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00:00But there is one large golf event remaining on the calendar.
00:07That is the President's Cup.
00:08And that was the news of the week in the golf world as on
00:12Tuesday, captain's picks for the international side with Matt
00:16Mike Weir and on the American side with Jim Furyk were announced
00:20and there were as it always seems to be for these competitions
00:24a Ryder Cup included some big surprises.
00:27So let's start with the international side where Mike Weir selected
00:32the following players Christian Bezaiden out, Corey Connors,
00:37McKenzie Hughes, Siwoo Kim, Minwoo Lee, and Taylor Pendrith.
00:43Big storylines here to me were that this was always going to be
00:47a selection conundrum for the Canadian Mike Weir because he
00:50unfortunately was in the unenviable position of having too many
00:54Canadians who did not automatically qualify for this team.
00:57The three that made it Corey Connors was essentially a lock at
01:00that seventh position and arguably the best Canadian player in
01:03the game right now.
01:04You had Taylor Pendrith was further down the standings, but who
01:07was who'd played well in the FedEx Cup playoffs and played his
01:11way into Eastlake and so showing some form with the win this
01:14year at the Byron Nelson that perhaps warranted a pick the the
01:19real selection conundrum felt between McKenzie Hughes, Nick Taylor
01:24and Adam Hadwin and it seems almost unfathomable that Nick Taylor
01:28a year removed from one of the most iconic moments in Canadian
01:33golf history sinking a long putt in a playoff to beat Tommy Fleetwood
01:37and win the Canadian Open so much so that his silhouette celebrating
01:40that putt was the logo of the Canadian Open this year.
01:43It seems insane that Nick missed out on this team, but he did
01:46indeed do that.
01:47McKenzie Hughes is the player that was selected and I think what
01:51this comes down to in my opinion was it's clear that Mike Weir
01:54valued putting in this competition and I say that because McKenzie
01:58Hughes is one of the best in the game and another player was
02:01selected to these captain's picks.
02:03The guy who's played well all season, but Christian Bazan how
02:05so to me and looking at his strategy here, that's a takeaway.
02:08I'm I'm gleaning from from the decision.
02:11He decided to make here with this Canadians is that he was going
02:14to have to leave a couple at home and he wanted the guy
02:16McKenzie, McKenzie Hughes that could show up make some clutch
02:19putts that could potentially swing the balance of this competition
02:22when it came down to crunch time.