustrated absentee from this week's Ryder Cup, has been busily sending the U.S. team messages of support.

"The greatest player in the world is sitting at home watching and text messaging me and everybody else he can find," U.S. captain Paul Azinger told reporters after Saturday's fourball matches at Valhalla Golf Club.

"He texted me 10 times yesterday, at least. He likes to heckle. I kind of told him he needed to step up his heckling skills a little bit and he brought it today.

"I didn't know he could take it to such a high level, so I give him credit. He has been great."