Who is on the International Presidents Cup team?
The biennial battle between the American and International teams is now on the horizon. With the PGA Tour season concluded, here’s who has made it on to the International Presidents Cup team.
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International Presidents Cup team: How it works
Twelve players will head to Australia forming the International team.
The eight players not eligible for the European Ryder Cup team with the most Official World Golf Ranking points between the the 2018 Dell Technologies and the 2019 BMW Championships qualified automatically.
Captain Ernie Els then made four wildcard picks to complete his team. Jason Day was among the picks, but was forced to pull out with a back injury just two weeks before the start of the tournament. He was replaced by Byeong Hun An.
International Presidents Cup team:
Now that Els has made his selections, we take a look at the full squad ready to take on the USA in December.
Full team in alphabetical order, captain’s picks represented with *
Byeong Hun An *
Age: 28 Country: South Korea Previous Presidents Cup appearances: Debut
Professional Wins: 3
Abraham Ancer
Age: 28 Country: Mexico Previous Presidents Cup appearances: Debut
Professional Wins: 2
Adam Hadwin *
Age: 32 Country: Canada Previous Presidents Cup appearances: 1 (2017)
Professional Wins: 12
Sungjae Im *
Age: 21 Country: South Korea Previous Presidents Cup appearances: Debut
Professional Wins: 3
Marc Leishman
Age: 36 Country: Australia Previous Presidents Cup appearances: 3 (2013, 2015, 2017)
Professional Wins: 12
Haotong Li
Age: 24 Country: China Previous President’s Cup appearances: Debut
Professional Wins: 6
Hideki Matsuyama
Age: 27 Country: Japan Previous President’s Cup appearances: 3 (2013, 2015, 2017)
Professional Wins: 14
Joaquin Niemann *
Age: 21 Country: Chile Previous President’s Cup appearances: Debut
Professional Wins: 7
Louis Oosthuizen
Age: 37 Country: South Africa Previous President’s Cup appearances: 3 (2013, 2015, 2017)
Professional Wins: 14
CT Pan
Age: 27 Country: Taiwan Previous appearances: Debut
Professional Wins: 3
Adam Scott
Age: 39 Country: Australia Previous President’s Cup appearances: 8 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Professional Wins: 29
Cameron Smith
Age: 26 Country: Australia Previous President’s Cup appearances: Debut
Professional Wins: 3
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Joe Hughes
Tour editor covering men's golf, women's golf and anything else that involves the word golf, really. The talk is far better than the game, but the work has begun to change that.
