
South Korean golfer Im Sung-jae has been selected as a captain's pick for the International Team at the upcoming Presidents Cup, joining five other picks and six automatic qualifiers for the biennial match play event against the U.S. team at Medinah Country Club from Sept. 24 to 27.
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The Presidents Cup is a biennial match play event between the International Team (non-European and non-American golfers) and the U.S. team. The United States has won 13 of the 15 editions, with one tie in 2003 and the sole International victory in 1998.
South Korean PGA Tour veteran Im Sung-jae will tee off at the upcoming Presidents Cup as a captain's pick for the International Team.
Geoff Ogilvy, captain of the International Team, consisting of non-European and non-American golfers, selected Im and five others on Tuesday (U.S. local time), putting them alongside six automatic qualifiers who had made the team based on their world ranking positions Monday.
The Presidents Cup is a biennial match play event pitting the International Team against the U.S. side. This year's event will be played at Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois, from Sept. 24 to 27.
Im will be one of three South Koreans on the team. Kim Si-woo and Tom Kim, two other PGA Tour members, were among the six automatic qualifiers, with the former being the top International Team player at No. 13 in the latest world rankings.
Im, No. 57, has been one of the most consistent players on the PGA Tour since winning the Rookie of the Year award in the 2018-2019 season. He missed the first two months of this year due to a wrist injury and went on to post five top-10s in 22 starts. He finished the season with five top-15 finishes in his last six tournaments.
"Sung-jae is invaluable to the International Team. He is a birdie machine," Ogilvy said. "He is also one of the funniest guys in the team room. Everybody loves Sung-jae."
Im will be making his fourth Presidents Cup appearance. In 2019, 2022 and 2024, Im went 6-7-2 (wins-losses-halves)
The five other captain's picks were: Corey Conners and Nick Taylor of Canada, Nico Echavarria of Colombia, Ryo Hisatsune of Japan, and Christiaan Bezuidenhout of South Africa.
This will be the 16th edition of the competition. The United States has so far won 13 times, and the two sides ended in a tie in 2003. The lone International victory came in 1998.
The Americans will be favored once again this year, with this year's team featuring world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and major champions, such as Wyndham Clark, Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele and Justin Thomas.

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