Min Woo Lee – one of six Captain’s Picks – image Getty Images
Three Australians are included in the twelve-strong International Presidents Cup team to tackle the USA in Montreal from September 24th to 29th following the announcement of the six Captain’s Picks overnight.
Jason Day, Adam Scott qualified through the automatic qualifying while team captain Mike Weir selected Min Woo Lee as one of his six wild cards.
Weir said: “As one of the most popular players on the PGA TOUR, Min Woo is going to be an incredible addition to the International Team and our passionate fans in Montreal. He is one of the best drivers of the golf ball, and I can’t wait to let him cook at the Presidents Cup in a few weeks.”
The 26-year-old Lee, who finished ninth on the International Team rankings when qualifying concluded two weeks ago, is fired up for Royal Montreal. “What I can bring to the International Team is flair and hopefully some good golf. I’ve been playing pretty solid this year. Being on the International Team is very special and obviously being the home side, it’ll be massive to play good in front of the fans.”
Weir also included South Africa’s Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Canada’s Corey Conners, Korea’s Si Woo Kim and Canadians Corey Connors, Taylor Pendrith and Mackenzie Hughes as his other five picks.
Cam Davis can be considered extremely unlucky not to have made the team given his recent win on the PGA Tour and a 5th-place finish at his last start at the BMW Championship. He is actually ranked one point higher than Lee in the current world ranking.
The International Team will be chasing just its second victory in the event in 14 previous encounters and again face a tough task with 10 of the 12 man USA side in the top 20 of the world ranking verses only three of the International side.
