So much has changed since the International team nearly won the Presidents Cup the last time.
FILE - The U.S. team hold their trophy after they won the President's Cup golf tournament at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. The U.S. team won the tournament 16-14. The last Presidents Cup was so close the International team walked away with renewed hope that it had enough game and enough fight to conquer the mighty Americans.
The Americans have lost only once, in 1998 at Royal Melbourne in Australia, matches that ended 12 days before Christmas. There was a tie in South Africa and then eight consecutive U.S. celebrations. The International team counters with only three players from the top 25 — former Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama, Sungjae Im and Tom Kim, the 20-year-old South Korean who wasn't even a consideration until he won theImmelman brings eight Presidents Cup rookies to Quail Hollow. Only three players on his team have won tournaments this year. Only two — Matsuyama and Adam Scott — have won majors.
Els said of his team when it was over, “If you look at their record and where these guys are at the moment, they are going places, I can tell you that.”The Americans have five Presidents Cup rookies, though two of them played in the Ryder Cup, and two others have collected three PGA Tour victories in the last 12 months.
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