2022 Tournaments We’ll Remember: Presidents Cup
The SI Golf staff appeared again at 10 memorable tournaments from 2022.
More Tournaments We’ll Remember: FedEx St. Jude Championship | British Open | U.S. Open | RBC Canadian Open | LIV Golf’s London Debut | PGA Championship | The Masters | Augusta National Women’s Am | Chevron Championship
The Event: Presidents Cup
Site: Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, N.C.
Dates: Sept. 22-25
Result: U.S. defeats Internationals, 17.5-12.5
Why We’ll Remember It: Coming into the 14th version of the Presidents Cup, most believed that the USA Team was far superior and the chance of defeat was restricted at finest.
Those beliefs performed out over the 4 days, with the USA profitable three of the 5 periods, together with profitable the primary two periods and taking an 8-2 lead after the primary 10 matches and placing Internationals Captain Trevor Immelman’s staff in an insurmountable gap.
Peeling again the onion, there have been elements of the week in Charlotte that had been in reality memorable beginning with Immelman, who was passionate, dedicated and acquired his staff inside placing distance at 11-7 earlier than Sunday’s singles. Those had been essentially the most aggressive matches of the week, with the U.S. profitable simply 6.5 to five.5.
Watching U.S. assistant captain Fred Couples taking cost of the choice course of was a night spotlight. It was comical to observe U.S. captain Davis Love and his different assistants hanging on Couples’s each phrase as he seemingly held courtroom over each U.S. pairing. How is it he has not been a Ryder Cup captain?
Inside the ropes, the emergence of the Korean gamers Sungjae Im, Tom Kim, Si-Woo Kim and Okay.H. Lee gave the impression to be the long run basis of a world staff.
Kim, a 20-year-old from Seoul, confirmed no concern and at occasions took the recognition battle to the U.S. staff and advanced as a fan favourite over the 4 days.
The subsequent occasion can be in Canada with Masters champion and native Mike Weir captaining the Internationals, with the U.S. main the collection 12-1-1 going into Royal Montreal Golf Club in 2024.
