CHASKA, Minn. -- The first awkward moment for Tiger Woods at the Ryder Cup came when he lined up to get into the U.S. team picture.Oops, sorry Tiger, only players are allowed.The second awkward moment came when he walked through a tunnel in the grandstands onto the No. 1 tee for a practice round. Instead of carrying a driver, he was holding a hot drink.Woods has played in seven Ryder Cups. This will be his first as a non-playing assistant captain, which will take some getting used to for everyone, including Woods.He spent Wednesday morning walking with a foursome of players that evidently are his charge at the Ryder Cup. Woods seemed happy, smiling much of the time, but rooting on other players has never been his thing.It is at this Ryder Cup, though, after Woods volunteered to help Davis Love III as an assistant captain. He is one of five on the team -- but the only one who has won 14 majors.Woods probably should be home practicing. After a 14-month absence, he plans to return to competitive golf in a little more than two weeks at the Safeway Open in California and surely his game needs some work.But here he is, determined to show hes a team player and eager to do whatever he can to help the U.S. break a losing streak to Europe in the hotly contested team event.Just what he is doing isnt quite clear, though he and Phil Mickelson did entertain players Monday night in the team room with tales of their disastrous pairing in the 2004 Ryder Cup.And a few weeks back he called up Brandt Snedeker to bend his ear about what they should be doing for the team.To say its unusual to get a call from Tiger Woods would be pretty accurate. I dont get a lot of those calls, Snedeker said. Got to the point where I was joking around, like youre calling me more than my wife is right now, we need to figure something out.There may also come a point where Woods steps in front of the team to give it a rah-rah speech, but until then, hes basically the minder for a team pod that includes Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed and Matt Kuchar.One thing Woods probably wont be doing is delivering turkey sandwiches to players on the course, like Love did on Wednesday.Were defining our roles, you know, as what were going to do out on the golf course, Love said. For example, I saw Tiger on, I dont know, 12, 13, I said, `Hows it going? He goes, `Perfect. I dont have to worry about Tiger and his group.Woods hasnt played in the Ryder Cup since being on the losing side in 2010, and its one competition where he hasnt exactly shined. He has a career 13-17-3 record and has played on only one winning team in his seven Ryder Cups.At the age of 40 hes embarking on a comeback, trying desperately to regain his form after surgery on his back. No one is selling him short, but the days of Woods dominating whenever he teed it up are likely long gone.Even as an assistant, though, Woods still moves the needle. That was evident Wednesday when fans yelled out his name as he walked between holes, like he was one of the players.Thanks for coming Tiger, one yelled out.Woods declined interviews coming into the Ryder Cup, preferring to keep his role in the background. But Mickelson said he and Woods have been talking daily for the past few weeks about various pairings to send out for the U.S. team.Its been really exciting for us because weve been on so many teams for so many years, Mickelson said.At one point a few weeks ago, Woods joked to Love that he was giving him too much to do as an assistant. But he seems to be enjoying his role, even as he deals with the uncertainty of his own comeback attempt.That may largely be due to Love giving a lot of say in this team to veteran players and assistants. Mickelson is basically a co-captain with Love, and Woods doesnt have to speak up to be heard.It may look awkward, but it may just work.And that could make this Ryder Cup a lot more fun for Woods than most of those he actually played in.Vapormax Site Pas Cher . -- Nate Robinson has played for seven teams, so beating one of them is no longer a rare occurrence. Vapormax Pas Cher Homme . Now tied for second in the league in shootout goals, the 24-year-old likes to see what the opposing goaltender has in store before he ultimately lands on a move. http://www.vapormaxpaschersite.fr/ . Malkin got tangled up with Detroits Luke Glendening early in the third period and his left skate took the brunt of collision with the boards behind Pittsburghs net. Vapormax Pas Cher Femme . Datsyuk will miss Tuesdays game against New Jersey and could be sidelined longer, while Cleary will likely miss