2022 Presidents Cup
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| Dates | September 22–25 | ||||
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| Venue | Quail Hollow Club | ||||
| Location | Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||
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 United States wins the Presidents Cup | |||||
The 2022 Presidents Cup was the 14th edition of the Presidents Cup golf competition, held at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, from September 22–25, 2022. This was Quail Hollow's first time hosting the Presidents Cup. The matches were originally scheduled for fall 2021, but the Presidents Cup, the Ryder Cup, and other team golf events were delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The USA won the competition and retained the cup.[1]
Team qualification and selection
[edit]Both teams have 12 players.[2]
| Top six on points list |
| Six captain's picks |
| Not available, in top 17 of points list |
| Not picked, in top 20 of points list |
United States team
[edit]The United States team features the six players who have earned the most FedEx Cup points from the 2019 A Military Tribute at the Greenbrier through the 2022 BMW Championship. Six captain's picks were made on 7 September 2022.
The final standings were:[3]
| Position | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler | 13,180 |
| 2 | Patrick Cantlay | 11,068 |
| 3 | Xander Schauffele | 9,340 |
| 4 | Sam Burns | 9,130 |
| 5 | Justin Thomas | 8,718 |
| 6 | Tony Finau | 8,575 |
| 7 | Will Zalatoris[a] | 7,986 |
| 8 | Jordan Spieth | 7,214 |
| 9 | Collin Morikawa | 6,727 |
| 10 | Max Homa | 6,539 |
| 11 | Billy Horschel | 6,047 |
| 12 | Cameron Young | 5,511 |
| 13 | Tom Hoge | 5,295 |
| 14 | J. T. Poston | 4,593 |
| 15 | Kevin Kisner | 4,519 |
International team
[edit]The International Team qualification period ran from the 2021 Open Championship through the 2022 BMW Championship. The team was to be composed of the top eight players from the Presidents Cup International Team Points List, which is based on the Official World Golf Ranking, and four captain's picks. With Cameron Smith and Joaquín Niemann (numbers 1 and 4 in the final standings) being excluded having joined LIV Golf, their selections were converted to additional captain's picks. Immelman announced his six selections on 6 September 2022.[4]
The final standings were:[5][6]
| Position | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameron Smith[b] | 17.90 |
| 2 | Hideki Matsuyama | 7.99 |
| 3 | Sungjae Im | 7.59 |
| 4 | Joaquín Niemann[b] | 6.42 |
| 5 | Tom Kim | 4.99 |
| 6 | Corey Conners | 4.98 |
| 7 | Adam Scott | 4.97 |
| 8 | Mito Pereira | 4.19 |
| 9 | K.H. Lee | 3.91 |
| 10 | Erik van Rooyen | 3.52 |
| 11 | Sebastián Muñoz | 3.36 |
| 12 | Adam Hadwin | 3.32 |
| 13 | Ryan Fox | 3.27 |
| 14 | Mackenzie Hughes | 3.17 |
| 15 | Anirban Lahiri[c] | 3.09 |
| 16 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 3.08 |
| 17 | Marc Leishman[c] | 2.99 |
| 18 | Taylor Pendrith | 2.98 |
| 19 | Lucas Herbert | 2.97 |
| 20 | Kim Si-woo | 2.85 |
| 25 | Cameron Davis |
Notes
[edit]a Zalatoris was unavailable for selection as a captain's pick due to a back injury.[7]
b Smith and Niemann were automatic selections but were banned from competing after joining LIV Golf.
c Lahiri and Leishman were unable to be selected as a captain's pick after joining LIV Golf.
Teams
[edit]Captains
[edit]Davis Love III captained the U.S. team,[8] and Trevor Immelman captained the International team.[9]
Love announced that Fred Couples and Zach Johnson will be two of his assistants.[10] Love announced Steve Stricker and Webb Simpson as his final two assistant captains.[11] Immelman announced that K. J. Choi, Geoff Ogilvy, Camilo Villegas, and Mike Weir would be his assistants.[12]
Players
[edit]| United States team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Age | Points rank |
OWGR | Previous appearances |
Matches | W–L–T | Winning percentage |
| Scottie Scheffler | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Patrick Cantlay | 30 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3–2–0 | 60.00 |
| Xander Schauffele | 28 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3–2–0 | 60.00 |
| Sam Burns | 26 | 4 | 12 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Justin Thomas | 29 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 6–2–2 | 70.00 |
| Tony Finau | 33 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0–1–3 | 37.50 |
| Jordan Spieth | 29 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 8–5–1 | 60.71 |
| Collin Morikawa | 25 | 9 | 9 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Max Homa | 31 | 10 | 16 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Billy Horschel | 35 | 11 | 15 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Cameron Young | 25 | 12 | 18 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Kevin Kisner | 38 | 15 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 2–0–2 | 75.00 |
| International team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Country | Age | Points rank |
OWGR | Previous appearances |
Matches | W–L–T | Winning percentage |
| Hideki Matsuyama |  Japan |
30 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 17 | 6–7–4 | 47.06 |
| Im Sung-jae |  South Korea |
24 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 3–1–1 | 70.00 |
| Tom Kim | South Korea |
20 | 5 | 20 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Corey Conners |  Canada |
30 | 6 | 26 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Adam Scott |  Australia |
42 | 7 | 32 | 9 | 44 | 16–22–6 | 43.18 |
| Mito Pereira |  Chile |
27 | 8 | 50 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Lee Kyoung-hoon | South Korea |
