Seeing Matt Kuchar’s play of late has been impressive. For someone who has won the Match Play before, Kuch will be the first to tell you that advancing to the Championship Match is a big accomplishment. With two wins already on the PGA TOUR this season, he’s playing some of his best golf and is already in a great spot to qualify for the team. He not only brings consistent golf to the team, but he’s one of the personalities that we love having in the team room.
Looking at the final leaderboard at the Masters, it was great to see a strong U.S. presence with Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and Xander Schauffele sharing second place and Tony Finau, whom I played with in the final round, and Webb Simpson tying for fifth. Along with Justin Thomas, Bryson DeChambeau, Rickie Fowler and Phil, who are all in the current top-10 of our standings, these guys can be important for this team. With a mix of veteran experience and young talent, I see this team as being one of the strongest ever from top to bottom.
It’s going to be fun when we get to Royal Melbourne in December and I encourage fans to get their tickets now on www.presidentscup.com. I’m told they’re selling fast.
Bye for now.
Tiger Woods
U.S. Team Captain Playing Captain (and reigning Masters Champion)