2022 Presidents Cup

[jmanbooyaa]

2 weeks out and team rosters completed. Like the US captain picks. 

[iacas]

You could post them here. 😄

[iacas]

Presidents Cup: International captain Trevor Immelman picks revealed

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When Cam Smith and Joaquin Niemann made the jump to LIV, Immelman suddenly had an extra pair of selections.

1. KH Lee
2. Sebastián Muñoz
3. Christiaan Bezuidenhout
4. Taylor Pendrith
5. Si Woo Kim
6. Cam Davis

The automatic guys were…

1. Hideki Matsuyama
2. Sungjae Im
3. Joohyung 'Tom' Kim
4. Corey Connors
5. Adam Scott
6. Mito Pereira

On the U.S. side…

1. Scottie Scheffler
2. Patrick Cantlay
3. Xander Schauffele
4. Sam Burns
5. Justin Thomas
6. Tony Finau
7. Jordan Spieth
8. Collin Morikawa
9. Max Homa
10. Billy Horschel
11. Cam Young
12. Kevin Kisner

Presidents Cup captains picks for Davis Love III and Team USA

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Check out Team USA’s six captains picks for the Presidents Cup.

[Vinsk]

No Zalatoris?

[jmanbooyaa]

@Vinsk he is out with an injury. He took him self out of a spot. 

[Vinsk]

2 minutes ago, jmanbooyaa said:

@Vinsk he is out with an injury. He took him self out of a spot. 

Oh damn! Still the back? I thought that was just a tweak. Ok gotcha.

[jmanbooyaa]

I am encouraged by the US selections. Yes, just the Pres Cup but if some play well maybe they make it to the Cup. The Liv defectors opened the door for a Billy Ho and Kisner. Excited to see their fire and passion for the game in a team setting. 

[Friz]

I am personally stoked for Presidents Cup.  It gets a lot of flack for not being the Ryder Cup, and on paper the US team looks like clear favorites, but this is a great competition and will be a really fun week of golf

[Moxley]

The field isn't too appealing, unfortunately. 

Not a big deal for me as It's not an event I pay too much attention to anyway , but what worries me is that if majors start to look like this (adding in the handful of good Europeans on the PGAT), it's going to kill them.

[jmanbooyaa]

I think the teams look solid with players who are talented and who want to compete. Can’t wait to watch this Thursday. As for the majors, the bulk of the Europeans who left for LiV they are non competitive anyway in the majors. 

[Yossarian]

I'll be there Saturday... it's in NC + free tickets, can't beat that

Too bad there is not a single European

4 minutes ago, Yossarian said:

 

Too bad there is not a single European

 

Hahaha, I just realized why

[iacas]

2 hours ago, Moxley said:

The field isn't too appealing, unfortunately. 

Not a big deal for me as It's not an event I pay too much attention to anyway , but what worries me is that if majors start to look like this (adding in the handful of good Europeans on the PGAT), it's going to kill them.

Ha, no. It won’t.

Bad pro-LIV take after bad take from our man @Moxley.

[Moxley]

Thanks, but it's not "pro Liv" , just pro seeing the best tournaments have the best players. 

For a major to be relevant, at least to most people, it needs to have the best players. One or two missing due to injury is OK, a third or a half is not. Similar for these team events. 

I just don't see how it's in the golf fan's interest to exclude these players. 

[boogielicious]

29 minutes ago, Moxley said:

Thanks, but it's not "pro Liv" , just pro seeing the best tournaments have the best players. 

For a major to be relevant, at least to most people, it needs to have the best players. One or two missing due to injury is OK, a third or a half is not. Similar for these team events. 

I just don't see how it's in the golf fan's interest to exclude these players. 

It wasn’t until they went for the enormous money grab. It’s on them, not us as fans. As their product gets diluted, they will be remembered for that. The majors will fill up with more great players because young great players still keep coming. Fans will get over Phil, DJ, et al, not being at majors.

[iacas]

2 hours ago, Moxley said:

For a major to be relevant, at least to most people, it needs to have the best players. One or two missing due to injury is OK, a third or a half is not. Similar for these team events. 

How do you figure "a third or a half" of the best players will be missing?

LIV has like 5-10 good players, and many of them have major exemptions for years to come. Even some of the not-so-good players (Phil) have exemptions for quite awhile.

And… for every Abe Ancer, who you might try to say is a "great" player, there will be another to come along and replace him.

[Vinsk]

Smith and Niemann….definitely strong contenders for majors to come. That’s about it really. 

[NZ Golfer]

Yes go the international team (NON European players) am gutted for my local Kiwi Golfer -Ryan Fox didn't get picked would have been brilliant for our small passionate Golfing nation ( second in the world for most courses per capita)...

Going be a miracle for INTL team against one of the strongest TEAM USA ever ....

 

[iacas]

Who in the heck is Ryan Fox?