Learn more<\/a><\/p>\nTaylor said he\u2019s already eager to pick the brain of the veteran guys in the room including Conners and Adam Scott, who is playing a record 12th Presidents Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Despite Taylor making his debut at the competition this year, he\u2019s already on the radar of the opposing side.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like Geoff’s picks were really good for his team. I feel like they kind of filled a lot of holes that they had and got some great team matchups, between Nick Taylor pairing with Corey Conners. I’m a huge Nick Taylor fan. I respect him a ton. I think he’s a great player,\u201d said American captain Brandt Snedeker.\u00a0<\/p>\n
From the outside, Taylor has witnessed the strength of the \u2018shield\u2019 \u2014 the International team\u2019s singular branding that launched in 2019 \u2014 and was very much excited to be part of it after a long wait.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce we build that camaraderie throughout the year it\u2019ll be our superpower. To have the closeness that we are playing for each other,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cIt\u2019s become this brotherhood.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m excited to be part of it officially, and getting to know each other throughout the year, it\u2019ll be a huge part of our success \u2014 building that camaraderie. Our team room is going to be electric and we\u2019re excited for it.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Conners, meanwhile, also had just one top-10 finish this season on the PGA Tour but was his usual steady self. He was one of just 14 golfers to make the cut at all four major championships this year and was Canada\u2019s second-highest ranked golfer in the FedExCup standings.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He told Sportsnet re-earning a spot on the International Team was a \u201cbig goal\u201d of his ever since playing in Montreal in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m beyond excited. It\u2019s going to be a blast. Love the team and the guys and everyone involved,\u201d Conners said. \u201cI feel like the captains have done a great job of giving us something to play for and something to get behind. Geoff has been on the road a ton with the international players. There is a great energy to the group.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have gotten closer and closer the last few years, and I know everyone is excited to be part of the team and put some points on the board and try to win the Presidents Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n
The International side is set to making a scouting trip to Medinah Country Club (which also hosted the 2012 Ryder Cup along with three U.S. Opens and two PGA Championship) in about two weeks prior to the Presidents Cup itself, which goes Sept. 24-27.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Conners and Taylor will be joined inside the team room by fellow Canadian Taylor Pendrith, who was named an assistant captain for the International Team at the end of August.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The mighty U.S. side defeated the Internationals 18.5-11.5 in Montreal and have only lost one Presidents Cup in the competition\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
The six captain\u2019s picks for Snedeker\u2019s American side were also announced Tuesday, with Chris Gotterup, Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay, Jacob Bridgeman, and 21-year-old Jackson Koivun \u2014 who will be the second-youngest participant on the U.S. side in competition history \u2014 rounding out the American squad, led by world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Presidents Cup rosters (c – captain’s picks)<\/p>\n
c-Christiaan Bezuidenhout, South Africa
c-Corey Conners, Canada
c-Nico Echavarria, Colombia
Ryan Fox, New Zealand
c-Ryo Hisatsune, Japan
c-Sungjae Im, South Korea
Tom Kim, South Korea
Si Woo Kim, South Korea
Min Woo Lee, Australia
Hideki Matsuyama, Japan
Adam Scott, Australia
c-Nick Taylor, Canada
Captain: Geoff Ogilvy<\/p>\n
c-Jacob Bridgeman
Sam Burns
c-Patrick Cantlay
Wyndham Clark
c-Chris Gotterup
Russell Henley
c-Jackson Koivun
Collin Morikawa
c-Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
c-Justin Thomas
Cameron Young
Captain: Brandt Snedeker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Canadians have earned captain\u2019s picks for the upcoming Presidents Cup, with Corey Conners playing the competition for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-880053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=880053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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