Presidents Cup

The official PGA golf season has come and gone for 2011. It was a great finish with the Player’s Championship coming down to the wire with the big prize and purse going to Bill Hass after an improbable run. Even the Fall Series of events have come and gone but there is some good golf to be played this year. Since it is an odd year, the top US players will be taking part in the Presidents Cup against the top International players that aren’t from Europe. The European top players play the US team in the Ryder cup which is held every even year.

This year, the Presidents Cup will take place in Melbourne Australia. Team USA is made up of the 10 guys on the money list and two Captain’s picks. This year Captain Fred Couples picked Tiger Woods and this years FedEx cup winner, Bill Hass to join the team. They will face a tough team of International players who are captained by “The Shark” Greg Norman. These two captains have faced off before with Captain Couples coming out on top two years ago in San Francisco. The USA won the cup by the score of 19.5 to 14.5. I expect it to be closer this year! Due to the time difference, the matches will be televised at night, I love it!

U.S. automatic qualifiers

Matt Kuchar
1st Presidents Cup appearance

Steve Stricker
4th Presidents Cup appearance

Dustin Johnson
1st Presidents Cup appearance

Webb Simpson
1st Presidents Cup appearance

Nick Watney
1st Presidents Cup appearance

Phil Mickelson
9th Presidents Cup appearance

Bubba Watson
1st Presidents Cup appearance

David Toms
4th Presidents Cup appearance

Hunter Mahan
3rd Presidents Cup appearance

Jim Furyk
7th Presidents Cup appearance

Captain's picks

Tiger Woods
7th Presidents Cup appearance

Bill Haas
1st Presidents Cup appearance

Here is the roster for the International team:

International automatic qualifiers

Jason Day
1st Presidents Cup appearance

Adam Scott
5th Presidents Cup appearance

Charl Schwartzel
1st Presidents Cup appearance

K.J. Choi
3rd Presidents Cup appearance

Kyung-tae Kim
1st Presidents Cup appearance

Retief Goosen
6th Presidents Cup appearance

Geoff Ogilvy
3rd Presidents Cup appearance

Ernie Els
7th Presidents Cup appearance

Y.E. Yang
2nd Presidents Cup appearance

Ryo Ishikawa
2nd Presidents Cup appearance

Captain's picks

Aaron Baddeley
1st Presidents Cup appearance

Robert Allenby
6th Presidents Cup appearance

Go Team USA!