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Tue 10 Oct 2007Team spirit to the fore in CanadaCaddie's Role:The seventh Presidents Cup, the rest of the world's version of the Ryder Cup, got under way in Montreal, Canada, last week under the guise of an act of patriotism for 'the united states of the rest of the world' against the mighty USA.I have never competed as a caddie in the Ryder Cup but I have been involved with a number of Presidents Cups so I cannot compare the intensity of the events. But caddies who have worked at both tell me last week's challenge was more like the first round of an average tour event. The Ryder Cup, most admitted, was constantly like the back nine of a major.