{"id":877084,"date":"2026-09-02T06:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T06:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/877084\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T06:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T06:04:14","slug":"presidents-cup-2026-teams-for-usa-and-international-locked-in-as-full-captains-picks-announced-jackson-koivun-selected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/877084\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidents Cup 2026 teams for USA and International locked in as full captain\u2019s picks announced, Jackson Koivun selected"},"content":{"rendered":"

Presidents Cup teams for this month\u2019s event have been locked in after the United States and International team captain\u2019s picks were announced on Wednesday, with rising star Jackson Koivun earning a surprise call-up for the Americans.<\/p>\n

Koivun was one of two newcomers added to the U.S team, continuing a remarkable rising just three months after leaving colleague to turn professional. The 21-year-old, who won the 3M Open in just his third professional start, becomes the first play since Jordan Spieth in 2013 to play Presidents Cup despite starting the year without a tour card.<\/p>\n

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Jackson Koivun reacts after winning the 3M Open golf tournament at the Tournament Players Club Sunday, July 26, 2026, in Blaine, Minn. (AP Photo\/Bailey Hillesheim)Source: AP<\/p>\n

He is joined by fellow newcomer Jacob Bridgeman who earned selection as US captain Brandt Snedeker surprisingly overlooked in-form world No.22 Ryan Gerard, who finished third at the Tour Championship.<\/p>\n

Snedeker\u2019s other captain\u2019s picks are Chris Gotterup, Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas and Patrick Cantlay. They join automatic qualifiers Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns, Russell Henley and Collin Morikawa for the event at Chicago\u2019s Medinah Country Club starting September 25.<\/p>\n

Internatonal Team captain Geoff Ogilvy selected three new faces with Colombian Nico Echavarria, Japan\u2019s Ryo Hisatsune and Canadian Nick Taylor named as captain\u2019s picks alongside Corey Conners, Sungjae Im and Christiaan Bezuidenhout.<\/p>\n

The International is led by Adam Scott, making his 12th straight Presidents Cup appearance, alongside fellow Australian Min Woo Lee, Hideki Matsuyama. Si Woo Kim and British Open winner Ryan Fox.<\/p>\n

Team USA is chasing a record-extending 11th consecutive victory in the biennial contest but Scott remains upbeat about the International team\u2019s prospects.<\/p>\n

Ogilvy opens up on tough omissions | 01:21<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had an International Team dinner in Memphis with Geoff Ogilvy, and I made the point that the guys who were there — obviously it was more than just 12 guys, but it was guys who were having a big chance to make the team here in the next week, how great it is to see Ryan Fox win the Open right now so close to the Presidents Cup, Tom Kim won the Scottish Open the week before, Min Woo was runner-up, Si Woo is having an incredible year week after week,\u201d Scott said in his press conference before the Tour Championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd just that momentum as I come into trying to make the team and this Cup is huge confidence for me to see the other guys playing well. To have six guys here this week, I feel fantastic about that for our International Team. What a great time of year as far as the Presidents Cup goes to have guys in form. That\u2019s certainly exciting as we go to Medinah and try and win this thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Koivun earns shock Presidents Cup call | 02:23<\/p>\n

TEAMS<\/p>\n

United States <\/p>\n

Automatic qualifiers: Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns, Russell Henley, Collin Morikawa<\/p>\n

Captain\u2019s picks: Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay, Chris Gotterup, Jacob Bridgeman, Jackson Koivun<\/p>\n

Captain: Brandt Snedeker<\/p>\n

International <\/p>\n

Automatic qualifiers: Si Woo Kim, Hideki Matsuyama, Ryan Fox, Tom Kim, Min Woo Lee, Adam Scott<\/p>\n

Captain\u2019s picks: Corey Conners, Nick Taylor, Nico Echavarria, Sungjae Im, Ryo Hisatsune, Christiaan Bezuidenhout<\/p>\n

Captain: Geoff Ogilvy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Presidents Cup teams for this month\u2019s event have been locked in after the United States and International team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":877085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-877084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=877084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/877085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}