Robby Shelton earns medallist honours at Q-School
Wilmer, Alabama’s Robby Shelton shot a 2-under 70 on Friday at Sun ‘N Lake Golf Club, then prevailed in a playoff over Lake Mary, Florida’s Jhared Hack to earn medalist honours at the Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada’s USA East #1 Q-School.
The 21-year former University of Alabama star posted 15-under to match Hack’s clubhouse, then birdied the par-4 10th hole in the third hole of sudden death to secure the win and exempt status on the Mackenzie Tour for 2017.
“I’m just excited to win this. It means a lot. I haven’t been playing great, but a win’s a win,” said Shelton, who will play on a sponsor exemption at the PGA TOUR’s Valero Texas Open next week, but said he’s relieved to have a guaranteed place to play this season.
“I got into Valero next week, but it’s not fun bouncing around back and forth. That’s all I’ve been waiting for, just a schedule and a place to know I can play,” said Shelton.
PLAYER NOTES:
Below are notes on the top 16 players from this week’s Q-School:
ROBBY SHELTON: 21-year old turned pro last June after a successful career at the University of Alabama, where he won seven times and won the Phil Mickelson Award as Freshman of the Year in 2014. Was named a 1st team NCAA All-American three times at Alabama and helped the Crimson Tide to a national championship in 2014. Finished T3 at the PGA TOUR’s Barbasol Championship as an amateur in 2015.
JHARED HACK: UCF graduate owns 54 professional victories on various mini-tours. Played in 35 Web.com Tour events in 2015-16, recording three top-25s. Owns six top-10s on PGA TOUR Latinoamérica.
JORDAN NIEBRUGGE: Four-time NCAA All-American at Oklahoma State finished T6 as an amateur at the 2015 Open Championship at St. Andrews. Won the 2013 U.S. Amateur Public Links and played in the Masters in 2014.
JOEY PETRONIO: 23-year old University of North Florida grad earned three individual victories while playing for the Ospreys and was teammates with 2016 Mackenzie Tour member Taylor Hancock.
DANIEL MAZZIOTTA: Two-time winner on PGA TOUR Latinoamérica, claiming victory at the 2014 Mundo Maya Open and 2015 Shell Championship.
GREYSON SIGG (a): Current University of Georgia Senior was named a 3rd team NCAA All-American and helped Georgia to the SEC Championship in 2016.
BRANT PEAPER: 23-year old played college golf at Indiana University, where he was named an All-Big 10 1st team member in 2013 and won twice individually. Made five cuts in 21 starts on the Mackenzie Tour in 2014 and 2015.
KYLE PETERMAN: Western Illinois grad made three starts on the Mackenzie Tour in 2016 and qualified for the 2009 U.S. Open.
CHRIS BAKER: Austin Peay State graduate owns one pro win on the West Florida Pro Tour and will have Mackenzie Tour status for the first time.
MARK BLAKEFIELD: University of Kentucky grad made three starts on PGA TOUR Latinoamérica in 2016 and will have Mackenzie Tour status for the first time.
J.C. HORNE: Played collegiate golf at the University of North Florida and has spent most of his professional career on the West Florida Golf Tour and the Florida Professional Golf Tour.
TAYLOR HANCOCK: Played collegiate golf at the University of North Florida. Was solo third through 36 holes at the 2016 Freedom 55 Financial Open and finished T12, one of 11 starts on the Mackenzie Tour in 2016. Finished 79th on the Order of Merit.
GRADY BRAME, JR: Southeastern Louisiana University grad won the 2014 and 2015 Louisiana State Amateur.
TADD FUJIKAWA: Was the youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Open in 2006 at 15 years old. Has made the cut three times at the PGA TOUR’s Sony Open in Hawaii, including a T20 in 2007.
LEE MCCOY: Former 1st team NCAA All-American at the University of Georgia. Finished solo fourth as an amateur at the 2016 Valspar Championship on the PGA TOUR.
AUSTIN QUICK: Arizona State grad played on PGA TOUR Latinoamérica the last two seasons, making nine cuts in 23 starts and finishing third at the 2016 Abierto Mexicano de Golf.
Canadian DeLaet, Donald share lead after 2 rounds at RBC Heritage
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Canadian Graham DeLaet always loved playing at Harbour Town Golf Links, but rarely got the results he thought he should – until this week.
