The Internationals haven’t received the Presidents Cup since 1998. Throughout that span, they’ve misplaced 10 competitions in opposition to the People whereas tying one other, a dreadful stretch that Captain Mike Weir hopes to finish.
Weir, who hails from Sarnia, Ontario, will lead the Internationals at this 12 months’s Presidents Cup, which can return to Royal Montreal in Quebec. Which means Weir will lead the Worldwide facet on his dwelling soil, becoming a member of Greg Norman, Gary Participant, and Peter Thomson as the one males to captain an Worldwide facet of their native nation. Weir can also be the primary Canadian to imagine this place.
Therefore, the 2003 Masters Champion picked three Canadian gamers, Corey Conners, Taylor Pendrith, and Mackenzie Hughes, to affix the Internationals in Montreal. He additionally chosen South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Australian Min Woo Lee, and South Korean Si Woo Kim, all of whom had strong 2024 campaigns, to affix the six gamers who already made the workforce.
Worldwide Staff Computerized Qualifiers:
1. Hideki Matsuyama — Japan
2. Sunjae Im — South Korea
3. Adam Scott — Australia
4. Tom Kim — South Korea
5. Jason Day — Australia
6. Byeong Hun An — South Korea
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Worldwide Staff Captain’s Picks:
1. Corey Conners — Canada
2. Taylor Pendrith — Canada
3. Mackenzie Hughes — Canada
4. Christiaan Bezuidenhout — South Africa
5. Min Woo Lee — Australia
6. Si Woo Kim — South Africa
The unlucky actuality of creating picks like that is that somebody is not going to get included. Weir left off a pair of Canadian stalwarts, each of whom are 36 years outdated. Adam Hadwin and Nick Taylor is not going to go well with up for the Internationals, though the latter received the WM Phoenix Open earlier this season. In fact, Taylor grew to become a nationwide hero eventually 12 months’s RBC Canadian Open, draining a 72-foot putt for eagle to beat Tommy Fleetwood on the fourth playoff gap to make Canadian historical past. Hadwin then rushed the inexperienced in celebration, dousing Taylor with champagne, however a safety guard tackled him, which created a viral second that PGA Tour professionals nonetheless giggle about at present. Regardless of that, Hadwin and Taylor haven’t performed very effectively over the previous few months, thus main Weir to make the tough determination to go them over.
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