Presidents Cup shows golf yet to become truly global sport


  • Golf
  • Wednesday, 12 Dec 2018

FILE PHOTO: International Team captain Nick Price of Zimbabwe carries a two-way radio during the second practice round for the 2013 Presidents Cup golf tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, U.S., October 2, 2013. REUTERS/Jeff Haynes/File Photo

(Reuters) - A quarter century after the Presidents Cup began with high hopes that it would one day rival the Ryder Cup as golf’s premier team event, it remains a relative minnow on the global calendar after a series of one-sided American victories.

Created by the U.S.-based PGA Tour, the Presidents Cup largely copied the Ryder Cup format. Yet instead of the U.S. playing Europe, the Americans were pitted against an International team comprised of players from the rest of the world.

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