The stage is set for an epic Sunday at Royal Melbourne after Ernie Els and Tiger Woods confirmed the singles showdowns that will ultimately decide the 2019 Presidents Cup.
A Unites States team teetering on the brink of rendering Sunday’s singles largely immaterial played its way back into contention in afternoon foursomes in the Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne on Saturday.
Still, there was a sense of an opportunity lost. At one stage, the International side led all five matches.
It’s the first lead an International side has taken after the first session of play since the 2005 matches.
It will be a surprise to nobody that Tiger Woods provided the early highlight of the Presidents Cup.
Of the five Internationals rookies who will play, each is being paired with a teammate who has competed in the Presidents Cup before.
Day joins fellow countrymen Adam Scott, Marc Leishman and rookie Cameron Smith, bringing the number of Australians who have played in the Presidents Cup to 54, by far the most on the International team.
For the first time in Presidents Cup history, each captain makes four captain’s picks instead of two.
As the players sloshed through the rain-delayed Zozo Championship, sticking around for a Monday finish to the first PGA Tour stop held in Japan, they could rest assure that all the effort would be rewarded … financially that is.
The CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges is just in its third year, but already its reputation proceeds it. Specifically, its status as a big-money event on the PGA Tour.
Handicapping the favourites for the International Presidents Cup captain’s picks
Mickelson, who is in the field this week in South Korea, could drop outside the world’s top 50 depending where he and others finish in the no-cut event and how myriad scenarios play out.
Ernie Els is still a few weeks away from revealing the final four members of his International Presidents Cup team that will compete at Royal Melbourne in December, but the South African offered some insight on Tuesday as to which way he might be leaning with his captain’s picks.
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Four of the top 15 players in the Official World Golf Ranking will be competing this week, as will 14 of the top 50.
For decades, Latin American athletes have been making a mark in Major League Baseball, and in more recent years the NBA. They are starting to more in golf, too. And it hasn’t been an accident.
Here’s a look at the prizemoney payout for every player who makes the cut at this week’s event.
Mexico has its first Presidents Cup representative, with Abraham Ancer securing a spot on the 2019 Presidents Cup International Team following his best career PGA Tour finish – a runner-up at The Northern Trust – that vaulted him from No.10 to No.5 on the International Team standings.
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