The President’s Cup, the biennial crew match play occasion between the USA and an Worldwide crew comprising gamers from outdoors of Europe, tees off its fifteenth renewal on Thursday at Royal Montreal Golf Membership in Quebec.
Workforce USA might be trying to lengthen its successful run to 10 in a row in Canada, having not misplaced this century. For the reason that occasion was launched in 1994, USA has received 12 instances, Worldwide only one (1998), with one tie (2003).
Each groups comprise six automated qualifiers and 6 captain’s picks. Workforce USA is being captained by Jim Furyk, whereas the Worldwide crew is being led by Canadian Mike Weir.
Workforce USA six automated qualifiers from the factors record had been Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay and Sahith Theegala.
And Furyk made issues straightforward for himself by choosing the subsequent six highest factors scorers to make up the remainder of the crew. They’re Sam Burns, Tony Finau, Russell Henley, Keegan Bradley, Brian Harman and Max Homa.
Weir’s crew contains automated qualifiers Hideki Matsuyama, Sungjae Im, Adam Scott, Tom Kim, Jason Day and Byeong Hun An, together with captain’s picks Corey Conners, Min Woo Lee, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Taylor Pendrith, Si Woo Kim and Mackenzie Hughes.
Weir has performed the house benefit card in choosing three Canadians in Conners, Pendrith and Hughes. Whereas Conners completed seventh within the standings, and Pendrith eleventh, Hughes was three locations outdoors the top-12 factors scorers in fifteenth.
Because the President’s Cup is a PGA Tour-sanctioned occasion, gamers contracted to LIV Golf are usually not eligible for choice for both crew, so the likes of Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau are lacking from the US crew, whereas apparent Worldwide crew candidates Cameron Smith and Joaquin Niemann had been additionally barred from competing, critically denting the ‘residence’ aspect’s possibilities of victory.
COMPETITION FORMAT
Not like the Ryder Cup, the Presidents Cup takes place over 4 days as an alternative of three, with Thursday, September 26 seeing the opening 5 four-ball matches beginning at 4.35pm (UK time), adopted on Friday by 5 foursomes matches from 6.05pm.
Saturday will see 4 morning foursomes and 4 afternoon fourball matches, whereas Sunday will see 12 singles matches beginning at 5pm (UK time).
With 30 factors up for grabs, the primary crew to achieve 15.5 factors will win the Presidents Cup.
HOW TO WATCH THE PRESIDENTS CUP
Sky Sports activities might be exhibiting stay protection from all 5 classes in Canada, with over 28 hours of motion throughout the 4 match days alongside day by day highlights and particular Presidents Cup programming.
