Erik BeastonSeptember 25, 2024
United States captain Jim FurykTracy Wilcox/PGA TOUR by means of Getty Images
The leading golf enthusiasts worldwide will come down upon the Royal Montreal Golf Club for the 2024 Presidents Cup, with opening events preceding first-round play on Thursday.
The celebrations introduce the very best in global play, with the most identifiable faces in the video game contending for the desired prize, which was won in 2022 by the Americans.
When and how can audiences follow the occasions in Montreal as the U.S. deals with a worldwide group including the remainder of the world's finest golf enthusiasts beyond Europe?
Learn with this sneak peek.
Date: Thursday, September 26
Time: 30 minutes before 1st tee time (roughly 11:35 a.m. ET
TELEVISION: NBC, Golf Channel
Americans Seek a Repeat
The United States stayed unbeaten on home soil in 2022, besting the International Team at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte.
Then-rookie Scottie Scheffler led the USA, followed carefully by Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay.
Scheffler's irregular play in case (0-3-1) asks the concern: If he has a hard time once again on this phase, can the global group capitalize and make its very first success because 1998?
There are a lot of concerns on that side of the competitors, too, without any apparent gamer to oppose Scheffler or Schauffele. While the Americans have a couple of gamers they can with confidence rely on, the global group has a handful of veteran gamers who can play well however are not sure-things.
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Scheffler is a much better gamer than he was the last time he was at the leading edge of the U.S. group. He won the his very first FedEx Cup and ended up being the very first gamer considering that Tiger Woods in 2007 to tally 7 Tour triumphes.
The 28-year-old is at the peak of his profession and not likely to duplicate his launching efficiency in the Presidents Cup.
The Americans are the favorites, with higher depth on the lineup than their equivalents. Max Homa was 4-0 in 2022 and Cantlay and Schauffele both hold 6-3 records in previous occasion play.
Hideki Matsuyama, Adam Scott and Jason Day all have lots of experience however likewise losing records in case. South Koreans Si Woo Kim and Sungjae Im are the only members of the global group with winning records.
On paper, the Americans need to roll to their 10th successive Presidents Cup success.
