“What I said was exactly what I was doing when I read that tweet. I was laughing out loud.”
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — We’ve all used “LOL” as a response, usually to a funny message online. Normally it’s not literal. I mean, who actually laughs out loud, then says so?
Trevor Immelman, that’s who.
The captain of the International team at the 2022 Presidents Cup couldn’t help but react honestly when Greg Norman, the former leader of the International squad turned CEO and commissioner of LIV Golf, wished Immelman and the worldwide all-stars good luck on Twitter.
“Look, any of you that have known me for the longest time know that I’m an extremely open and honest person. I pretty much say it exactly as I’m thinking it,” Immelman said after Friday’s four-ball matches at Quail Hollow Club. “What I said was exactly what I was doing when I read that tweet. I was laughing out loud.”
“I learned long ago that lying is dangerous because you’ve got to have a good memory,” he continued. “So I’d rather just tell the truth.”
Immelman wasn’t laughing Friday evening after his International side lost 4-1 for the second consecutive day to fall behind 8-2 against the stacked American squad. The competition continues Saturday morning with four foursomes matches beginning at 7:12 a.m. ET.
“His attitude is almost matching that of Trevor, which is, for as many guys being as passionate as he is, it’s awesome.”
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Remember that feeling you got as a kid during the holidays or a birthday where you just couldn’t wait to open your presents? Trevor Immelman equated that same emotion to the vibe around his International team ahead of the 2022 Presidents Cup this week.
“It’s kind of like Christmas morning when you can’t wait to open your presents up. That’s what I’m seeing from these kids walking into the team room for the first time (Monday night),” said Immelman on Tuesday at Quail Hollow Club. “So that’s what’s fun for guys like me and (Adam Scott) and the captains, (Hideki Matsuyama), that have been here before. It’s good to see that excitement out of them.”
Like the six captains to come before him, the South African has been tasked with meshing together a team of 12 players – eight of which are rookies – from seven different countries for one week of play.
“He’s been passionate about us being as prepared as possible. To the dinners we’ve had, to the trip we had out here a couple weeks ago, to just even earlier this week the last couple of days, it’s just been eyes forward,” said rookie Cam Davis of how Immelman has prepared the squad for the week. “We’ve got a job to do. We’ve got the best chance we’ve ever had to do it with the preparation we’ve got and the strategy we’ve got in place to try to make it all work.”
“It’s one of the areas that’s been quite a hurdle for us over the years, trying to make sure that everybody is comfortable together,” explained Immelman. “Like you’re blending seven or eight cultures and trying to get everybody in their sweet spot.”
The International squad is starting to see the results of that culture being built, especially with regard to Joohyung “Tom” Kim. The 20-year-old from Seoul, South Korea, is making his debut for the Internationals in their biennial bout with the Americans after a PGA Tour season last year that featured 10 made cuts in 11 starts with six top-25 finishes and a win at the 2022 Wyndham Championship last month. Kim’s youthful exuberance has been key for the Internationals, who are looking to win on foreign soil for the first time in the Cup’s 28-year history.
“And for a guy like Tom Kim to be able to be hanging out with Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama in the team room last night, I mean, I wish you could have seen the kid’s face,” Immelman said with a smile. “It was just pure joy and excitement and anticipation for the week.”
“I wouldn’t say I’m a big trash talker. I’m a jokester with the guys I’m close with. And the whole team, I feel like I have a really good relationship with,” said Kim of his role on the team. “So I just, as the youngest team member, you know, I just like to joke around a lot. I’m lucky enough that they don’t give me (expletive) for it. But I’m pretty fortunate.”
The captain wasn’t the only member of the team to single out Kim’s efforts so far in helping the team gel together.
“He’s got a great sense of humor. Brings a lot of positive energy,” said Sungjae Im. “He’s obviously the youngest player on the team, so he’s kind of the baby. But brings a lot of positive energy and a lot of humors to keep the energy very light and lighthearted.”
“There’s definitely different identities, cultures, likes, dislikes. This year, we’ve done a great job,” added Sebastian Munoz. “I feel like it’s always been kind of tough to integrate the Koreans with us, but I feel like having Tom on the team, he’s super fluent and super funny so he really helps the whole team kind of mesh in that aspect.”
