Thursday, July 12, 2007

President's Cup Update III

Hello. Just read "Press Pass" on thegolfchannel.com. Brian Hewitt, Mercer Baggs and Steve Sands were asked if Mike Weir should be a Captain's pick in the President's Cup in September. All said yes.
I for one am baffled. Who do you take off from the following list to let Weir on:

Adam Scott, Ernie Els, Vijay Singh, Geoff Ogilvy, Retief Goosen, Rory Sabbatini, Angel Cabrera, Trevor Immelman, KJ Choi, Nick O'Hern, Aaron Baddeley, Stuart Appleby

The temptation may be to say O'Hern, but this is a guy who beat Tiger in the World Golf Championship Match Play earlier this year.
While Weir may be really pumped for this event, his play has not shown it. He does not merit inclusion based on nationality alone. Would he be on the team if he weren't Canadian? Right now he's 18th on the International team's ranking. Stephen Ames is 14th. O'Hern is 10th.
Gary Player may pick Weir or Ames feeling his side will win anyway, which I think they will. However, he may want to exclude Weir because Mike will be at the Canadian Open, and a lot of these other guys won't.

Regards,
Steve

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