The Weyburn, Sask., native followed up his career-best 6-under 65 in the first round with a 67 on Friday to share the lead with Luke Donald midway through the RBC Heritage.
Donald also shot 67 to reach 10-under 132, two in front of Ian Poulter and Webb Simpson.
Poulter and Simpson each shot 68.
DeLaet was 1 over on his first seven holes of the second round until a birdie on the difficult par-4 eighth hole and an eagle on No. 9, also a par 4 where he bounced his approach shot into the cup.
DeLaet had never finished better than 14th in six previous trips here and had only twice broken 70 in his last 10 rounds before this week. DeLaet said his top-15 finish a year ago – his first and only one – continued to fan his flame for Harbour Town. “And my love and enjoyment of playing this golf course turned into, ‘Maybe I could play well here,”’ he said.
DeLaet plodded through the first part of his round until dropping his approach on the 461-yard eighth hole within 15 feet and made the putt. On the next hole, DeLaet sent a wedge from 109 yards out into the green, simply hoping to spin it back left toward the pin. Instead, it hopped in the cup to put DeLaet out front.
“We couldn’t see the bottom of the pin, but there was reaction from the crowd so we figured it was in,” DeLaet said.
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DeLaet has won four times worldwide (three in his home nation and once in South Africa), but has never done better than three second places (the last in the 2014 Waste Management Phoenix Open) on the PGA Tour. DeLaet doesn’t plan to change his approach with a big weekend ahead. “I’m looking forward to not getting up at 4:45 a.m. again like I did this morning,” he said with laugh.
Donald has finished second or third in six of his past eight visits to the RBC Heritage – and put himself in position for another stellar finish this time, too. Donald’s round took off with three straight birdies on the front nine. He held off a spate of wild drives after the turn – Donald drove way right on No. 10, played a provisional, found his first ball and made par – before chipping in for birdie on the closing, lighthouse hole at No. 18.
It was the second straight day Donald made birdie at the iconic hole. He’s shot in the 60s in 21 of his 42 career rounds here. About the only thing he hasn’t done is win, something he looks to remedy this week.
“I’ve been in this position before and I’ve got to go out there and be aggressive and make some birdies,” Donald said. “Certainly playing for pars won’t get it done out there.”
Poulter, playing on a major medical extension, is on the clock to keep his card and needs about $145,000 in his next two events to maintain his playing status and is off to a strong start. His 66-68 is the just the second time in seven career visits to Harbour Town he’s opened with two sub-70 rounds. His eligibility? Not on his mind at all. “I’m playing golf like I really don’t care, to be honest,” he said. “I’ve had to work on clearing everything out of my mind to go play good golf.”
Simpson, the 2012 U.S. Open champion, continued his strong play at Harbour Town’s first nine, notching four more birdies to go along with the five straight he made there in the opening round Thursday.
First-round leader Bud Cauley followed his 63 with a 72 and was in a group of five at 7-under that included former PGA Championship winner Jason Dufner and Sam Saunders, the grandson of golf’s late king, Arnold Palmer.
Kevin Kisner had the round’s best score, a 7-under 64, and was among six players four strokes behind the leaders.
Nick Taylor and Adam Hadwin, both of Abbotsford, B.C., shot 66’s. Taylor was 7 under while Hadwin was 5 under.
There were 74 golfers who made cut of 1-under par – anyone over par or even was leaving – which was lowest cutline ever at Harbour Town. Those going home included Jim Furyk, Ernie Els, 2016 Masters champion Danny Willett and Charley Hoffman, who contended at Augusta National for much of the week before falling off the pace.
Alena Sharp holds share of fourth at suspended Lotte Championship
KAPOLEI, Hawaii – Ariya Jutanugarn and In-Kyung Kim each birdied their final hole Thursday to share the lead during the suspended second round of the LPGA Lotte Championship.
Jutanugarn had a bogey-free 6-under 66, and Kim shot 64 to reach 9-under 135 at Ko Olina Golf Club. Jutanugarn won five times last season and was the LPGA Tour’s player of the year.
Kim, a 28-year-old from Seoul who already has a pair of top-5 finishes here, had five consecutive birdies during one stretch for the lowest round of the day.
