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Webb Simpson revealed to the media at Gleneagles on Thursday how he convinced Tom Watson to name him as one of the captain's picks for the 40th edition of the Ryder Cup.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Webb Simpson (asked what he texted Tom Watson to convince him to make Simpson a captain's pick):

"I texted him, something like 'I know it's a really tough decision for you, I know Chris (Kirk) just won and I know Bill (Haas) is playing good and you even have other options than that, but.... I really, really, really want to be on the team. I want to, represent United States and I love this format and I'll do anything to be on the team.' Something to that extent and, all he says back was, and he texted real quick, I saw the three little dots on the iphone, I'm surprised he was awake, and he said 'this is a tough decision Webb.' And that's all he said. And so I'm like, 'I didn't make the team. He's going to call me, I didn't make the team.' But then he called me 30 minutes later and, and he asked me why I thought he should put me on the team. And (at) four-thirty in the morning that's a tough question to be asked, I'm still laying in bed. So I just told him, my passion for the Ryder Cup from my one experience and, how much I cared about it and how much I believed that, I though I could bring to the team. Nothing over the other guys but just, 'hey, Medinah's still there. I still think about it. I want another shot.'"

SOUNDBITE: (English) Webb Simpson (asked if he wants to reclaim the two points Ian Poulter won from him at the last Ryder Cup in Medinah):

"I do want those points back. I'm sure he wants to keep them as well, but.... yes, any chance I have to, to play against the guy who seems like he's, in Ryder Cup form the best, that they've seen, anybody wants that chance, and when I, when I kind of had the draw on singles last Sunday, or at Medinah on Sunday I was excited, and I think, as athletes you want, you want a challenge and you want to play a guy who's playing good golf. So that was us in Medinah."