Team USA secures Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow in their ninth victory in a row
By Matt Foster, CNN
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The United States are in a commanding position after two days of the Presidents Cup, and Tiger Woods has been playing a part from afar. Woods was the captain when the USA beat the Internationals in thrilling fashion at Royal Melbourne in 2019. Ad Since then, Woods has had to battle back from a serious leg injury suffered in a car crash and he has played a limited schedule in 2022.
Team golf is in focus this week, as the United States and the Internationals do battle at Quail Hollow for the Presidents Cup. There’s no doubt both sides have been weakened by the defections to LIV Golf, with no players from the Saudi-funded series considered for selection. Ad Trevor Immelman’s International’s have been harder hit, with the likes of Cameron Smith, Abraham Ancer, Joaqun Niemann and Louis Oosthuizen — to name only four — unavailable.
CHARLOTTE, N.C.: The last Presidents Cup was so close the International team walked away with renewed hope that it had enough game and enough fight to conquer the mighty Americans.
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