Canadians Corey Conners, Taylor Pendrith, and Mackenzie Hughes were named by International Team captain Mike Weir to his team for this month’s Presidents Cup, which will be held at Royal Montreal.
Along with South Africa’s Christiaan Bezuidenhout, South Korea’s Kim Si-woo, and Australia’s Min Woo Lee, the three Canadians were named captain’s choices for the 12-player squad that will play an impressive U.S. team in Montreal on September 26–29.
The captain’s picks
For the first time, three Canadian players will be competing for the International Team in the Presidents Cup. Out of the six captain’s picks, Kim made his Presidents Cup debut in 2017, Bezuidenhout, Conners, and Pendrith in 2022, and Hughes and Lee are first-timers.
Pendrith advanced to the Tour Championship for the first time in 2024, winning his maiden race on the PGA Tour at The CJ Cup Byron Nelson. He also had five more top-10 finishes throughout that year. This year, Hughes and Conners each had three top-10 finishes.
Furthermore, Bezuidenhout finished second at The American Express in 2024, Kim had two top-10 performances, and Lee had his greatest PGA Tour finishes to date with back-to-back T2 performances at the Cognizant Classic and the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
The Presidents Cup, a biennial competition that pairs a U.S. squad with a roster of foreign athletes from outside of Europe, will take place on September 26–29, 2024.
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Source: CNA