“I think, if anything, a lot of the guys on this team have been traditionally pretty reserved, and it’s great having a young guy on the team,” said Davis of Kim. “I’m sure he’s like that all the time. To be honest, this is the first time I’ve spent time around him. I’m enjoying it. I could see myself spending more time around him after this week because he’s a lot of fun. His attitude is almost matching that of Trevor, which is, for as many guys being as passionate as he is, it’s awesome.”
Kim has dreamt of unleashing “crazy first bumps” in this event since he was a kid, and he’s not taking the opportunity for granted.
“We have a really great bond, like a lot of rookies and a couple of veterans,” said Kim, “so it’s a great vibe. Again, like we said, a lot of young guys and a lot of veterans so it kind of evens it out. It’s definitely enjoyable in the team room.”
“All the cards were out on the table, and everybody knew where they stood,” said Immelman.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — When looking at the rosters for both the American and International teams at this week’s Presidents Cup, some big names are missing.
Even though players such as Dustin Johnson and Cameron Smith, who made the jump from the PGA Tour to Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf, aren’t competing this week at Quail Hollow Club, their lack of presence was felt and addressed ahead of the biennial bout.
“Every single player that I spoke to from early on in this process knew exactly what the situation and the consequences were going to be,” International captain Trevor Immelman said alongside American captain Davis Love III in a pre-event press conference on Tuesday. “And they knew that if they made certain decisions, it was going to be highly unlikely they were going to be able to represent the International team. So that went into their decision-making process.
“All the cards were out on the table, and everybody knew where they stood.”
When Immelman was made captain after the Internationals lost a close match, 16-14, in 2019 at Royal Melbourne in Australia, he said he signed up for a specific set of rules, seeing as the event is owned and sanctioned by the PGA Tour, and that his team plays by those rules.
“We’re a team of our word. We’re a team of honor,” he continued. “So that’s where we’re at.”
A two-time member of the International squad as a player in 2005 and 2007 and an assistant in 2019, Immelman said he was up to speed, and players who made the move to LIV were “open and honest” throughout their decision-making process.
“Am I disappointed that they’re not able to be here? Absolutely,” said Immelman. “But we have the 12 guys here that we love and wanted to be here, and now we get to go. We get to go up against a strong American team. So we’re looking forward.
“When you look at our team, what we’re trying to tap into is the International team represents billions of people all over the world,” he continued. “So we’re trying to tap into that, inspire the youngsters all over, and welcome fans from all of those countries to come on down and support us in some way, shape, or form because we’re their team.”
Love, a two-time Ryder Cup captain in 2012 and 2016, said the Americans miss players like Johnson, who would have been a captain’s pick had he been eligible for the event, but thinks the red, white and blue “pretty much got the guys we wanted to get.”
“We’re really happy with the 12 we’ve got because we know that they’re committed and excited,” Love added. “So, like Trevor, we have a bunch of guys who are excited and ready to play, and there’s no talk in our team room of anybody missing.”
“I think it’s quite clear that we’re the underdogs … So we can go out there and play absolutely as free as we want.”
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Golf fans and media members alike have all but written off the International team’s chances at the 2022 Presidents Cup this week, and it’s justified on paper.
Only five International players rank inside the top 30: Hideki Matsuyama (17), Sungjae Im (19), Tom Kim (22), Corey Conners (26) and Adam Scott 30. All 12 players on the American squad sit inside the top 25, with five inside the top 10.
In the 13 previous editions of the biennial bout, the U.S. has won 11 times, with its lone loss coming in 1998, as well as a tie in 2003. With the odds stacked against his side, International captain Trevor Immelman is embracing the underdog role and his team full of rookies at Quail Hollow Club.
“I think it’s quite clear that we’re the underdogs. We generally have been in this competition over the years, so it’s a tag that we’re used to,” said Immelman during his pre-event press conference on Tuesday. “So we can go out there and play absolutely as free as we want, free as we can, and see if we can match up with the crazy good skills the Americans have, that they show us week in and week out.”
Davis Love III and the Americans are used to being the favorite, but he also knows the eight rookies on the other team – Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Conners, Cam Davis, Kim, K.H. Lee, Sebastian Munoz, Taylor Pendrith and Mito Pereira – have arrived in North Carolina with a chip on their shoulder.
“I think it’s worked out quite well that we’ve got eight rookies here because they are just so excited,” added Immelman. “Everything is new and fresh, and they’re seeing everything for the first time.”
