The groups are set for the fifteenth Presidents Cup.
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Bot the U.S. and Worldwide squads are actually absolutely set for the 2024 Presidents Cup, which begins later this month north of the border at Royal Montreal Golf Membership, after captain’s picks have been unveiled on Tuesday.
In a joint announcement televised on Golf Channel Tuesday afternoon, U.S. captain Jim Furyk and Worldwide captain Mike Weir every made their six captain’s picks, filling out their rosters of 12 golfers every.
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Furyk, the 2018 U.S. Ryder Cup captain, chosen Sam Burns (Seventh within the U.S. factors standings), Tony Finau (eighth), Russell Henley (ninth), Keegan Bradley (tenth), Brian Harman (eleventh) and Max Homa (twelfth). They be a part of World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schuaffele, Collin Morikawa, Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay and Sahith Theegala, who made the staff as automated qualifiers via the factors checklist.
Henley and Harman will be a part of Theegala in making their first appearances within the Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal. Harman made his skilled worldwide staff match debut final 12 months within the Ryder Cup.
Bradley, who was introduced over the summer time because the 2025 Ryder Cup captain and gained the BMW Championship final month, was initially appointed as an assistant captain for the staff, however Furyk stated Bradley will likely be relieved of that function now that he has performed his manner on the staff.
Not chosen for the staff was Justin Thomas, who was controversially chosen for final 12 months’s Ryder Cup after not making the FedEx Cup Playoffs final season. This 12 months he returned to East Lake for the Tour Championship and posted the Seventh-best gross rating final week, however it wasn’t sufficient to earn a decide from Furyk. It’s his first time being left off a cup staff in eight years.
Weir, who beat Tiger Woods in singles the final time the matches have been in his dwelling nation in 2007, picked fellow Canucks Corey Conners (Seventh), Taylor Pendrith (eleventh) and Mackenzie Hughes (fifteenth), in addition to South Africa’s Christiaan Bezuidenhout (tenth), Australia’s Min Woo Lee (ninth) and South Korea’s Si Woo Kim (14th). The worldwide auto qualifiers have been Hideki Matsuyama, Sungjae Im, Adam Scott, Tom Kim, Jason Day and Beyong Hun An.
The Worldwide squad is made up with gamers from 5 international locations, led by 4 South Koreans and three every from Canada and Australia.
Weir made the stunning choice to depart off two extra Canadians, Nick Taylor and Adam Hadwin, who have been twelfth and thirteenth on the Worldwide Group factors checklist, forward of picks Hughes and Kim. Taylor turned a nationwide hero in Canada final 12 months when he turned the primary Canadian to win the RBC Canadian Open since 1954. He’d additionally gained in February on the WM Phoenix Open, however hadn’t recorded a top-10 since.
Hughes, Bezuidenhout and Lee are all making their debut for the Worldwide squad whereas Conners, Pendrith and Kim have been all on the 2022 staff that misplaced to the Individuals at Quail Hole. Throughout these matches, Kim led the Worldwide staff with 3 factors off a 3-1-0 report. In the meantime, Conners and Pendrith every did not earn a degree, each going 0-4-0.
The Presidents Cup runs Sept. 26-29 on the Royal Montreal Golf Membership in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The U.S. has a 12-1-1 report over the Internationals within the matches.
