The U.S. is a heavy favourite once more on the Presidents Cup.
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The fifteenth Presidents Cup is ready to get underway this week in Montreal at Royal Montreal Golf Membership that includes 24 of the PGA Tour’s high gamers — 12 from the USA and 12 from world wide (apart from Europe) — assembly for the biennial matches.
On the final Presidents Cup two years in the past at Quail Hole Membership in Charlotte, the American squad captured one other victory, beating the Worldwide workforce 17.5-12.5.
This yr’s Presidents Cup begins Thursday and concludes on Sunday. Jim Furyk will captain the U.S. squad and Canadian Mike Weir will oversee the Internationals in his residence nation. Scroll beneath for the workforce rosters and participant information.
United States Group
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Captain: Jim Furyk
Furyk will get his first nod as Presidents Cup captain after main a dropping effort for the People on the 2018 Ryder Cup in Paris. A 17-time PGA Tour winner and the 2003 U.S. Open winner, Furyk is the one man in PGA Tour historical past to interrupt 60 twice on Tour and owns the all-time single-round scoring mark of 58, shot on the 2016 Vacationers Championship.
Keegan Bradley (Presidents Cups: 1 / Document: 2-2-1)*
Bradley was named as one in all Furyk’s captain’s picks a yr after being left off the U.S. Ryder Cup workforce after a season during which he collected his first two PGA Tour titles since 2018. He will probably be a giant a part of subsequent yr’s Ryder Cup squad after shockingly being introduced as captain for 2025. Bradley received the BMW Championship final month and had two runner-ups to make his case for a decide.
Sam Burns (Presidents Cups: 1 / Document: 0-3-2)*
Burns had a down yr in 2024, however made up for it on the finish, ending no worse than T12 in his final 4 occasions, together with the Tour Championship to earn a captain’s choice. He hasn’t received since final yr’s Dell Applied sciences Match Play, however figures to pair with shut pal and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler. He didn’t win a match regardless of enjoying in 5 at Quail Hole and notched only one level at Marco Simone final yr.
Patrick Cantlay (Presidents Cups: 2 / Document: 6-3-0)
Whereas Cantlay hasn’t received because the 2022 BMW Championship, he’s nonetheless been one of the constant gamers within the sport. He solely recorded 4 top-10s in 2024, however three got here in Signature Occasions whereas the opposite was a T3 on the U.S. Open. He additionally added eight top-25s and missed only one minimize all season. Earlier than going 0-2 final yr in Rome, he and Xander Schauffele had been 6-3 as a workforce.
Wyndham Clark (Presidents Cups: Rookie / Document: 0-0-0)
After a breakout yr in 2023 the place he received his first two titles, together with the U.S. Open, Clark went 1-1-1 in his first nationwide workforce look on the Ryder Cup. He picked up one other win on the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am earlier this yr and 7 different top-10s, however has been inconsistent, lacking six cuts, together with two weeks in the past on the Procore Championship.
Tony Finau (Presidents Cups: 2 / Document: 3-2-3)*
Finau was left off the Ryder Cup workforce final yr and hasn’t received this yr regardless of successful twice every of the final two seasons. Nevertheless, he was constant in 2024, lacking simply two cuts and racking up 15 top-25s to earn a decide.
Brian Harman (Presidents Cups: Rookie / Document: 0-0-0)*
Harman had a down yr from his banner 2023 season the place he collected his first main on the Open Championship. He was T60 in his title protection at Royal Troon and didn’t end higher than twenty fifth in his ultimate three begins, failing to advance to the Tour Championship. However a 2-2-0 document ultimately yr’s Ryder Cup helped push Furyk towards including him to the workforce.
Russell Henley (Presidents Cups: Rookie / Document: 0-0-0)*
Henley had a sneaky good season, regardless of not successful, racking up seven top-10s and 4 extra top-25s whereas lacking only one minimize in 18 begins. His T4 efficiency at East Lake helped present Furyk he was worthy of a decide.
Max Homa (Presidents Cups: 1 / Document: 4-0-0)*
Homa regarded primed for one more multi-win marketing campaign after he was one dangerous bounce away from giving Scheffler a run on the again 9 on the Masters. However that T3 at Augusta was his greatest end of the yr and he had only one top-10 the remainder of the best way, like Harman, failing to make the Tour Championship. He’s confirmed himself a savant for match play, sporting a 7-1-1 document over final yr’s Ryder Cup and the 2022 Presidents Cup, practically necessitating his place on the workforce.
Collin Morikawa (Presidents Cups: 1 / Document: 2-1-0)
Morikawa had probably among the best years of any participant who didn’t win. He had eight top-10s together with top-5s in every of the yr’s first two majors and had the bottom gross rating on the Tour Championship, leading to a 2nd place end.
Xander Schauffele (Presidents Cups: 2 / Document: 6-3-0)
The one man who can problem Scheffler for Participant of the 12 months, Schauffele grew to become the primary participant since Brooks Koepka in 2018 to win two majors in a single season and compiled a staggering 15 top-10s. He and Cantlay have fashioned a dynamic duo in these worldwide cup matches and even received the 2022 Zurich Traditional of New Orleans workforce occasion.
Scottie Scheffler (Presidents Cups: 1 / Document: 0-3-1)
Scheffler is the unquestioned high participant within the sport, including one other six wins to his tally in 2024 along with the Gold Medal on the Olympics. He has upset in his final two cup matches, failing to document a win, however did go 2-0-1 in his U.S. workforce debut on the 2021 Ryder Cup as a captain’s decide.
