We are few months away of this year’s Presidents Cup. Team selection criteria in this golf championship is different than other tournaments. While players of most of the golf tournaments play against each other.
Presidents Cup is played between Teams. Players are divided into teams. Let’s get to know Presidents Cup Golf 2019 teams, players and their captains.
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Who is playing in the Presidents Cup 2019?
2019 Presidents Cup is going to be played between two teams. It will be played between United States Team vs International Team.
How is the Presidents Cup team chosen?
Both team consist 12 players. In addition of 12 players, there will be 1 non-playing captain, 3 non-playing assistant captain. Among twelve players 8 of them are selected automatically and 4 players will be picked by captains.
Eight top players are chosen according to their ranking until a specific date. This year on August 18, top eight qualifiers were selected automatically.
On early November each captain will choose four more player for their team.
Learn about the ticketing info for the 2019 Presidents cup golf.
United States Presidents Cup Team 2019
Captain
The golf legend Tiger Woods has been selected as US Team captain.
With 81 official PGA Tour winning records, we all know the achievements he has. Woods truly deserves to be the captain.
He will play his role as a non-playing captain. He was an assistant captain in 2017.
Assistant Captains
Assistant captains will help the captain. Tiger Woods chose Fred Couples, Zach Johnson and Steve Stricker as assistant captain of the US team for 2019 Presidents Cup Golf.
Fred Couples
59 years old American Frederick Steven Couples was a former world no. 1 golfer. He has 64 professional tournaments in his bucket and winner of the Masters Tournament in 1992. He was also in the US team as a non-playing assistant captain in 2017.
Zach Johnson
2007 Masters Winner Zachary Harris Johnson is an American professional golfer. He won the 2015 Open Championship. He has 12 PGA Tour victories including two major championships. He played against Tiger Woods several times.
Steve Stricker
52 Years old Steven Charles Stricker was US team captain in 2017 presidents cup. He will be the captain of the Ryder Cup in 2020. Unlike Zach, he also has 12 victories on the PGA Tour.
Top 8 Players
Most of the players of this year’s US president cup team are young. Out of eight, five of them are in their twenties and three of them qualified for the first time. The list below is in chronological order from 1st to 8th.
Brooks Koepka
Age: 29
PGA TOUR wins: 7
Presidents Cup: 1 (2017) / 2-2-0 record
Points: 8310
2018-19 Highlights: on 21 October 2018, Koepka won the CJ Cup at Nine Bridges for the first time and became the number one golfer. This year he won PGA championship 2019 and WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational.
Records: Since October 2018, ranked number one and still holding the position. He has won a World Golf Championships event and four majors.
Justin Thomas
Age: 26
PGA TOUR Wins: 10
Presidents Cup: 3 (2017) / 3-1-1 record
Points: 6,949
2018-19 Highlights: Despite his good effort this young player couldn’t do well this season. This year he only won the BMW championship. In February, he secured a final round of Genesis Open and become second.
Records: He is the only player in this year’s US Presidents Cup team, who has one FedExCup and one WGC.
Dustin Johnson
Age: 35
PGA TOUR Wins: 20
Presidents Cup: 3 (2011, 2015, 2017) / 8-4-2 record
Points: 6,643
2018-19 Highlights: 2018 was more successful for him than in 2019. This year he only on WGC-Mexico Championship.
Personal Records: He has six WGC trophies, one Major Championship win.
Patrick Cantlay
Age: 27
PGA TOUR Wins: 2
Presidents Cup: None (This is his first appearance)
Points: 5,898
2018/19 Highlights: He won the Memorial Tournament at Dublin, Ohio. Placed third at PGA Championship and as well as in the RBC heritage.
Records: In 2017, he won his first PGA Tour championship at the Hospitals for Children Open.
Xander Schauffele
Age 25
PGA TOUR Wins: 4
Presidents Cup: 0 (This will be his First Presidents Cup)
Points: 5,753
2019 Highlights: Placed third at US Open 2019 and second at Masters. Won Sentry Tournament of Champions and WGC-HSBC Champions at Shanghai this year.
Records: On 2017 Schauffele won PGA Tour Rookie of the Year award.
Webb Simpson
Age: 34
PGA TOUR Wins: 5
Presidents Cup: 2 (2011, 2013) / 5-3-2 record
Points: 5,532
2018/19 Highlights: Became runner-up WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, RBC Canadian Open and Wyndham Championship.
Records: He won the US Open in 2012 and PLAYERS Championship in 2018.
Matt Kuchar
Age: 41
PGA TOUR Wins: 9
Presidents Cup: 4 (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) / 6-8-2 record
Points: 5,520
2018/19 Highlights: He was a non-playing vice-captain for the US team in Ryder Cup 2018. He won Mayakoba Golf Classic last year, which was a part of the 2018–19 PGA Tour season. At the beginning of 2019, Kuchar won Sony open.
Records: He represented the US team in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Bryson Dechambeau
Age: 25
PGA TOUR Wins: 5
Presidents Cup: Going to join the squad for the first time.
Points: 5,341
2018/19 Highlights: He played in Ryders Cup last year. He is the current winner of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. He also won the Omega Dubai Desert Classic championship in Dubai.
Records: He became a professional golfer in 2016. The best result in the US open was T15 in 2016.