“It was nice to get out in the morning, definitely calmer,” Kim said. “Now the winds are picking up so it’s hard to get to the hole. I had a great putting day. Yesterday I hit the ball pretty well, just didn’t make any putts. Today the putts were dropping.”
Su-Yeon Jang, among the 15 players still on the course when play was halted due to darkness, was also at 9-under with two holes remaining. Jang doesn’t have a bogey in her first 34 holes of the tournament.
The cut will be determined after the completion of the round Friday morning.
Hamilton’s Alena Sharp (69), Stacy Lewis (68), first-round co-leader Mi Hyang Lee (70), Alena Sharp (69) and Becky Morgan, who also has two holes remaining, share fourth place at 8 under. There are five golfers at 7 under, including second-ranked So Yeon Ryu (69), coming off a victory in the major ANA Inspiration, and Olympic champion Inbee Park.
Alena Sharp has the second-most LPGA starts without a win in the field at the LOTTE Championship with 240 – only Becky Morgan (315) has more.
Play was also halted for nearly 90 minutes earlier in the day when the course was cleared due to the threat of lightning.
Paula Creamer, co-leader after an opening 66, bogeyed both par 5s on the front nine and had a double bogey on the par-3 eighth in a 74. Defending champion Minjee Lee rallied for a 68 and is six back, while top-ranked Lydia Ko moved up 45 spots, to 40th, with a 69. Hawaii’s Michelle Wie, who won here in 2014, is tied for 60th at 1 under.
For the second straight day, a morning tee time was a huge advantage. Winds began gusting up to 20 mph as the morning groups finished. When the wind stopped, thunder, lightning and rain followed.
Lewis birdied four of her first five holes to get to 8 under early. She bogeyed the 10th just before play was suspended, but got it back with her sixth birdie of the day, at the 13th. The two-time LPGA Player of the Year is winless in her last 69 starts. – and 8 under on Ko Olina’s front nine this week.
“Honestly, it’s just that I’ve had more momentum going into that side than I have when I’ve played the back,” Lewis said. “I played the back early yesterday and just wasn’t striking it very good.
“Then today, coming out after the delay, you kind of lose some of the momentum there. But I played solid for two days and still left some out there, so it’s some good golf.”
Brooke Henderson (Smiths Falls, Ont.) is at 3-under par with rounds of 70-69 to sit T17. Maude-Aimée Leblanc bounced back after an opening 75 to record a 3-under 69, pulling her to an even-par score for the tournament.
Calgary’s Jennifer Ha—a member of Team Canada’s Young Pro Squad—carded two 75s to sit at 6-over par.
Lotte announced a three-year extension this week, which will take it through 2020.
Graham DeLaet shoots 65 to sit T2 at RBC Heritage
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Bud Cauley took advantage of pristine, windless conditions at Harbour Town Golf Links with birdies on four of final five holes for an 8-under 63 and a two-shot lead Thursday after the opening round of the RBC Heritage.
Cauley hadn’t made many waves at Harbour Town his first three visits with two missed cuts and only one round in the 60s. This time, though, with mild, 70-degree conditions, practically no wind and abundant sunshine, Cauley made eight birdies in a bogey-free round, including three straight to finish with a flourish.
“You never go out thinking you’re going to shoot that,” Cauley said. “I just got into the round and was swinging well and tried to give myself as many looks as I could.”
The 63 was one shy of the 27-year-old Cauley’s career low (62 at the McGladney Classic in 2012) and two off the tournament mark of 61 shared by David Frost and Troy Merritt.
Cauley was two in front of Luke Donald, Graham DeLaet and Sam Saunders, the grandson of the late Arnold Palmer. Russell Henley continued his recent run of top-flight golf with a 66 to join a group that included former U.S. Open winner Webb Simpson and Ian Poulter.
But it was Cauley’s strong finish that led the way. He rolled in a 5-footer for birdie on No. 16, an 8-footer for another on No. 17 and hit a near perfect approach to the usually wind-swept 18th green off Calibogue Sound to inside 12 feet for the two-stroke edge.
While the lack of wind certainly helped, Cauley said his shot selection and game plan coming in were essential in his success. “The last five holes I hit every shot just kind of how I was looking,” he said. “So that was a nice way to finish.”
Cauley hasn’t had the greatest season, missing seven cuts in 12 starts. His best showing was a third at the CareerBuilder Challenge in the California desert. He hopes this start can propel him to bigger things.
