U.S. captain Jim Furyk didn’t look far to make his wildcard choices for the Presidents Cup – he went Nos. 7-12 on the factors standings.
With six captain’s picks at his disposal, Furyk rounded out his American squad with the very best remaining points-earners from the two-year window: Sam Burns, Tony Finau, Russell Henley, Keegan Bradley, Brian Harman and Max Homa.
Bradley, the 2025 Ryder Cup captain, was already scheduled to function an assistant captain for this month’s matches at Royal Montreal. Now, he’ll additionally convey his golf equipment.
“Once I named Keegan as a captain’s assistant for the Presidents Cup, I knew there was an opportunity he would play his manner onto the U.S. crew, and I can say surely he did simply that,” Furyk mentioned in a launch. “The grit he confirmed within the last spherical in Memphis, adopted by the win in Denver, exemplified the aggressive nature he has at all times performed with, and I do know he’ll convey that very same fireplace to Royal Montreal in just a few weeks.”
The playing-assistant position represents the most recent change in a whirlwind few weeks for Bradley, who was the final man into the sector on the BMW Championship after Tom Kim collapsed over the ultimate few holes within the FedExCup playoff opener. That allowed Bradley to carry on to the 50th and last qualifying spot, and he gained the next week at Fort Pines for his seventh victory on Tour, vaulting him from 18th within the factors standings inside the highest 10.
Burns and Finau as soon as once more put collectively stable seasons, whereas the 35-year-old Henley will make his debut in U.S. crew competitors after a seven-top-10 season wherein he additionally completed a career-best fourth within the FedExCup.
Harman, the 2023 Open champion, has only one top-10 for the reason that Gamers Championship in March and didn’t qualify for the Tour Championship. Homa, in the meantime, has gone 7-1-2 within the final two U.S. crew competitions however posted only one top-10 for the reason that Masters and didn’t crack the sector at East Lake, both.
“Max performs his greatest on the most important phases, and that was on full show on the 2022 Presidents Cup and 2023 Ryder Cup,” Furyk mentioned. “He was an emotional chief for each groups and somebody who rallied the 11 gamers round him repeatedly, and I can’t wait to have him signify the U.S. once more in Montreal.”
Lacking out for the People will probably be Justin Thomas, who was 19th in factors however earned extra top-10s this season (5) than Bradley, Harman and Homa. Akshay Bhatia, 21, will even have to attend not less than one other 12 months regardless of profitable the Valero Texas Open and sitting inside the highest 12 in factors for a lot of the season.
Worldwide captain Mike Weir is popping to some acquainted faces to attempt to win again the Presidents Cup in his dwelling nation.
The People have misplaced the Presidents Cup simply as soon as within the occasion’s historical past, again in 1998. There are seven returning starters from the crew that beat the Worldwide facet by 5 factors in 2022.
Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay and Sahith Theegala robotically certified for the U.S. crew through factors.
