It\u2019s safe to say that the 2009 Presidents Cup will be different from any we\u2019ve experienced to date.<\/p>\n
The first big change is the venue. Harding Park, a municipal course owned by the city of San Francisco, will host in 2009. The Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Virgina has hosted on the four occasions the Presidents Cup has been played in the United States since its inception in 1994.<\/p>\n
Second, each team will have new captains. Freddy Couples will lead the U.S. against Greg Norman\u2019s International team. They\u2019re shaping up to be very different personalities than the former captains, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player. While Freddy and Greg are capable and deserving of the roles, they don\u2019t possess the same golfing gravitas that Jack and Gary do.<\/p>\n
When asked who he was considering as an assistant captain, Freddy\u2019s response was:<\/p>\n
\nI\u2019ve mentioned Michael Jordan as an assistant, assistant, assistant. Lately I\u2019ve mentioned Robin Williams and the reason I say that is as Greg mentioned earlier, we\u2019re not on any teams when you\u2019re in the locker room. And you have people come in when you\u2019re in the team room, I think, first of all, I love Michael Jordan, I\u2019ve been around him. He does some things in Santa Barbara. A lot of our players know him. He\u2019s at these events. So that\u2019s why I bring his name up because as a team player, there\u2019s no one any better. And I think that\u2019s what\u2019s the fun part.<\/p>\n
Now the challenging part is when you\u2019re sitting around and you\u2019ve got nothing but time, I would like a guy like Robin Williams there to keep us loose, and that\u2019s why I say that. Whether they are there or not, I don\u2019t know, but I do have a great friend in mine mind to play as my teammate and hopefully pick some good guys and get some good pairings. (Link)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Possibly topping that off was Greg Norman hinting that he might select his fianc\u00e9e as his assistant.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve got the Ryder Cup this year, a couple FedEx Cups, eight majors, seven WGC events and about 60 PGA Tour events before the Presidents Cup is set to be played. But it\u2019s shaping up to be an interesting tournament already.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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