2019 Presidents Cup team selections/ bio's https://www.presidentscup.com/standings.html
The Presidents Cup will be staged down under at Royal Melbourne GC December 9-15 and today the 8 players who have qualified for each team has been decided. Four captains picks for each team will follow.
Ernie Els continues to captain the International Team who have lost 11 of the 13 events so far. Tiger Woods will captain the USA.
Click on my link above for all the details including teams, and how they qualified.
From a Canadian perspective Mike Weir is an assistant captain and Adam Hadwin and Corey Connors will need to be picked if they are to make the team.
Royal Melbourne GC was the scene of one of the best Presidents Cups when Ernie Els and Tiger were left to putt for the win, both made in the gathering darkness and captains Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player agreed to call it a draw.
My opinion: The International Team has to start winning or this event will eventually wither away and die. The Ryder Cup was always an American win and had lost all it's popularity on this side of the Atlantic until Jack Nicklaus lobbied to change the Britain and Northern Ireland team to become Team Europe in 1979, just in time for the arrival of Seve Ballesteros and the rest is history.
My suggestion is to exclude any American player who made the previous year's Ryder Cup team, from playing in the President's Cup the next season. I admit it's not an ideal suggestion but getting waxed every year cannot continue. The American team plays every year, giving them another distinct advantage.
Bryan Angus
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