Despite the stats painting a grim picture, the Internationals enter with a good bit of form, as well. As pointed out by stats guru Justin Ray on Twitter, four of the top-six players in strokes gained ball striking from July 1 through the Tour Championship that are competing this week will do so behind the International shield: Pendrith (4th), Conners (5th), Im (7th), Scottie Scheffler (8th), Tony Finau (9th) and Kim (11th).
Immelman and his staff don’t plan on complicating things this week. According to Immelman, their message is clear: “Have a blast and let ‘er rip.”
“We have absolutely nothing to lose. These guys have worked their butts off since they were kids, and they finally made it into this team. Making this team is a big deal,” added Immelman, who further praised Ernie Els for helping establish an International identity in 2019 with the shield and team colors. “So my message to them is to, number one, trust yourself, believe in yourself, and then have a blast. Enjoy every second.”
Here’s a look at the International Team heading to Charlotte.
It’s time for the 2022 Presidents Cup.
The competition will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina at Quail Hollow Club. The course is a regular stop on the PGA Tour, hosting the Wells Fargo Championship, as well as the 2017 PGA Championship.
Now, some of the best players from around the world, Europe excluded, will come together and look to win on American soil for the first time in the event’s history.
Trevor Immelman, the 2008 Masters champion, is the captain for the International squad, and he has four assistant captains: K.J. Choi, Geoff Ogilvy, Camilo Villegas and Mike Weir.
Here’s a look at the 12 players representing the International team in the 2022 Presidents Cup:
Was Trevor Immelman the right man for this job? Time will tell.
Melville Fuller, a former chief justice of the United States, once said, “Without continuity men would become like flies in summer.”
As far as we know, Fuller wasn’t speaking about the International Team for the Presidents Cup, but he might as well have been. South African Trevor Immelman was named the Presidents Cup captain for the International squad at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte.
This was a vote for team continuity as Ernie Els passed the baton to Immelman, the 2008 Masters champion, who served as understudy at the 2019 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne. What Els did to breathe new life into the matches can’t be underscored enough. He created “a family dynamic” and gave the team “an identity,” Immelman said.
“We felt that over the years that might have been something that was missing,” he said. “It’s a pretty big hurdle to try and overcome when you have players coming from seven, eight, nine different countries, different cultures, different languages. It’s a big hurdle for us to have to overcome that particular week.”
True continuity, one could argue, might have been Els coming back for a second tour of duty. Instead, he threw his efforts behind a bigger and more personal cause: Els for Autism, a disease his son, Ben, suffers from. But Els did create a blueprint for Immelman and future captains – whether it be Canadian Mike Weir, Korea’s K.J. Choi, or Australians Geoff Ogilvy and Adam Scott.
Trevor Immelman
Born: Cape Town, South Africa
Turned pro: 1999
Professional wins: 11
PGA Tour wins: 2
Major victories: 1 (2008 Masters)
Highest ranking: 12 (Sept. 2006)
“What he has created for our team, I think, is going to be so massive, not just in Charlotte but I’m talking about three, four, five, six Presidents Cups down the road,” Immelman said. “I think what Ernie did for our team, giving us something to build off of, we sure are hoping that that is going to be some kind of turning point for our team to where we can find a way to finally win this Cup again.”
While no one on the International Team, especially Els, was celebrating a moral victory in holding the lead entering Sunday’s singles before the U.S. rallied for a 16-14 victory at Royal Melbourne, Els and Co. believe they have put an end to a lopsided competition (the U.S. leads 11-1-1 in 13 matches). Someday, Els may be remembered as the International team’s version of Tony Jacklin, who accepted the European Ryder Cup captain’s role in 1983 and two years later became the inspirational leader of its first triumph in 28 years. That win ignited an intense rivalry.
And Els insisted he’s long had admiration for Immelman, who will replace Nick Faldo as lead golf analyst for CBS Sports beginning in 2023.
“My relationship with Trevor goes way back and I have always had the utmost respect for him as a player and a person,” Els said. “Trevor was an invaluable member of our team and completely bought into what we were trying to do at Royal Melbourne, so it is gratifying to see him take this next step and lead the International Team.”
Els met Immelman when he was 6 or 7 and handed Immelman a golf trophy at age 12. They are the best of friends, and Immelman, who was a teammate of Els on the International side in defeat in 2005 and 2007, considered it an honor to jump back into the fold as one of Els’s lieutenants.
