After Bradley helped the American team to its 10th straight win over the International team in the Presidents Cup, he is now on the hot seat as the leader of a US team that was beaten handily by the Luke Donald-led European squad in Rome.
Kim made it a point to seek out Furyk and Schauffele to explain exactly what he meant by his comments, and he revealed what he said to them in the International team’s post-Presidents Cup press conference.
Furyk’s service this week at Royal Montreal as US captain is likely to be his closing chapter in team events and he does not want to go out with a loss.
The captain for the American team at the upcoming Presidents Cup, which begins next week in Canada, has little to no interest in the event being “competitive.” He wants to win. Badly.
With the teams finalised, Golf Digest writers Joel Beall, Dave Shedloski and Shane Ryan joined Australian Golf Digest editor Steve Keipert to chew on some questions ahead of the competition that’s only three weeks away.
The Presidents Cup will be staged at Royal Montreal Golf Club later this month, so perhaps it should be no surprise that International team captain Mike Weir went to the Canadian well, picking three of his countrymen with his six captain’s picks.
One is the senior circuit’s reigning phenomenon, the other its living legend. Today at Phoenix Country Club, they both reaffirmed their status with historic victories to cap the 2020-2021 super season.
With a cheque for $US305,000, the Kiwi has earned $US896,207 – more than he made in his PGA Tour career – in just nine tournaments since he qualified for the Boeing Classic outside Seattle in late August for his PGA Tour Champions debut.
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