The U.S. side is stacked, but international team rookies could emerge as heroes in this David vs. Goliath showdown.
It would be surprising if that resulted in a more optimistic outlook given the talent on that team and what has been lost, but it could result in a similarly unified group that moves into the future of Ryder Cups and Presidents Cups against the best players from the rest of the world. Here are the pods for the first two days of practice rounds for the U.S. This year's Presidents Cup won't determine what the future of U.S. Finau is so pliable from a personality standpoint that you could plug him in with any of the three guys in his pod and it could make sense. Top Scheff: I joked that the best player in the world and Jon Rahm were playing the singles match of the Ryder Cup last year, and this year it turned out to not be a joke as Scheffler rose to the top spot in the OWGR after four wins early in the year. The internationals have actually outperformed the U.S. Even with the LIV players in the mix, Spieth and Justin Thomas would have likely been the heart and soul of this U.S. They should be who we thought Mickelson and Woods were going to be for the next 10 years of U.S. Course fit: One of the big talking points going into this week is that even with the international team at full strength, the U.S. While this should not (and will not) be the primary talking point of the week, it's another way LIV has permeated into every crevice of the golf world, including one of the handful of sacred team weeks that we have every year. anchors (especially in the case of Burns, Homa and Young). We know the first few days of golf will be a blast because the first few days of Ryder Cups and Presidents Cups are always fun, no matter the matchup or score.
If you're looking for a way to energize the event, make it more competitive and increase it's overall reach, look no further than turning it into a ...
Megan Khang/Collin Morikawa vs. Brooke Henderson/K.H. Megan Khang/Patrick Cantlay v. Likely the easiest way to get a combined PGA/LPGA event on the schedule would be to modify a current event instead of creating something from scratch. Navigating the uncharted waters of a co-ed Presidents Cup is sure to have its fair share of naysayers. “I love the Solheim Cup, and I love watching that. We did just that, changing the Presidents Cup format to mirror the Solheim and Ryder Cup formats. I think that would help us a lot and maybe, hopefully, they have something in the plans for that, but I think it would be great for the game of golf." "I know with what's going on on the PGA Tour maybe the Internationals aren't as strong as they would've been a couple months back,” Korda said. If the competition were to happen right now, the average world ranking for the combined Team USA would be 9.8. Well, for the event to be more competitive, the teams need to be more balanced. But we’d like to add a sixth that is a bit more radical, yet could pay true dividends in the short and long run:
The 2022 Presidents Cup starts this week. Here's our full Presidents Cup viewer's guide, including a TV schedule and streaming times.
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Here are the odds, prop plays and expert picks for the 2022 President Cup at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.
[Google Podcasts](https://bit.ly/360Oy3g) [Apple Podcasts](https://apple.co/3IfbBob) In 2021, Schauffele tied for 14th at the Wells Fargo. He has a style of game that fits both four-ball and foursomes, so expect him to play in at least four of the sessions, if not all of them. (+750) The United States squad, led by world No.
The Americans are overwhelming favorites at Quail Hollow, but there should still be some drama and value to be found in the individual player markets.
So, depending on the matchups in four-ball on Friday and Saturday, you should be able to find some value on the International side along with some lame-duck singles matches on Sunday if there is a massive lead. Thomas now arrives to the site of his first major championship victory with added motivation to put on a show for the PGA Tour. In his past two Presidents Cup appearances, Thomas holds a record of 6-2-2 and something he’ll look to improve upon even during a Sunday singles match that might not matter. Many of those key would-be visiting players missing this week are young and some of the most talented in the world. [decimated by the defections to LIV Golf](https://www.si.com/golf/news/depleted-international-presidents-cup-team-finalized-with-six-captains-picks), with only three players returning to the squad from Melbourne. The layout is famous for its “Green Mile” stretch of three closing holes, but like the 2017 edition, the layout has been rerouted to make those defining holes Nos.
International team player Sebastian Munoz is taking 45-degree ice baths that he says helps him be more focused and happier.
[investigated the idea](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/20/well/mind/cold-water-plunge-mental-health.html) that cold water plunges can improve mental and physical health. "It's kind of like a new hobby I picked up in the last month or so," he said. Beyond Instagram, the impetus for Munoz to try the ice plunges came from an episode of the Joe Rogan podcast, when Rogan interviewed the neuroscientist Dr. Adding to the risk of drowning is the fact that swimming in frigid water quickly leads to exhaustion. When Munoz started the process, he couldn't put his foot in for more than 45 seconds, but now he can last five minutes with his whole body resting in 45-degree water. While no studies have yet shown that this therapy by itself can improve mental health, early research has indicated that there may be psychological benefits, including mood improvement, and anecdotal data suggests it may help with depression and anxiety.