Cauley knows he could’ve been elsewhere under different circumstances. He chuckled at pictures of his four good PGA Tour friends, Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler, Smylie Kaufman and Justin Thomas, on a spring break jaunt – including a yacht – to Baker’s Bay in the Bahamas. If Cauley continues his strong play at Harbour Town, he’ll have just as good a time as his foursome of pals.
“I had to keep my shirt on today,” he joked.
Donald got the ball rolling with his early 65. The former world No. 1 was frustrated at missing his second straight Masters last week and used it as motivation to once again batter Harbour Town.
“It’s never fun to be sitting at home,” Donald said of the Masters miss. “But in a way, it motivates you. It gets the fire under you and you get a little bit more inspired.”
Donald has finished second four times and third twice in his past eight appearances at Harbour Town.
His 65 was the 20th time in 41 career rounds that Donald shot in the 60s at Harbour Town. It was also his eighth straight round under par here, closing in on the record of 11 in a row he already shares with Larry Nelson. Donald says there’s no secret to his success here: Scramblers and those who manage their games well have as much of a chance as any long bomber at Harbour Town.
“The long hitters, it’s taking driver out of their hands a lot,” Donald said. “So I feel like the playing field’s levelled out.”
It also helps when many of the world’s best don’t show up. Just five of the world’s top 25 are playing, starting with England’s Tyrrell Hatton (No. 16) who shot a 69. Matt Kuchar, 17th in the world, is the best Masters finisher at the RBC Heritage, following a fourth at Augusta National with an opening 68.
Henley continued his strong recent play. He won in Houston two weeks ago simply to make the Masters, then finished in 11th in the major to earn an invite back to Augusta National in 2018. Henley said he put the clubs away Monday and Tuesday to rest up after arriving from Augusta. “It’s been a whirlwind the last two weeks,” he said.
RBC Announced as Title Sponsor of the PGA Scramble of Canada
ACTON, ON. —The PGA of Canada is proud to announce RBC as the new title sponsor of the RBC PGA Scramble of Canada.
The RBC PGA Scramble of Canada is a national series of team events featuring amateur golfers and PGA of Canada professionals taking place at more than 100 golf facilities around the country. All RBC PGA Scramble of Canada local qualifying events in 2017 will have guaranteed prize tables for the top three teams.
The series of events expects to draw thousands of amateur golfers—who will form their own team of four players— from across the country. Teams will look to make it through local and regional qualifying with the ultimate goal of playing in the national final later this year with a PGA of Canada professional playing on their team at one of Canada’s greatest golf courses.
“We couldn’t ask for a better partner than RBC for this national grass-roots series of events,” said PGA of Canada CEO Gary Bernard. “Their commitment to the game of golf in this country is fantastic and we look forward to growing the RBC PGA Scramble of Canada in communities across Canada.”
As part of the partnership, RBC staff will interact and engage with golfers at the local events, market the scramble with in-branch advertising at select RBC locations across the country and utilize Team RBC autographed merchandise for giveaways all season.
“We are thrilled to support grassroots golf initiatives like the RBC PGA Scramble in communities across the country, providing thousands of amateur players the opportunity to compete at a higher level,” said Matt McGlynn, Vice President, Brand Marketing RBC. “This is just another example of how RBC works together with the PGA of Canada to create exceptional events to support the growth of golf in Canada.”
RBC proudly supports golf around the world through high profile relationships with the PGA TOUR and Golf Canada. RBC is the Official Banking and Financial Services partner of touring professionals Graham DeLaet, Ernie Els, Jim Furyk, Adam Hadwin, David Hearn, Brooke Henderson, Matt Kuchar, Graeme McDowell, Ryan Palmer, Morgan Pressel, Alena Sharp, Nick Taylor and Brandt Snedeker.
For those qualifying to play out of their regional qualifier, the RBC PGA Scramble National Final promises to be a golf trip of a lifetime. The 54-hole championship at one of Canada’s premier venues will be part of a festival of special events, prizing, activations and a chance to interact with celebrities.
For more information about the RBC PGA Scramble of Canada, please click here.
Alena Sharp one back at suspended Lotte Championship
KAPOLEI, Hawaii – A funny thing happened in sunny Hawaii while waiting for someone to break away from a pack of leaders in the opening round of the LPGA Lotte Championship Wednesday.
