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The Presidents Cup, no surprise?

GolfBargainOffers.com / 10/07

 

The President Cup, the game needs 12 best golfers of American and 12 best golfers form the rest of the world not including Europe. The truth is, the USA has lost only once in 7 previous editions.

 

It is in 1998 at Royal Melbourne in Australia. Only one other time, in 2003 at Fancourt in South Africa, did the Internationals even muster a tie.

 

Unlike the Ryder Cup, where the Europeans have won five of the last seven matches, the USA is 3-0-1 this decade in the Presidents Cup, including a 19 1/2-14 1/2 rout in Canada in 2007. The USA also won by 11 in 2000 and by three in 2005.

 

The lack of recurring competition has slowed the event's ability to gain traction and generate the excitement, enormity and tension seen at the Ryder Cup.

 

"We need to win one of these pretty soon," said Australia's Geoff Ogilvy, playing in his second Presidents Cup. "Animosity creates interest and makes the Ryder Cup what it is. We have to make the matches start going both ways more often. If the Internationals can win a few more, make the matches closer, you can get that sense of animosity."

 

Ernie Els, playing in his sixth Presidents Cup, joked that his team needs a sense of geography.
"You know what, they're just going to have to move it South," Els said. "When we go South, we're good. We either win or we actually tie. When we play in the North, we have difficulty, so move it South."

 

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