The Presidents Cup teams are officially formed.
U.S. captain Jim Furyk and international captain Mike Weir made their picks of six captains Tuesday afternoon to complete their teams for the Presidents Cup later this month.
THE automatic qualification period for the biennial event ended after the BMW Championship for both the American team and the non-European international team. Scottie Scheffler – who earned his seventh victory of the season and won the FedEx Cup at the Tour Championship on Sunday – led the way in the United States. Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay and Sahith Theegala also won automatic bids. Theegala finished third in the Tour Championship despite a Self-inflicted third-round penalty that cost him $2.5 million.
Hideki Matsuyama led the way for the international team. Tom Kim, Sungjae Im, Jason Day, Adam Scott and Ben An round out the top six.
The Presidents Cup will begin on September 26 at the Royal Montreal Golf Club in Quebec, Canada. The United States has won the last nine events and holds an all-time record of 12-1-1.
USA Captain’s Picks
Keegan Bradley
Sam Burns
Tony Controversy
Brian Harman
Russell Henley
Max Homa
Perhaps the most notable choice here for Jim Furyk is Keegan Bradley, who is just won the BMW Championship although he entered the week last in the FedEx Cup standings. Bradley was once named assistant captain for the Presidents Cup, but he found his way after reaching the Tour Championship.
Bradley is also the captain of the U.S. Ryder Cup team for next year, which puts him in a unique position. He will be the youngest American captain in decades, and he is still at the peak of his career.
“I would love to be captain (at the Ryder Cup),” Bradley said last month. “No one really had the opportunity that I had. … It’s going to be very difficult for me to make the team, but if I make the team, I’ll play.
Burns played with the United States in 2022, although he went 0-3-2 at Quail Hollow. Tony Finau will make his third appearance at the Presidents Cup and 2023 British Open champion Brian Harman will make his debut. Harman has three top-10 finishes this season on the PGA Tour, including a second-place finish at the Players Championship. Henley finished fourth in the Tour Championship last week and Homa went a perfect 4-0 at the Presidents Cup in 2022.
International captain’s choices
Corey Conners
Taylor Pendrith
Mackenzie Hughes
Christian Bezuidenhout
Si Woo Kim
Min Woo Lee
The choices have arrived.
🇨🇦 Corey Conners
🇦🇺 We court Lee
🇿🇦 Christiaan Bezuidenhout
🇨🇦Taylor Penndrith
🇰🇷 Woo Kim
🇨🇦 Mackenzie Hughes#IntlTeam pic.twitter.com/xMw0YENKGV– International Presidents Cup Team (@IntlTeam) September 3, 2024
With no Canadians automatically qualifying for the team, Weir chose to select three for the game in Quebec. Conners has three top-10 finishes on Tour this season, and he went 0-4 at the 2022 Presidents Cup. Hughes also has three top-10 finishes, including a T3 at the Valspar Championship, and he only missed four cuts all year. Pendrith, the third and final Canadian, won the CJ Cup in May for his first Tour victory. He also went 0-4 at Quail Hollow two years ago.
Bezuidenhout, a South African, has 12 top-25 finishes on Tour this season and finished second at the American Express in January. Kim is back for his third Presidents Cup after narrowly missing the cut for the Tour Championship, and Australia’s Lee is set to make his debut. Lee finished second twice this season, which was his first full-time on Tour. He won four times during his DP World Tour career.