“When he picked me as an assistant captain, I had no designs at all or even thoughts of possibly being a captain one day. I was just so focused on trying to help him,” Immelman said. “It just sort of organically came about.”
Immelman, 42, had his playing career curtailed by injuries. He joined CBS Sports’ golf team in 2019, and signed a new multi-year deal that begins with the network’s 2023 season, when he assumes his duties alongside Jim Nantz in the 18th tower for the Farmers Insurance Open. Immelman has been perceived as a rising star in the CBS ranks. That knowledge, as well as prior experience working with Els and as captain of the Junior Presidents Cup International team in 2017, will serve him well.
The fact remains that the U.S. side likely will be loaded again, and competing at a course they play every year during the Wells Fargo Championship (and in 2017, the PGA Championship). This will be the true test for the International side’s much-ballyhooed blueprint, just as playing away in France in 2018 exposed holes in Team USA’s master plan for regaining supremacy in the Ryder Cup.
Was Immelman the right man for this job? Time will tell, but at least it’s good to know that his father thinks so.
“He’s been a leader ever since he was a young kid,” said Johan Immelman. “He always rose to the occasion.”
That’s a trait shared with Els. Sounds like the International Team has found some continuity.
The International team hasn’t won in a quarter century.
The eyes of Liezl Els told the result of the 2019 Presidents Cup. Ernie’s wife wiped away fresh tears and tried to hide her disappointment behind a pair of oversized sunglasses. Only she really knew the countless hours that her husband invested as Captain of Team International. The pain of a 16-14 defeat at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia, will linger because victory was there for the taking.
What transpired nearly three years ago in December was one of the most spirited competitions to date in the Presidents Cup, a team match-play competition between the United States and the world’s best non-European players. Credit to Els for devising a way to neutralize the so-called American advantage. He threw himself head-long into his captaincy, and he turned over every stone in search of the slightest edge. He became convinced that the pairings mattered, and he developed a strategy using advanced analytics. Els’s squad took advantage and jumped to a 6 ½-3 ½ lead.
“If you compare our team on paper with other teams in other sport, you would have laughed us out of the building,” Els said. “But we gave it a hell of a go and we came mightily close to winning and upsetting one of the greatest golf teams of all time…It didn’t quite work out, but we came damn close.”
International Team Captain Ernie Els gives a thumbs up during the second day of the 2019 Presidents Cup at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Victoria , Australia. (Photo: Keyur Khamar/PGA Tour via Getty Images)
The Presidents Cup has delivered such passion from its participants since it debuted in 1994 at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Prince William County, Virginia. (It was held there again in 1996.) The Americans, captained by Hale Irwin and Arnold Palmer in 1994 and 1996, respectively, won on both occasions against teams led by David Graham and Peter Thomson.
Royal Melbourne hosted the first Presidents Cup outside the United States in 1998, and Thomson’s International Team defeated a U.S. squad led by Jack Nicklaus. But the U.S. were prepared and got their vengeance in 2000 as Ken Venturi’s American side routed Thomson’s team by a record margin, 21 ½-10 ½.
The terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, delayed the 2002 Cup until 2003. Held in South Africa, the match was an instant classic. Davis Love III, the U.S. Captain this go-round, participated in the first six Presidents Cups as a player and was an assistant captain to Fred Couples in 2013, Jay Haas in 2015 and Steve Stricker in 2017, and he thinks about his role in the outcome of the 2003 Cup all the time. He still regrets that he didn’t deliver in the clutch in South Africa, site of the infamous tie.
“I screwed the whole thing up,” Love said. “I had played a really good match from tee to green and had lipped out a bunch of putts and got to the last hole leading Robert Allenby 1 up, so I only needed to tie (that hole) and we’d have won the Cup.”
The finishing hole at the Links Course at Fancourt Hotel and Country Club is a par 5 and Love split the fairway with his drive. When he arrived at his ball, U.S. Captain Jack Nicklaus was waiting there and advised him that many players had overshot the green.
“Of course, I panicked and hit a big flare to the right and short, chili-dipped it and gave Allenby the hole,” Love recalled.
That meant a playoff for the first time in the history of the competition, with Tiger Woods selected to represent the American side against Ernie Els in his native land. The stalemate could not be broken after three playoff holes. As darkness descended, Captains Nicklaus and Gary Player agreed to share the Cup.
