Ryder rivals to go head to head again

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Ryder Cup opponents Hunter Mahan and Graeme McDowell have been paired together for the first round of the Commercialbank Qatar Masters.
Mahan, of course, is the American who ended the last Ryder Cup in tears after losing to McDowell in the fateful game that ended up deciding the contest.
He makes a rare European appearance in Doha this week, preferring to play the majority of his Ping G20 4-PW, GW Iron Set with Steel Shafts-Red Dot stateside. Having completed the long trip from California, he\'s still feeling a little worse for wear.
\"I feel as good as to be expected,\" Mahan said.
\"It\'s something I wanted to do. I was just looking for the right opportunity and this came about.
\"I do feel like golf is global now, especially with the European Tour having the top four players in the world.
\"I really enjoy the opportunity to travel and see different parts of the world. It is out of your comfort zone, but I feel like that\'s going to make you a better player in the long run.\"
Though he\'d like to play more in Europe, Mahan concedes that his globe-trotting could affect his Ping G20 4-PW, GW Iron Set with Steel Shafts-Red Dot .
\"It may - I don\'t know - but I\'d rather experience it than wonder about it.
\"My job is to figure out the best way to handle it, how to get the right amount of rest and the right amount of practice too.\"
Mahan has no concerns about partnering McDowell and added that it won\'t be the first time they\'ve played Ping G20 4-PW, GW Iron Set with Steel Shafts-Red Dot together since Celtic Manor.
\"We got it out of the way real quick!\" he said. \"I\'ve known Graeme since college basically. I don\'t really have any ill-feelings toward the guy or anything like that.
\"The Ryder Cup is a lot of fun. It really brings out the competitive nature in everybody that you don\'t really see most weeks.
\"It won\'t really add any spice. Hopefully we\'ll have an opportunity to rekindle that later this year.\"( Ping G20 4-PW, GW Iron Set with Steel Shafts-Red Dot)
Lee Westwood, Sergio Garcia, Jason Day and KJ Choi are the other world top-20 men in the field, while Mahan is joined by four fellow Americans who are all major winners - Ben Curtis, Todd Hamilton, Shaun Micheel and John Daly.