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Considering that Davis Love III mentioned a few weeks ago how well Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker play together in team competitions, it was no surprise that Love named Stricker to the U.S. Ryder Cup team with one of his four captain's picks Tuesday morning.

Love also named Dustin Johnson, Brandt Snedeker and Jim Furyk to the 12-man squad that will take on Europe's best in the biennial match play competition Sept. 28-30 at Medinah Country Club in suburban Chicago.

Eight players previously made the team on points: Woods, Bubba Watson, Jason Dufner, Keegan Bradley, Webb Simpson, Zach Johnson, Matt Kuchar and Phil Mickelson.

Stricker, 45, of Madison, will be playing in his third Ryder Cup. He was a captain's pick in 2008, when the U.S. won, and made the team on points in 2010, when the Americans lost. He has a 3-3-1 record in the competition.

"Obviously, I'm very excited to be a part of this team," Stricker said in a telephone news conference. "That’s an understatement. We all know how much fun it is and how much pride we take to be a part of this team.

"(Love) was with me there at Wales (in 2010), kind of leading me around in the first group out in the Sunday finals against Lee Westwood. I’m really looking forward to it.'

Stricker finished 10th in the points, compiled over a two-year period.

In naming his four picks, Love bypassed Hunter Mahan, who has won twice this year and finished ninth in the points, and Rickie Fowler, a dynamic young player who finished 12th in the points. Love also skipped over No. 14 Bo Van Pelt to pick No. 15 Johnson, who was injured earlier in the year.

"It was tough to leave anybody off," Love said. "This is probably the deepest, strongest year of earning points that I’ve seen. There was a lot of guys that played a lot of really good golf. You can analyze the numbers up and down and back and forth. We could have gone very, very deep down the points list this year. It’s tough to leave anybody off.

"There’s four great players we picked that are all playing very well and definitely bring a lot to the team."