South African president Thabo Mbeki presents the Presidents Cup to the two sharing captains: Jack Nicklaus of the United States and the International Team’s Gary Player in South Africa. (Photo: Getty Images)
“Tiger claims that I put him in a terrible situation having to play Ernie in South Africa. I said, ‘I set you up to be a hero.’ I sat up on the hill with my head in my hands watching those guys play in the dark going there’s no reason we should be playing now,” Love remembers. “Nicklaus will not let it go. He’ll say, ‘If you had just hit the 4-iron on the green we would’ve won.’ I set him up for another great moment of sportsmanship in his legacy.”
Nicklaus oversaw his U.S. team edge Player’s International squad in the next two editions, played in 2005 again at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Virginia and in 2007 at Royal Montreal Golf Club in Canada.
Fred Couples took over the captaincy for the U.S. side in 2009, and the Americans made it three in a row at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. In 2011, Royal Melbourne again hosted but the Internationals couldn’t stop the U.S. winning streak. Neither could Nick Price in the captain’s role push the Internationals into the victory column in 2013 at Nicklaus’ Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, as Couples captains successfully for a third time. Woods won the deciding point for the U.S. in all three wins under Couples.
In 2015, the Presidents Cup made its first foray into Asia at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Incheon City, South Korea. Captain Jay Haas watched his son, Bill, win the deciding point in the last Singles match as the U.S. edged Price and the Internationals for the sixth straight victory. The U.S. side dominated in 2017 back on home soil at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey, claiming the first four team sessions and needing just one point to clinch heading into Sunday’s singles.
The Presidents Cup returned to Royal Melbourne for a third time in 2019 and delivered one of the most closely contested matches in the biennial event’s history.
The close-but-no-cigar result meant the team’s record in the biennial event is 1-11-1 and it hasn’t won in a quarter century – a losing streak that dates to 1998. It’s a dubious distinction and one that The International side intends to rectify under the leadership of another South African.
Trevor Immelman, assistant captain of the International team for the 2019 Presidents Cup, looks on during the team photo session at Royal Melbourne Golf Course Australia. (Photo: Daniel Pockett/Getty Images)
Trevor Immelman, the 2008 Masters champion and lead analyst for CBS Sports’ golf coverage beginning next year, takes over the reins from Els this time and will lead his 12-man team into battle at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte. In two Presidents Cup appearance in 2005 and 2007, he compiled a 1-6-1 record. Immelman is confident his side has turned a corner. He hopes to build on the blueprint for victory that Els implemented in 2019.
Immelman noted that he has “literally and physically massive shoes to fill,” but “Ernie for the first time gave our team an identity and something to try to build off. You know, we almost got there.”
Perhaps the biggest hurdle for the International team always has been creating a team atmosphere with players from so many different countries, different cultures and speaking different languages.
“We represent a large portion of the world,” Immelman said. “Last time in Australia we had eight different regions represented. So we have to try and bridge those gaps from a communication and culture standpoint, so those are the things that we work really hard on.”
“Sometimes you met the guy for the first time on Tuesday afternoon of the competition,” International Team assistant captain Geoff Ogilvy said. “I didn’t know K.T. Kim (in 2011). By Saturday we’re great friends but it took until Saturday.”
Has Els set the wheels in motion to end the U.S. domination by nearly pulling off an improbable upset? Will another loss diminish the team’s competitive spirit or ignite an intense rivalry?
Adam Scott of Australia celebrates on the 17th green after he and Byeong-Hun An of South Korea and the International team defeated Bryson DeChambeau and Tony Finau of the United States team 2&1 during Thursday four-ball matches at the 2019 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne Golf Course in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo: Warren Little/Getty Images)
No one has endured losing at the Presidents Cup quite like Adam Scott. The Australian has represented the International Team nine times – this year marks his 10th – in the biennial competition since 2003, but he has yet to taste victory. As Ogilvy put it, “Adam is burning to win one of these.”
His resolve has not been broken.
“I’ve taken plenty of licks in this thing,” Scott said. “But I’ve always taken something so positive from this event. So many positive things have happened, so I don’t see this event as a real negative for me. I like what’s happening in the future and I can’t wait for another crack at it.”
Immelman is quite familiar with the Queen City from competing
in the Wells Fargo Championship, where he once finished second, losing a sudden-death playoff in 2006 to Jim Furyk, and from visiting his parents, who formerly resided there.