Rain zeroed in on Ko Olina Golf Club, forcing a 45-minute delay.
Then Paula Creamer and South Korea’s Mi Hyang Lee took over, bolting into first at 6-under 66. Both had seven birdies and a bogey, with Lee’s coming on the final hole, in the dark.
“I couldn’t see the line or anything,” she said. “It was too hard.”
Play was suspended with six golfers still on the course.
Lee, 24, made the cut just once in three previous starts at Ko Olina. She is ranked 51st in the world, with a win in 2014 after earning Rookie of the Year honors on the 2012 Symetra Tour.
Canada’s Alena Sharp fired a bogey-free 67 (-5) to hold a five-way share of third place. Fellow countrywoman Brooke Henderson carded a 2-under 70 to sit T31.
Sharp, 35, is coming off her best season, finishing 41st on last year’s money list. She has played all six Lottes, with her best finish in her first, when she tied for 25th.
Two of Creamer’s 10 victories have come in Hawaii and she would surpass $12 million in career earnings with a win Saturday.
Her only bogey came on the 15th and she erased it with a tap-in birdie two holes later. She waited out the rain delay under the waterfall next to the 12th hole, sitting next to 2012 champion Ai Miyazato.
“I’m 30, I’m getting old out here,” Creamer said. “I was like, ‘Oh, gosh. I got to warmup a bit.’ I went out with a good two-putt (at No. 12) and then birdied the par-5 right afterwards.
“You know, I played solid. I putted really well. I switched back to conventional-style putting. I’ve been left-hand-low for the last three years. This is my first week back doing that and using my line, and seems to be doing pretty good so far.”
Lizette Salas, Su-Yeon Jang, Beth Allen and Eun-Hee Ji shot 67 in the morning, when the wind came and went. Canadian Alena Sharp joined them in the afternoon, playing her final two holes after rain drenched the course and left puddles on the greens and in bunkers.
Second-ranked So Yeon Ryu, who won the year’s first major two weeks ago, parred her last nine holes to finish with a 68. She can overtake top-ranked Lydia Ko with a win here.
Stacy Lewis also shot 68 and Hawaii’s Michelle Wie, the 2014 Lotte champion, had a 71.
Salas, who played for the U.S. in the last two Solheim Cups, has fond and frustrating memories of Ko Olina. She fired a career-low 62 in the final round of the 2013 Lotte, but lost a playoff with Suzann Pettersen. They still share the tournament record of 19-under 269.
Salas played the back nine in 29 that day. She was 4 under Wednesday and finished with seven birdies. A pair of bogeys on the front nine kept her out of the lead.
“This week we really just tried to be aggressive from the get-go,” said Salas, who broke 70 just twice in her first seven tournaments this year. “I know this course pretty well and I’ve had some good success here, so being comfortable and confident coming in just really gave me that start that we’ve been wanting.”
She was not alone. Nearly half the field broke par on a day when the tropical breeze came and went, leaving a huge dark cloud over the course that let loose just before 4 p.m.
Those near the top of the leader board will come at Thursday’s second round from different directions.
Salas’ only win came the year after she lost the playoff with Pettersen. Jang is playing on a sponsor exemption for the second time. She finished fifth last year. Ji won the 2009 U.S. Women’s Open and was third there last year, but has never been in the Top 15 at Ko Olina.
Allen, 35, has never played Ko Olina before. She was a rookie on the LPGA tour in 2005, then moved around before becoming the first American to lead the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit last year.
“It was a great year for me,” she said on TV. “I thought I’d go back to the States and see what happens. I’ve taken my experience with all those wins and being in contention more and brought it here.
“At the end of the day it’s golf. It’s the same in every country. I thought I’d try it again on the LPGA.”
Team Canada’s du Toit named semi-finalist for Ben Hogan Award
Subaru signs three-year extension as presenting sponsor of Golf Fore the Cure
Golf Canada and Subaru have announced a three-year extension of their partnership in which Subaru will continue as Presenting Sponsor of Golf Fore the Cure—Canada’s golf participation program for women.
Celebrating 10 years as presenting sponsor, Golf Fore the Cure presented by Subaru is a Golf Canada initiative to engage women in the game of golf through fundraising and awareness for breast cancer research. Golf Fore the Cure boasts over 110,000 participants throughout 13 seasons, raising over $5.9 million dollars for the Canadian Cancer Society and Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation in support of breast cancer research.
