Rose will partner Casey for England at the WGC-World Cup

Casey and Rose helped Great Britain and Ireland win the Seve Trophy last week but were prevented from playing with each other by Montgomerie.

"Captain Monty didn't put us together, whether that was a ploy to give Scotland an advantage over England this week I'm not sure," joked Casey.

"But I think we have a very good chance to challenge."

Casey and Rose were third in the event in Mexico last year and are confident of claiming England's second World Cup title after Nick Faldo and David Carter's success in 1998.

"I think the foursomes are really the key," said Casey, who, along with Rose, is bidding to make his first Ryder Cup side next year.

"We had one good foursomes round last year, a 63, and didn't finish the job off the last two days unfortunately.

The key is to have two balls in play and have two putts for birdie Justin Rose

"The fourballs is where we lacked last year. We thought we would be stronger than we were and actually surprised ourselves that we played better in foursomes than fourballs."

Rose, who has not won on the European Tour this season, admitted they had learned lessons from 12 months ago, particularly when it comes to fourballs.

"If one guy is in play it doesn't necessarily mean the other guy should open his shoulders and smash it as far as he can," said the 23-year-old..

"The key is to have two balls in play and have two putts for birdie.

The 24 two-man teams will play two rounds of fourballs and two rounds of foursomes at Kiawah Island, venue for the 1991 Ryder Cup dubbed "The War on the Shore".

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"Paul realised that as well, because if one guys is on his own on a hole, he can't hit the putt the way he wants to and has to be a little more defensive."

The defending champions are Japan's Shigeki Maruyama and Toshi Izawa, who won last year's title by two strokes from the US at the Vista Vallarta course in Mexico.

Maruyama will be back to defend the title, this time with Hidemichi Tanaka.

Tough opposition will come from Ireland's Padraig Harrington and Paul McGinley, who won in 1997.

Other strong pairs include America's Jim Furyk and Justin Leonard, Wales' Ian Woosnam and Bradley Dredge, Scotland's Paul Lawrie and Alastair Forsyth and Fredrik Jacobson and Niclas Fasth for Sweden.

Teams: (in alphabetical order)