Chris Murphy breaks down his favorite early-week bets as we head into the President's Cup from Quail Hollow.
The one thing we seemingly know for sure is that Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele will be paired up — likely in every session — if this stays close. Horschel will need some help — both from Captain Love and maybe from the International side — in this market, but I think there is a path for him to have value at these odds. The American side has five of the top-10 players in the world, while the top-ranked player for the Internationals, Hideki Matsuyama, is 17th and is dealing with a neck injury and is in poor form. Do you like free money? That will be the first clear picture of the starting plan, and will cause some odds to shift in the prop markets. ET on Wednesday.
Spieth is only 29, but already is making his fourth appearance in the Presidents Cup and has "earned his stripes."
Spieth has come a long way from being a teenage captain’s pick in 2013 to the most experienced player on the U.S side. I may have had the best year on the course, but in a team environment, things are quite different.” “He thrives on being in the biggest moments.” Scottie Scheffler acknowledged he may be PGA Tour Player of the Year and World No. He’s been around for a long time, and you’ve kind of got to earn your stripes,” Scheffler said. But Spieth rediscovered his game last season, winning the Valero Texas Open last April and made the winning U.S. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson won’t be involved as a player or a captain/assistant captain for the first time in international competition since 1993. “Steve came up to me and said, ‘When are you finally going to start playing?’” Spieth recalled. He cherished the chance to develop a more intimate relationship with his fellow teammates in the team room and learn what makes them tick. “One thing I’ll always remember from that week is Jordan Spieth is the most mature person in every room he’s in, or at least that week he was,” Chappell said. “When he was talking, everybody was listening and taking notes. – Kevin Chappell remembers being as nervous as he’s ever been as a Presidents Cup rookie in 2017.
Joaquin Niemann and Anirban Lahiri are the other significant misses because of their LIV Golf participation. Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau are among the ...
The United States has six rookies, but two of them are major winners in Scheffler and Collin Morikawa. Hideki Matsuyama and Sungjae Im will be the anchors of the International team. Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele had the most success against the International team in 2019. The International team will come in as a huge underdog because some of its best golfers ended up as ineligible for the competition. Joaquin Niemann and Anirban Lahiri are the other significant misses because of their LIV Golf participation. It gives the international players from outside Europe to compete in a match-play event.
It was late 2019, and everyone (it seemed) was headed to Australia for the most anticipated Presidents Cup in years. At long last, the PGA Tour would return to ...
“I mean, the 2014 Ryder Cup did wonders for me in 2015,” he said. “It’s like every hole with the roars and you’re going two or three up, and you’re like, I got this. That, he said, was the true twist of the knife. Fickle as match play may be, competing in the Ryder and Presidents Cups gives players a clear view of how their game stands under pressure. It was late 2019, and everyone (it seemed) was headed to Australia for the most anticipated Presidents Cup in years. For an event in desperate need of oxygen, 2019 was poised to yank the Presidents Cup back to the surface. “Every match feels like you’re going down the back nine at a major championship,” Spieth said. For the first time in his career, he would not take part in a team play event. “I remember it was a really tough spot. I just never thought I’d miss one after being on a number in a row.” For most of us, 2019 feels like a lifetime ago. When the Presidents Cup rosters were finally announced in early November,
On paper, the Internationals are big underdogs this week in Quail Hollow. But that doesn't mean Trevor Immelman and his team can't pull off a miracle win if ...