At 42, he will be the youngest man to captain either side and he and his men will face a tough test. Immelman served as an assistant captain in 2019 and as a TV broadcaster for CBS Sports and Golf Channel witnessed first-hand the USA’s youthful brigade and how it dismantled Europe in the 2021 Ryder Cup.
Add in the fact that the Internationals are playing on foreign soil and has never won an away match and it could be an uphill battle. But at least most of Immelman’s crew will have experience at the layout from playing in the Wells Fargo Championship or during the 2017 PGA Championship.
No. 16 at Quail Hollow Club, which will play as No. 13 in the Presidents Cup (Photo: Ben Jared/PGA Tour)
“I struggle to think of a better place to hold a team event like this,” Immelman said of Quail Hollow. “The Green Mile is going to be an incredible place to watch the pressure points of the match. There’s just nowhere to hide on those holes.
“The golf course has always been one of my favorites on the PGA Tour, and I believe from a match play standpoint, it’s going to be extremely exciting,” Love said. “The way the routing is planned out, I see like a seven- or eight-hole stretch where we’re going to have drivable par-4s, we’re going to have par-5s, we’ve got all these holes with water in play. It’s going to be fantastic to get the crowd really revved up supporting their home team, and I just can’t wait.”
Love has taken the responsibility seriously almost from the minute the U.S side clinched the Ryder Cup last September.
“We just got done with it on Sunday, and the guys said, ‘Are you going home? What are you doing?’ and I go, ‘No, I’m going to Presidents Cup. Midnight it starts Presidents Cup year.’ ”
Love has been looking ahead to the Presidents Cup ever since, but he won’t fall prey to assuming his team will march to an easy victory.
“They could bring 12 Korn Ferry guys and they could be really good. I’m not going to get into it being easy,” Love said. “You’ve got to win every session. That’s going to be the challenge. I feel bad for Trevor that some of his big-name guys have left him. Plus, we have home-field advantage with a really good team so expectations are high.”
Both Captains have participated in enough editions of the Presidents Cup to share the belief of Nicklaus, a four-time U.S. captain of the event, who said, “The Presidents Cup is as much about sportsmanship, goodwill and charity as it is about competition.”
No matter the result, these 24 players no they have been part of something special, something they will always remember, and have had a chance to represent their country in international competition.
“You wait so long, and it feels like time stands still, and then the tournament starts, and it’s just over in the blink of an eye,” Immelman said, “and at the end of the week you’re just walking around giving people hugs saying, ‘I’ve got to get on this team next time.’”
When Cam Smith and Joaquin Niemann made the jump to LIV, Immelman suddenly had an extra pair of selections.
Trevor Immelman’s job as the Presidents Cup captain for the International Team has become more difficult as the competition approaches.
The top eight players on the points list had earned a spot on the team for the biennial event against the United States to be held Sept. 22-25 at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, meaning Immelman had four picks to make.
But when a pair of players — Cam Smith and Joaquin Niemann — made the jump to LIV Golf before the recent event outside Boston, Immelman suddenly had an extra pair of selections to play with. This followed the costly defections of Louis Oosthuizen and Abraham Ancer, about whom Immelman had previously said, “We’ve lost two guys that were absolutely going to be there at Quail Hollow.”
The Presidents Cup is a match-play event with 30 total matches, comprised of a 12-person U.S. Team and a 12-person International Team. The U.S. leads 11-1-1.
Here’s a look at the six players Immelman selected on Tuesday to fill out his team.
Eight players have qualified for next month’s event at Quail Hollow.
The International Team for the 2022 Presidents Cup is starting to take shape.
The qualification period for captain Trevor Immelman’s squad wrapped up at the end of the 2022 BMW Championship, with the top eight players on the points list earning a spot on the team for the biennial event against the United States to be held Sept. 22-25 at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.
In a recent Q&A with Golfweek, Immelman said the players who have left for LIV Golf and are currently unable to play in the event have “hurt us immensely,” and expanded on the costly loses of Louis Oosthuizen and Abraham Ancer, saying “We’ve lost two guys that were absolutely going to be there at Quail Hollow.”
Immelman will announce his four captain’s picks at a later date.
The Presidents Cup is a match play event with 30 total matches, comprised of a 12-person U.S. Team and 12-person International Team. The U.S. leads 11-1-1.
Let’s take a look at the eight internationals who qualified.
