Welcome to the second edition of The Nuts and Bolts: Who Got Screwed Series. As of right now, I think this will be the last installation of this series this year unless something happens at the BMW that kicks someone out of the Tour Championship.

I’m not so sure how to do this Nuts and Bolts edition, because I picked the team correctly, so I don’t think anyone got screwed. But for the sake of mixing it up, here are a couple guys who thought they were on the short list of Captain Pavin’s and didn’t get the call they wanted.

Of the four guys picked, Woods, Cink and ZJ were almost unanimously considered to be locks before Pavin did his spiel, so basically Fowler took the one open spot from these guys, and they are:

Charley Hoffman – The Ryder Cup is like the playoffs in Major League Baseball: you want the hot hand. It appears that no one’s hand is hotter than Charley Hoffman who won the Deutsche Bank Championship Monday with a scorching 62 to take the title by five shots. Paul Azinger called Hoffman a “lock” after that performance, but Corey Pavin didn’t see it that way. Hoffman is 57th in Ryder Cup points, 2nd in FedEx Cup points and 51st in the world after his win. Not exactly lofty numbers, but you can’t deny the hot hand. If he wins again, Pavin could catch a lot of heat (lots o’ hot puns).

Ryan Palmer - Another hot hand left off the squad. Palmer finished 2nd at the WGC Bridgestone, T-33 at the PGA then T-5 at the Barclays and T-11 at the Deutsche Bank to put him 13th in FedEx Cup points, 21st in Ryder Cup points and 57th in the world. Like Hoffman, they are not the most impressive numbers, but his play of late definitely deserved a look from the Captain.

Lucas Glover - Lucas hasn’t been the picture of consistency this year, missing six cuts and two of his last four. When everyone was talking about playing well coming up to the September 7th picking date, Glover faded and so did his chances.

Anthony Kim – This is a tough pill to swallow for Kim. After starting off the year red-hot and playing through injury just to give himself a chance to be on the Ryder Cup team, his comeback from thumb surgery has been mediocre at best, playing the weekend only once in the non-cut WGC-Bridgestone event. Personally, I think Kim did the right thing, building up points before taking the three month break to have surgery. He was still an automatic qualifier when he came back, but missing all those cuts allowed for other players to move in front. Hindsight is 20/20, but I still don’t know if Kim had the surgery earlier, allowing him to recover more towards the end of the year and play better would have gotten him on the team. Tough break for a guy who was a great competitor at Valhalla in ’08.

Ben Crane – Another guy, like Glover who was on the periphery coming down to the September 7th pick date and let an opportunity slip, missing the cut at the Deutsche Bank. And who knows, maybe his slow play could have messed with the head of some of the European players. I guess we will have to wait until 2012 when Crane is two years older, and presumably, slower.

Sean O’Hair - Third verse, same as the first. And second. Like Glover and Crane, O’Hair choked down the stretch, missing two out of the last three cuts of tournaments he played in. Unfortunate, because as the 23rd ranked player in the world and a close friend of Tiger’s, maybe he could have been a good pairing for Woods if the Stricker thing falls through.

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While all of these guys have cases to be made, it’s hard to argue with Pavin’s picks. Maybe they can do themselves a favor and play their way onto the team in 2012. Making next year’s President’s Cup team isn’t a bad idea either. They can think of it as an audition that will get the 2012 Ryder Cup captain’s attention. I say give the honor to Freddie Couples. He dominated the Rest of the World at last year’s President’s Cup, give him a chance to have a victory over the entire world by defeating Europe in 2012.