The 2024 Presidents Cup will be played at Royal Montreal in Canada this week. Here is what you need to know.
A number of highly regarding LIV Golfers won’t be playing this week for the 15th edition of the Presidents Cup at royal Montreal. Featuring two teams still intent on walking away with the trophy, we wonder if the International team have any chance of winning, especially without Cam Smith?
It’s still head-to-head team golf which is usually better than individual professional golf tournaments, so we’re still very much excited about watching this one.
Not surprisingly the US Team is a short-price favourite to win again ($1.40). Max Homa, a captain’s pick for the team won on the PGA Tour last week.
The Internationals were filthy about losing last time these two teams met in Royal Melbourne in 2019 and vowed to stick together to win next time around. LIV Golf has messed that up a little with a bunch of big-name golfers not playing this week including Cameron Smith, Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman.
So it isn’t looking good.
If they are to be in contention during the Sunday singles matches, the team’s fortunes may rest on the shoulders of some incredibly good South Korean golfers. The foursome of K.H.Lee, Tom Kim, Si Wo Kim and Sungjae Kim each have a PGA Tour victory to their name in the past year and look unflappable under pressure.
LOCATION
The 2022 Presidents Cup is being played at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina – a 14-hour time difference to the east coast of Australia.
TEAMS
A team of golfers from the US will go head-to-head with a team of International golfers in a series of paired, and single matches.
The Internationals are made up of the best golfers from all across the world (except Europe and USA) and this year include players from just five countries; Australia, South Africa, Canada, South Korea, and Japan.
DAY 1 Presidents Cup – Thursday foresomes matches
Match 1: TBD
Match 2: TBD
Match 3: TBD
Match 4: TBD
Match 5: TBD
International Team Captain: MIKE WEIR
Hideki Matsuyama, Sungjae Im, Tom Kim, Corey Conners, Adam Scott, Taylor Pendrith, Si Woo Kim, Jason Day, Min Woo Lee, Mackenzie Hughes, Byeong Hun An, Christian Bezuidenhout.
U.S. Team Captain: JIM FURYK
Patrick Cantlay, Sam Burns, Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Tony Finau, Sahith Theegala, Wyndham Clark, Collin Morikawa, Brian Harman, Keegan Bradley, Russell Henley, Max Homa.
FORMAT
The Presidents Cup competition consists of 30 matches (match play) each worth one point each:
• Thursday – 5 Foursomes matches
• Friday – 5 Four-Ball matches
• Saturday morning – 4 Foursomes matches
• Saturday afternoon – 4 Four-Ball matches
• Sunday – 12 Singles matches
Foursomes is also known as alternate shot where a team of two golfers alternatively play one golf ball to contribute to the team score.
Four-ball is also known as the best ball format. Each golfer plays their own ball and the best score from each team counts towards the team score.
In case of a tie: There are no playoffs for each match with each side receiving a half-point if a match is tied after 18 holes. If the match is deadlocked at the end of Singles play, the competition will be deemed a tie and the teams will share the Presidents Cup.
HOW TO WATCH
FoxSports have a dedicated Presidents Cup Channel for the week (Channel 505) and you can watch all the live coverage and replays there and on Kayo.
Day 3 looks like the best viewing times in Australia with the first matches going out at around 9pm AEST.
FoxSports Channel 505 and Kayo Sports (All times AEST)
Day 1: Friday September 23, 3:00am – 8:00 am
Day 2: Saturday September 24, 1:30am – 8:00 am
Day 3: Saturday/Sunday September 24/25, 9:00pm – 8:00am
Day 4: Monday, September 26, 2:00am – 8:00am
OFFICIAL WEBSITE
More info and up to date news will all be over at the official Presidents Cup page
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