The Presidents Cup keeps getting bigger, with teams from the USA and around the world competing over four days.
Like the Ryder Cup, it features foursomes, fourballs, and singles matches but includes more points. Unlike the Ryder Cup’s USA vs Europe format, this event has players from multiple continents.
As expected, the USA team is all American players while the International team includes players from Asia, South America, North America (excluding USA), Africa, and Australia/Oceania .
Countries like Australia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Fiji, New Zealand, Japan, Paraguay, Canada, South Korea, Argentina, Colombia have all participated in past events. The 2024 edition will follow a qualification system where six players qualify automatically based on their Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points. The captain then picks six additional members during the PGA Tour’s Tour Championship week.
Fans might think it’s exciting to see such a diverse range of countries represented in one tournament!
Event Background:
Started by the PGA Tour in 1994 to promote global golf competition when only the Ryder Cup existed for men’s team match play. Despite America’s dominance with one International win in 14 editions , recent tournaments have been closer. On home soil , USA won 19-11 and 17.5-12.5; internationally , they narrowly lost 16-14 and 15.5-14.5.
In 2024 , Royal Montreal in Canada will host for a second time since its first hosting in 2007 when USA won 19.5-14.5.
How many countries are represented in the 2024 International Team?
Here are the players:
– Hideki Matsuyama – Japan
– Sung-Jae Im – South Korea
– Adam Scott – Australia
– Tom Kim – South Korea
– Jason Day – Australia
– Byeong-Hun An – South Korea
– Corey Conners – Canada
– Min Woo Lee – Australia
– Christiaan Bezuidenhout – South Africa
– Taylor Pendrith – Canada
– Si-Woo Kim – South Korea
– Mackenzie Hughes – Canada
In total , there are five countries represented: four from South Korea , three from Australia , three from Canada , one from Japan , and one from South Africa .
What do you think about these teams?