International Presidents Cup Team 2019
Captain
2 times US Open and The Open Championship winner Ernie Els is South African Golf Player. He is the captain of the International Presidents Cup Team.
Because of his height, he is known as The Big Easy. He has a lot of records in his career including number 1 position on World Golf Ranking. There is no doubt that he is the worthy person to be the Captain.
Assistant Captains
Els picks K.J. Choi, Geoff Ogilvy, Trevor Immelman and Mike Weir to assist him.
While US Captain Woods picks 3 players as assist captain, Ernie chose 4 players.
K. J. Choi
49 years old K. J. Choi is from South Korea. He is Asia’s most successful professional golf player, who won more than 20 tournaments all over the world. He held the top 10 positions in world golf ranking for more than 40 weeks.
Geoff Ogilvy
Ogilvy is an Australian citizen resides in the USA. He was the winner of the US Open 2006. Besides this, he also three World Golf Championships and Australian Open in 2010.
Trevor Immelman
39 years old Trevor is a South African professional golfer. He has started his professional career in 1999. He has a Masters Tournament trophy in his bucket, which he got in 2008. In his career, he has 11 professional wins.
Mike Weir
He was one of the best players from 2001 to 2005. He is the only Canadian golf player, who wins Masters. This left-handed golf player stayed in the top 10 Official World Golf Ranking for more than 110 weeks.
International Top 8 Players
International Team of this year’s Presidents Cup is a mix of experienced and inexperienced. Out of 8, four players already appeared Presidents Cup tournament several times and 4 of them are newly joined. The total number of the appearance of four experienced is 17. Three players are from Australia.
Marc Leishman
Representing Country: Australia
Age: 35
PGA TOUR wins: 4
Presidents Cup: 3 (2013, 2015, 2017) / 3-7-3 career record
Points: 192.94
2018/19 Highlights: He won CIMB Class 2018, which was held in Malaysia.
Records: He won PGA Tour Rookie of the Year in 2009. Marc was the first Australian golf player who won that award.
Hideki Matsuyama
Representing Country: Japan
Age 27
PGA TOUR Wins: 5
Presidents Cup: 3 (2013, 2015, 2017) | 4-6-3 career record
Points: 187.11
2018/19 Highlights: He secured a top 10 positions in 6 different tournaments.
Records: At the age of 27, he already won PGA tour 5 times and Japan Golf Tour 8 times. He won World Golf Championships in 2016 and he is the first-ever Asian to win this. Matsuyama was the runner up of US open 2017 and ranked no 2 in the world golf ranking.
Louis Oosthuizen
Representing Country: South Africa
Age: 36
PGA TOUR Wins: 1
European Tour Wins: 9
Presidents Cup: 3 (2013, 2015, 2017) | 7-5-3 career record
Points: 184.68
2018/19 Highlights: At the end of 2018 won the South African Open. Became top 10 in five PGA Tour.
Records: He was the winner of The Open Championship in 2010. He placed second in Masters Tournament 2012. He also placed second on the 2015 US Open.
Adam Scott
Representing Country: Australia
Age: 39
PGA TOUR Wins: 13
Presidents Cup: 8 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) | 14-20-5 career record
Points: 180.30
2018/19 Highlights: He secured 2nd position in Memorial Tournament and Farmers Insurance Open.
Records: In his bucket, he has 29 professional tournaments trophy. In 2014, he ranked as a number 1 golf player. He won Masters Tournament in 2013.
Abraham Ancer
Representing Country: Mexico
Age: 28
PGA TOUR Wins: 0
Presidents Cup: Playing Presidents Cup for the first time in his career.
Points: 160.39
2018/19 Highlights: Produces top ten position in four tournaments.
Records: Winner of Emirates Australian Open in 2018.
Haotong Li
Representing Country: China
Age: 23
PGA TOUR Wins: None
Presidents Cup: 2019 will be is first one.
Points: 128.63
2018/19 Highlights: Entered in top 20 positions in three tournaments.
Records: He is the youngest player of this year’s Presidents Cup. He won Dubai Desert Classic 2018.
C.T. Pan
Representing Country: Taiwan
Age: 27
PGA TOUR Wins: 1
Presidents Cup: First Time
Points: 125.77
2018/19 Highlights: Pan won his first PGA Tour in his career at RBC Heritage.
Records: He ranked number 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking in 2013. He stayed at that place for 8 weeks.
Cameron Smith
Representing Country: Australia
Age: 26
PGA TOUR Wins: 1
Presidents Cup: none. Going to pay for the first time.
Points: 124.17
2018/19 Highlights: He has Earned 6th position at WGC-Mexico Championship.
Records: He won the Australian PGA Championship in the 2017-18 season. He also won a PGA Tour in 2017.
Lets learn the details of the 2019 presidents cup golf venue.
Do captains play in Presidents Cup?
The captain is selected as non-playing. Which means they will not play. Captains will lead the team and direct them along with the assistant captains. Most experienced players become captains so that juniors can get direction from them.
Final Words
After reading this detail writing on Presidents Cup 2019 Golf teams, players and Captains, you got a glimpse of each player. Four more players will be added to each team.
Those additional four will be captains pick. Each captain will take four players of their choice. In the beginning of November Tiger Woods and Ernie Els will choose their picks. We will update here whenever they complete their pick.