He says Immelman, a two-time member of the International team in his playing days, has used his role as lead golf analyst for CBS to get to know players deeply while on the road at PGA Tour events. “The work we've put in over the last four or five years with the squad is to get over that (pod system of nationalities playing together),” Immelman said. “I separate statistics for four-balls and foursomes so that we get the right players in each format.” Carey told Golf Digest on Tuesday that the parameters he would use were course setup, how the players match as a pairing and how they compound the other pairings in a session. Pereira is the only qualifier without a PGA Tour victory but finished tied third at the PGA Championship in May, one shot outside a playoff Justin Thomas eventually won. Yet Immelman is quick to note that in 2019, Scott was the top International at 18th while the U.S. He also worked for Europe on the 2016 and 2018 Ryder Cups, as well as the 2017 Solheim Cup. We’ll have to almost use Jedi mind tricks on our team and throughout the week so that by Sunday every individual is a hero in their own mind. Scott, whose record number of appearances for the Internationals will increase to 10 this week, says there is a magical formula. Immelman had already faced plenty of questions on how his squad could possibly steal victory from the Americans even before losing Smith, Niemann and Ancer. The biennial match-play competition has been largely a lopsided affair since it was first held in 1994, with the Internationals claiming only one win (1998) and one tie (2003). “I’m not blessed with the physical gifts Adam Scott has,” Immelman said through laughter.
Nowhere is that more clear than in the individual player rankings. If you're looking at the rosters as a whole, you can squint and possibly talk yourself into a ...
Kevin Kisner (U.S.): He's been the worst ball-striker in the field over the last 12 months, and a lot of that is due to the fact that he's the shortest player off the tee by a fairly healthy margin (although Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Tom Kim are close). He's one of the four or five longest players in the field and one of the few international players who has the firepower to keep with most of the U.S. Sam Burns (U.S.): Burns cooled a bit at the end of last season and has not been a great ball-striker over the last few months. Kim is an outstanding iron player (best in the field over his last 20 rounds), and I wouldn't be surprised to see him win two or three matches against against players who outmatch him off the tee (which is most of them). Billy Horschel (U.S.): An up and down year for Horschel, who both won Memorial but also didn't finish in the top 20 on the PGA Tour after that through the Tour Championship. Jordan Spieth (U.S.): He's been showing real glimpses of his old iron-playing self, but the putter has not been magical of late (to say the least). Tony Finau (U.S.): One of the breakout stars of last year's Ryder Cup has also been one of the best players in the world over the last six months. Patrick Cantlay (U.S.): He's been good on this course, good in match play at team events and terrific overall in the last two months. Cameron Young (U.S.): He's been the longest player of anyone in this event over the last 12 months, and only Taylor Pendrith is close. It helps that he's won at Quail Hollow before and has been one of the top six players at this event over his last 20 rounds. Xander Schauffele (U.S.): No matter which way you slice it, Schauffele has been one of the top three players at this event over the last six months. gets the narrow nod over Scottie Scheffler because of his incredible play in team events (he's 10-2-3 in non-singles play at Ryder Cups and Presidents Cups).
Adam Scott says keeping his position the the World Ranking and playing in major championships are key reasons why he didn't defect to LIV Golf.
I had to drop it and concentrate on finishing out the season that I started in America. Scott had a very simple answer as to why he’s still on the PGA Tour. The PGA Championship has its own criteria for eligibility through its organizer, the PGA of America, but it would complicate his chances of playing that, too. If he were to join LIV, which has applied to be able to offer World Ranking points but does not do so yet, his ranking would likely slide outside of the top 50 who reach the Open and the top 60 who qualify for the U.S. On social media and in various reports, the popular Australian was mentioned alongside Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter as veteran PGA Tour players who were going across to the rival circuit. CHARLOTTE — If the rumor mill had been accurate, Adam Scott would have joined LIV Golf months ago.
There is certainly a ready-made rivalry between the two groups, but JT and Billy Horschel are among players who aren't sure there is much upside for the PGA ...
So it's really a lose-lose for the PGA Tour in that situation, and LIV's got everything to gain from it.” “I was looking forward to playing the Presidents Cup and maybe getting paired against Cam Smith, who's a really good friend of mine. team this week and another outspoken supporter of the PGA Tour (he’s a member of the Player Advisory Council) was more open to the question. Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup teams, loves the idea about as much as a plugged lie in a bunker. “So just don't see the need for it.” Thomas famously said in May to players thinking of jumping to LIV Golf, “Look, if you want to go, go.”
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Wanting to continue the team building and preparation ahead of the Presidents Cup, International captain Trevor Immelman organized a ...
I think all of this is part of Trevor’s master plan in having these guys ready to play their best this week. “Now being able to come back here and go, Well, it’s the same course that a few of these guys tore apart a few weeks ago. “It was really just to be prepared for this week,” Scott said.
A lot has changed in the sport of golf since the last Presidents Cup tournament. Here's a look at the schedule, competitors and what's at stake.
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