The President’s Cup going to be a Rout – On Paper at least!

Written by Mel Sole on October 7, 2015. Posted in European PGA Tour, PGA Tour

The President’s Cup is going to be a Rout – On Paper, at least!

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The Venue for the 2015 President’s Cup. Jack Nicklaus, GC. Songdo IBD, Incheon City, Korea.

I’m going to start this article by saying that I am South African and will be pulling for the International Team in this week’s President’s Cup.

Nick Price is a friend of mine and a genuinely nice guy. (So is Jay Haas) However, on paper, it does not look good for the Internationals. Of course, many times in the history of human endeavor, “on paper” has meant absolutely squat!

Good Luck to both Captains! (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)

Check out my reasoning:

Team USA World Ranking International Team World Ranking

Jordan Spieth 1 Jason Day 2

Bubba Watson 4 Louis Oosthuizen 12

Rickie Fowler 5 Adam Scott 13

Dustin Johnson 8 Hideki Matsuyama 14

Zach Johnson 10 Brandon Grace 22

Matt Kuchar 15 Thongchai Jaidee 32

Jimmy Walker 16 Danny Lee 36

J.B. Holmes 18 Marc Leishman 37

Patrick Reed 19 Anirban Lahiri 39

Phil Mickelson 24 Charl Schwartzel 47

Chris Kirk 27 Steven Bowditch 58

Bill Haas 28 Sang Moon Bae 85

The USA’s World Ranking Points add up to 175. The International Team points add up to 397. The team with the lowest points is obviously the strongest. Bill Haas, the weakest player on the US Team, is stronger than 50% of the International squad. So, as I said earlier, it looks like a runaway for the USA. Chris Kirk is the only player on the US Team without team competition experience. The Internationals have 5 first-timers.

Nick Price successfully changed the format to gain a little advantage and keep the competition more exciting for the fans. We’ll see come Sunday afternoon, whether that was worth the effort!

On Thursday, I wish both teams a fun, friendly, yet competitive competition. Let’s see what “on paper” really means.

Source: Mel Sole

Pictures: Chris Condon/PGA TOUR Stan Badz/PGA TOUR

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The President’s Cup going to be a Rout – On Paper at least!

I’m going to start this article by saying that I am South African and will be pulling for the International Team in this week’s President’s Cup.

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