“Subaru’s dedication to Golf Fore the Cure plays a significant role in helping drive women’s participation in golf across Canada,” said Jeff Thompson, Golf Canada chief sport officer and interim CEO. “Their continued support speaks volumes to the success of the program and we’re beyond excited to continue our great partnership.”
As the official vehicle of Canada’s grassroots golf participation program for women, Subaru will provide a Safest Drive contest for each event, a $750 rebate offer towards the purchase or lease of a new Subaru vehicle, a National Contest draw for all program participants and prizing for National Event participants.
“Golf Fore the Cure’s close connection to local communities and active lifestyles aligns perfectly with the Subaru Canada brand,” said Tod Sullivan, Subaru Canada’s director of vehicle operations, fleet & sponsorship. “We are pleased to enable more Canadians to help the advancement of breast cancer research while encouraging the continued growth of women’s golf in our country.”
Over 140 Golf Fore the Cure presented by Subaru events were run in 2016 by volunteer site coordinators from coast to coast, each leading fundraising efforts through the help of participants.
2017 event registration is open at golfcanada.ca/golfforethecure
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Hadwin remains inside top-10 standings for Presidents Cup
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey – With the first major championship of the season in the books and a host of big events on the horizon, the U.S. and International Teams are starting to take shape for the Presidents Cup 2017, which will be held in Jersey City, New Jersey, Sept. 26 – Oct. 1 at Liberty National Golf Club.
U.S. Team Captain Steve Stricker and Captain’s Assistant Fred Couples proved they can still compete with the best in the world after both posted finishes within the top 20 at the Masters. Notably, Stricker posted a final-round 68 to finish T16, his best finish at Augusta National since a T11 in 2011. Stricker will be serving as captain for the first time after being a member of the team on five previous occasions and serving alongside Couples as a captain’s assistant in 2015 for Jay Haas. Couples, the 1992 Masters champion, showed early promise in the second round of the Masters, sitting just three shots back from the lead after 36 holes. Ultimately, the 57-year-old finished tied for 18th, the fifth time he finished within the top 20 since turning 50.
Having competed in each of the 11 playings of the Presidents Cup, U.S. Team hopeful and three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson sits just outside the top 10 at No. 12 in the U.S. Team standings, thanks to a T22 at Augusta to go along with three other top-10 finishes during the 2016-17 PGA TOUR season. Rickie Fowler, a Presidents Cup rookie in 2015, finished T11 and is currently No. 4 in the standings; Also posting a T11 was 2015 Masters champion Jordan Spieth, who is ranked No. 3 in the standings. Spieth is in position to make his third appearance in the Presidents Cup, and owns an overall record of 5-4-0.
1. Dustin Johnson
2. Justin Thomas
3. Jordan Spieth
4. Rickie Fowler
5. Daniel Berger
6. Kevin Kisner
7. Patrick Reed
8. Gary Woodland
9. Brandt Snedeker
10. Ryan Moore
While there was relatively no movement in the U.S. Team standings, the standings shuffled a bit on the International Team with Marc Leishman dropping two spots to No. 7 and Branden Grace dropping one spot to No. 5, although both had suitable finishes at the Masters with a T43 and T27, respectively.
Among the most notable moves in the team standings was authored by Charl Schwartzel, the 2011 Masters champion who finished solo third on Sunday to jump from No. 7 to No. 4 in the standings and further strengthening his chance of making the International Team for the fourth consecutive time.
1. Jason Day
2. Hideki Matsuyama
3. Adam Scott
4. Charl Schwartzel
5. Branden Grace
6. Louis Oosthuizen
7. Marc Leishman
8. Emiliano Grillo
9. Yuta Ikeda
10. Adam Hadwin
The U.S. Presidents Cup Team is comprised of the top-10 U.S. players who earn the most FedExCup points from September 14, 2015, through September 4, 2017, with points earned in 2017 doubled, plus two captain’s selections. The International Team consists of the top-10 international players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of September 4, 2017, plus two captain’s selections. For full standings, visit presidentscup.com.
Tickets to the Presidents Cup 2017 are on sale at presidentscup.com. Tickets are limited to this once-in-a-lifetime event, so fans are encouraged to act quickly before the event is sold out.