at least the next three games. Its been an injury-plagued season for Datsyuk, who has suited up for just 39 games. Chaussure Vapormax Pas Cher . PETERSBURG, Fla.F1 in 2016 has officially begun with Ferrari giving an early tantalising glimpse of a potential head-to-head title fight with Mercedes on the opening day of Barcelona testing.Sebastian Vettel clocked a fastest time of 1:24.939 to outpace world champion Lewis Hamilton by half a second as Ferrari and Mercedes gave the full debuts to the cars which are expected to lead the way in the new season.But while Ferrari may have taken early bragging rights on the timesheet, Mercedes conquered the mileage charts with their W07 clocking an astonishing 156 laps - nearly double that of any other new car. Its been an amazing day, a beaming Hamilton said. Ive never had a Day One practice like today. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton completed 156 laps on day one of the first Barcelona Test, watch some footage of him on track in the W07. F1 in 2016: The new cars revealedLap times in testing are notoriously unreliable indicators of true form and Ferrari have topped Day One of testing in each of the last two years only for Mercedes to dominate the season. Vettels best time - which, like Hamiltons, was set on the medium tyres - was two seconds slower than the fastest of winter testing 12 months ago but was also just 0.3 seconds shy of the pole position time for last Mays Spanish GP. However, Nico Rosberg, who takes over the W07 from Hamilton on Tuesday, believes the Ferrari threat has grown.Ferrari are looking strong already and definitely we are expecting them to be a big threat, Rosberg told Sky Sports News HQ. It would be great if Ferrari are very, very close to us so long as they are never in front of us!Team boss Toto Wolff added: Were very happy that Ferrari look like they have a great car because that could be a great battle between the teams. Changes have been made to cars to make them louder but F1 expert Ted Kravitz thinks it still wont please some fans The new Ferrari and Mercedes cars ended up clear of the pack on the timesheet, with Daniel Ricciardo third in the Red Bull RB12 and Valtteri Bottas fourth in Williams FW38.ddddddddddddnevitably, after the teams worst season in history, plenty of eyes were on McLaren and engine partners Honda as the MP4-31 made its track debut at the Circuit de Catalunya. Twelve months after the tone of the teams season was set when its predecessor completed a disastrous six laps on day one at Jerez, the new car proved far more reliable out of the box with Jenson Button able to rack up 83 laps.However, team boss Eric Boullier earlier sounded a note of caution by stating that their performance was not good enough during the morning session. Button finished sixth and 1.8 seconds off the Ferrari pace - despite using the faster soft compound.Newcomers Haas, meanwhile, ran into more fundamental problems as their first F1 car, the VF-16, made its long-awaited debut. The Ferrari-engined machine suffered a front-wing failure down the circuits main straight, keeping Romain Grosjean in the garage for several hours. The Frenchman returned in the closing stages and finished 10th with 31 laps.After a delayed start, new Mercedes engine customers Manor wound up ninth with rookie Pascal Wehrlein - although it was a less successful day for fellow newcomer Jolyon Palmer whose Renault ran into problems and propped up the timesheet.Day One Timesheet1. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 1:24.939, 69 laps;2. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:25.409, 156 laps;3. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, 1:26.044, 87 laps;4. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 1:26.091, 80 laps;5. Alfonso Celis, Force India, 1:26.298, 58 laps;6. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:26.735, 84 laps7. Carlos Sainz, Toro Rosso, 1:27.180, 55 laps;8. Marcus Ericson, Sauber, 1:27.555, 88 laps;9. Pascal Wehrlein, Manor, 1:28.292, 54 laps;10. Romain Grosjean, Haas, 1:28.399, 31 laps;11. Jolyon Palmer, Renault, 1:29.356, 37 laps.F1 is back: The best pictures of the cars on track in BarcelonaKeep up to speed with all the latest news, pictures and video from all eight days of F1 testing via the daily live blog on the Sky Sports website and mobile apps. Sky Sports News HQ will also broadcast regular updates from trackside in Barcelona. Every race live in 2016 Sky Sports F1 brings you every race live in 2016. Fast and easy online upgrade - click here.Also See:F1 gossip columnEvery 2016 race live ' ' '