The President’s Cup, the biennial staff match play occasion between the USA and an Worldwide staff comprising gamers from exterior of Europe, tees off its fifteenth renewal on Thursday at Royal Montreal Golf Membership in Quebec.
Crew USA shall be seeking to prolong its profitable run to 10 in a row in Canada, having not misplaced this century. For the reason that occasion was launched in 1994, USA has gained 12 occasions, Worldwide only one (1998), with one tie (2003).
Each groups comprise six automated qualifiers and 6 captain’s picks. Crew USA is being captained by Jim Furyk, whereas the Worldwide staff is being led by Canadian Mike Weir.
Crew USA six automated qualifiers from the factors listing had been Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay and Sahith Theegala.
And Furyk made issues simple for himself by selecting the following six highest factors scorers to make up the remainder of the staff. They’re Sam Burns, Tony Finau, Russell Henley, Keegan Bradley, Brian Harman and Max Homa.
Weir’s staff includes 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 selecting three Canadians in Conners, Pendrith and Hughes. Whereas Conners completed seventh within the standings, and Pendrith eleventh, Hughes was three locations exterior the top-12 factors scorers in fifteenth.
Because the President’s Cup is a PGA Tour-sanctioned occasion, gamers contracted to LIV Golf usually are not eligible for choice for both staff, so the likes of Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau are lacking from the US staff, whereas apparent Worldwide staff candidates Cameron Smith and Joaquin Niemann had been additionally barred from competing, severely denting the ‘dwelling’ facet’s probabilities 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 staff to achieve 15.5 factors will win the Presidents Cup.
HOW TO WATCH THE PRESIDENTS CUP
Sky Sports activities shall be displaying reside protection from all 5 classes in Canada, with over 28 hours of motion throughout the 4 event days alongside each day highlights and particular Presidents Cup programming.
