Sheboygan, Wis. ? In an argument as acrimonious as any Ryder Cup match, a Golf Channel reporter pointed his finger at Corey Pavin’s chest and accused the U.S. captain of lying about comments that Tiger Woods will be picked for the team.

Jim Gray approached Pavin after a news conference Wednesday, and they stood no more than a foot apart, facing off as if they were in the middle of a boxing ring.

Pavin said Gray called him “a liar” and said, “You’re going down.”

As Gray turned to walk away, Pavin barked at him, “You’re just going to walk away?”

Gray reported Tuesday evening that Pavin told him he would pick Woods for the Ryder Cup if he didn’t make the team on his own at the PGA Championship. He quoted Pavin as saying — it was not on camera — “Of course I’m going to. He’s the best player in the world.”

Pavin tweeted Wednesday that “Jim Gray has misquoted me re: picking Tiger. I never said such a thing and will not say a thing until 09/07.”

Pavin is to announce his four captain’s picks on Sept. 7 in New York.