Phil Mickelson recently joked about team USA's infrequent victories in the Ryder Cup where it is said to be because the team lacked chemistry.
Mickelson jokingly answered "Well, not only are we able to play together, we also don't litigate against each other, and that's a real plus, I feel, heading into this week."
Accordingly, his comments were relation to the ongoing lawsuit between the European team's Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell.
But right after that, Mickelson together with Keegan Bradley is off to face McIlroy and Sergio Garcia in the opening session of fourballs on Friday at Gleneagles.
According to McIlroy "We're looking to hand them their first defeat tomorrow morning." Mickelson together and Bradley were undefeated as a team two years ago at Medinah.
U.S. team captain Tom Watson made sure that all of his three rookies were on the course at Gleneagles right away, and two of them are partners - 21-year-old Jordan Spieth and 24-year-old Patrick Reed, the youngest pairing in Ryder Cup history.
On the other hand, Europe captain Paul McGinley had put together four pairings who have never played together in a Ryder Cup.
McIlroy had told Golf Channel on Thursday that he also ''got a couple of jabs back'' at the gala dinner on Wednesday.
He said "I know Phil well and we had a couple of laughs about it."
While Mickelson said "It's going to be a difficult match against what we perceive as the strongest team that Europe has."
Watson also said "I told them today, 'I'm going to throw you in the ocean without a life preserver. You're on your own. You get out there and you get it done."
On the other hand, Ian Poulter and Stephen Gallacher will be facing Spieth and Reed.
Poulter is considered to be the most dynamic player in the European team. He is a winner of seven straight matches and coming off a 4-0 record at Medinah. While his partner is the only Scottish player at Gleneagles, lives about 35 miles (55 kilometers) away. Which also means that being the homecourt boy, he gets the loudest cheer from the crowd.
According to Poulter "Absolutely buzzing. Playing with Stevie G, home course, in Scotland, first Ryder Cup. It's going to be amazing. I can't wait to smash it down the middle."
But both Spieth and Reed is not backing out.
Spieth said "I don't think you could have picked out two people that we want to play against more. I feel like our job is to win a point. We can do that with those two guys. We're going to really lower their team morale, I feel like."
