Tuesday, October 6, 2009

2009 Presidents Cup. Team USA or Team International?

The 2009 Presidents Cup begins on October 8th at Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco, California, USA. Here are the two teams:

Team USA
Captain- Fred Couples
Tiger Woods
Phil Mickelson
Steve Stricker
Kenny Perry
Zach Johnson
Stewart Cink
Sean O'Hair
Jim Furyk
Anthony Kim
Justin Leonard
Lucas Glover
Hunter Mahan

Team International

Captain- Greg Norman

Geoff Ogilvy
Vijay Singh
Camilo Villegas
Retief Goosen
Ernie Els
Angel Cabrera
Mike Weir
Robert Allenby
Y.E Yang
Tim Clark
Ryo Ishikawa
Adam Scott

So given these strong and exciting line ups who will take home the cup? Here are some facts about this years championship.
  • The 12 players in Team USA have played 32 previous President cups.
  • The 12 players in International Team have also played 32 previous Presidents Cups.
  • The world's top 3 players and 4 of the top 5 are in Team USA
  • Five of the 12 International Team players have played in 4 or more Presidents Cups and 7 have major championships on their resume
  • Team USA has 20 wins this year
  • International Team has only 6 wins in 2009
  • Team USA has won 5 previous Presidents Cups and International Team has won only 1 and both teams tied 1.
On paper Team USA looks like the team to beat but the line up for the International Team looks more combative, hostile and In-Your-Face.

Your thoughts on who will prevail ?

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