<p><br /> United States team captain Corey Pavin does not believe he has taken a risk in selecting Tiger Woods as one of his wild cards for next month's Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor.<br /> </p><p><br /> Woods was named on Tuesday by Pavin along with 21-year-old rising star Rickie Fowler, Stewart Cink and Zach Johnson to complete his 12-man line-up as the US look to defend the cup they won at Valhalla in 2008.<br /> </p><p><br /> On his thought process about Woods Pavin said: "I just watched and waited. I was hoping he would qualify on points, but he didn't and so I waited to see how he played," Woods has come 12th and 11th the last two weeks.<br /> </p><p><br /> Woods is expected to play with world number four Steve Stricker, with whom he won four out of four at the Presidents Cup in San Francisco 11 months ago.<br /> </p><p><br /> Cink, last year's Open champion, and Johnson, the 2007 Masters winner, were safe choices, adding experience to a side that already had four rookies.<br /> </p><p><br /> The Americans will have five debutants compared to Europe's six. Each side has four members of the world's top 10, but Colin Montgomerie's line-up - even without Paul Casey - has eight of the top 20 compared to Pavin's seven.<br /> </p>