Sahith Theegala (Presidents Cups: Rookie / Document: 0-0-0)
Theegala is making his first nationwide workforce look of any sort this week after recording 9 top-10s in 2024 and completed third on the Tour Championship.
Worldwide Group
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Captain: Mike Weir
Weir is becoming as captain of the Worldwide squad not solely as a result of it’s in his residence nation, however as a result of he authored an awesome underdog story in successful the 2003 Masters, turning into the one Canadian to win a serious.
Byeong Hun An, South Korea (Presidents Cups: 1 / Document: 1-2-2)
Like Morikawa and Theegala, An additionally had a robust yr by capitalizing on the Signature Occasions, accumulating three of his 5 top-10s within the $20 million+ occasions. He was within the FedEx Cup High-10 for many of the season till an MC-WD-MC streak beginning on the U.S. Open set him again. He’s making his first Presidents Cup workforce look since 2019 the place he earned two factors at Royal Melbourne.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout, South Africa (Presidents Cups: 1 / Document: 1-0-1)*
Bezuidenhout, regardless of enjoying in simply two matches at Quail Hole, was one in all simply two Worldwide gamers to not take a loss on the final Presidents Cup. Bezuidenhout had simply three top-10s this season, nevertheless it was simply sufficient for him to squeak his means into the Tour Championship.
Corey Conners, Canada (Presidents Cups: 1 / Document: 0-4-0)*
Conners ended a five-year winless drought this season, successful the Valero, the identical place the place he obtained his first win as a Monday qualifier in 2019. He notched three different top-10s this season, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient to get him to the Tour Championship. He upset in Charlotte two years in the past, failing to even earn a half-point together with fellow countryman Taylor Pendrith, however may have all of the motivation on the earth enjoying in entrance of a real residence crowd.
Jason Day, Australia (Presidents Cups: 4 / Document: 5-11-4)
Day made extra headlines this yr for his outfits than he did his play, however nonetheless had an OK season for the previous World No. 1. After returning to the winner’s circle for the primary time in 5 years in 2023, Day had 4 top-10s and 4 different top-25s, however failed to maneuver onto East Lake. He’s the third-most skilled participant on the workforce, making his fifth Presidents Cup look this week.
Mackenzie Hughes, Canada (Presidents Cups: Rookie / Document: 0-0-0)*
Hughes received simply weeks after sitting out the 2022 Presidents Cup and mentioned he was motivated to make the workforce when it returned to Royal Montreal. Mission achieved after recording 4 top-10s this season, together with two weeks in the past on the Procore. Nevertheless, he wasn’t enjoying effectively earlier than Napa and didn’t make it out of the primary spherical of the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
Sungjae Im, South Korea (Presidents Cups: 2 / Document: 5-3-2)
One of many hardest-working gamers on the PGA Tour, Im has scaled again his seemingly unrelenting schedule in recent times, making solely 25 begins in 2024, a career-low since becoming a member of the PGA Tour. However that didn’t cease him from recording one other eight top-10s. He’s one of many few gamers on the Worldwide Group with a successful document, together with Si Woo Kim.
Si Woo Kim, South Korea (Presidents Cups: 2 / Document: 4-3-0)*
Kim had a memorable 2022 Presidents Cup, main the Internationals with a 3-1-0 document and taking down Justin Thomas in Sunday singles. He recorded simply two top-10s in 2024, but in addition had 9 different top-25s and barely missed the Tour Championship, ending thirty second within the FedEx Cup.
Tom Kim, South Korea (Presidents Cups: 1 / Document: 2-3-0)
Kim had an up-and-down yr, his third on the PGA Tour since successful twice as a rookie in 2022. He practically received on the Vacationers Championship, dropping in a playoff to Scottie Scheffler, however had only one different top-10. His season memorably ended early on the FedEx St. Jude Championship when he performed the ultimate three holes in 5 over to drop out of the highest 50. At Quail Hole, Kim was the sparkplug for the Worldwide Squad, successful each his matches on Saturday with a number of heroic pictures to offer them an opportunity going into singles.
Min Woo Lee, Australia (Presidents Cups: Rookie / Document: 0-0-0)*
Lee had an up-and-down rookie yr on the PGA Tour after incomes his card as a nonmember in 2023. He missed simply three cuts and recorded two runner-up finishes however no different top-10s. He’ll be bringing his “the chef” persona to the Worldwide squad for the primary time.
Hideki Matsuyama, Japan (Presidents Cups: 5 / Document: 7-10-5)
Matsuyama had fallen out of the highest 50 within the Official World Golf Rating for the primary time in additional than a decade in January and responded by successful his first occasion in two years on the Genesis Invitational after which added one other on the FedEx St. Jude. He’s the second most skilled participant on the Worldwide squad, however went 1-3-1 in 2022.
Taylor Pendrith, Canada (Presidents Cups: 1 / Document: 0-4-0)*
Like Conners, Pendrith didn’t win some extent in 4 matches final day trip for the Internationals, however he’ll have a renewed motivation in entrance of the Canadian trustworthy. He had by far the very best season of his profession in 2024, notching six top-10s and ending 14th on the Tour Championship in his first look there.
Adam Scott, Australia (Presidents Cups: 10 / Document: 18-25-6)*
Scott has performed in additional Presidents Cup matches than your entire U.S. workforce mixed. He memorably went by way of U.S. Open qualifying to maintain his document majors-played streak alive after which caught fireplace towards the top of the season with runner-ups on the Scottish Open and BMW Championship to return to the Tour Championship the place he completed T4.