31 | 9 | 43 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Sebastián Muñoz |  Colombia |
29 | 11 | 63 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Christiaan Bezuidenhout |  South Africa |
28 | 16 | 67 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Taylor Pendrith | Canada |
31 | 18 | 109 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Kim Si-woo | South Korea |
27 | 20 | 76 | 1 | 3 | 1–2–0 | 33.33 |
| Cameron Davis | Australia |
27 | 25 | 66 | 0 | Rookie | ||
- Captain's picks shown in yellow
- Ages as of 19 September; OWGR as of 18 September, the last ranking before the Cup
Thursday's foursomes matches
[edit]| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Scott/Matsuyama | 6 & 5 | Cantlay/Schauffele |
| Im/Conners | 2 & 1 | Spieth/Thomas |
| T Kim/Lee | 2 & 1 | Young/Morikawa |
| SW Kim/Davis | 2 up | Scheffler/Burns |
| Pendrith/Pereira | 1 up | Finau/Homa |
| 1 | Foursomes | 4 |
| 1 | Overall | 4 |
Friday's fourball matches
[edit]| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Scott/Davis | 2 & 1 | Spieth/Thomas |
| Im/Muñoz | tied | Scheffler/Burns |
| Pereira/Bezuidenhout | tied | Kisner/Young |
| Matsuyama/T Kim | 3 & 2 | Cantlay/Schauffele |
| Conners/Pendrith | 1 up | Horschel/Homa |
| 1 | Fourball | 4 |
| 2 | Overall | 8 |
Saturday's matches
[edit]Morning foursomes
[edit]| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Im/Conners | 4 & 3 | Spieth/Thomas |
| Scott/Matsuyama | 3 & 2 | Young/Morikawa |
| Lee/T Kim | 2 & 1 | Scheffler/Burns |
| SW Kim/Davis | 4 & 3 | Finau/Homa |
| 2 | Foursome | 2 |
| 4 | Overall | 10 |
Afternoon fourball
[edit]| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| SW Kim/T Kim | 1 up | Cantlay/Schauffele |
| Matsuyama/Pendrith | 4 & 3 | Thomas/Spieth |
| Im/Muñoz | 3 & 2 | Finau/Kisner |
| Scott/Davis | 1 up | Horschel/Burns |
| 3 | Fourball | 1 |
| 7 | Overall | 11 |
Sunday's singles matches
[edit]| International | Results | United States | Timetable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Si-woo | 1 up | Justin Thomas | 2nd: 8–12 |
| Cam Davis | 4 & 3 | Jordan Spieth | 1st: 7–12 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | tied | Sam Burns | 4th: 8.5–13.5 |
| Adam Scott | 3 & 2 | Patrick Cantlay | 3rd: 8–13 |
| Sebastián Muñoz | 2 & 1 | Scottie Scheffler | 5th: 9.5–13.5 |
| Taylor Pendrith | 3 & 1 | Tony Finau | 6th: 9.5–14.5 |
| Corey Conners | 1 up | Xander Schauffele | 7th: 9.5–15.5 |
| Im Sung-jae | 1 up | Cameron Young | 9th: 11.5–15.5 |
| Lee Kyoung-hoon | 3 & 1 | Billy Horschel | 8th: 10.5–15.5 |
| Tom Kim | 1 up | Max Homa | 11th: 11.5–17.5 |
| Mito Pereira | 3 & 2 | Collin Morikawa | 10th: 11.5–16.5 |
| Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 2 & 1 | Kevin Kisner | 12th: 12.5–17.5 |
| 5.5 | Singles | 6.5 | |
| 12.5 | Overall | 17.5 |
Individual player records
[edit]Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Tie record of the player.
United States
[edit]| Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Burns | 1 | 0–3–2 | 0–0–1 | 0–2–0 | 0–1–1 |
| Patrick Cantlay | 3 | 3–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Tony Finau | 3 | 3–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Max Homa | 4 | 4–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–0 |
| Billy Horschel | 1 | 1–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Kevin Kisner | 0.5 | 0–2–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–1–1 |
| Collin Morikawa | 2 | 2–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Xander Schauffele | 3 | 3–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Scottie Scheffler | 0.5 | 0–3–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–0–1 |
| Jordan Spieth | 5 | 5–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 2–0–0 |
| Justin Thomas | 4 | 4–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 2–0–0 |
| Cameron Young | 1.5 | 1–2–1 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–0–1 |
International
[edit]| Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 1.5 | 1–0–1 | 1–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–1 |
| Corey Conners | 0 | 0–4–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Cameron Davis | 2 | 2–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Im Sung-jae | 2.5 | 2–2–1 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–0–1 |
| Kim Si-woo | 3 | 3–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–0–0 |
| Tom Kim | 2 | 2–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Lee Kyoung-hoon | 2 | 2–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 1.5 | 1–3–1 | 0–0–1 | 1–1–0 | 0–2–0 |
| Sebastián Muñoz | 2.5 | 2–0–1 | 1–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–0–1 |
| Taylor Pendrith | 0 | 0–4–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 |
| Mito Pereira | 0.5 | 0–2–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–1 |
| Adam Scott | 2 | 2–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–1–0 |
References
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- ^ "2021-22 Presidents Cup International Leaders". CBS Sports. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
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- ^ Shedloski, Dave (April 7, 2020). "Trevor Immelman named 2021 International team Presidents Cup captain". Golf Digest. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ "Davis Love III Names Fred Couples, Zach Johnson As Captain's Assistants". Presidents Cup. April 13, 2022. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ "Love III finalizes captain's assistants for 2022 Presidents Cup with Stricker and Simpson". Presidents Cup. August 2, 2022. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
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