Brandt Snedeker and Geoff Ogilvy have been named as the 2 captains for the 2026 Presidents Cup between the USA and the Worldwide Workforce.
Snedeker succeeds Jim Furyk within the function for the biennial contest, with Workforce USA chasing a record-extending eleventh consecutive victory after their 18.5-11.5 success over the Internationals final September.
The 44-year-old represented Workforce USA of their 2013 Presidents Cup win and served as an assistant captain to Furyk in 2024, with Snedeker’s captaincy coming a 12 months after he’s a part of Keegan Bradley’s backroom staff within the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black.
“It’s a tremendous honour to be named US team captain for the 2026 Presidents Cup by my peers, and I’m looking forward to leading our guys into Medinah for what will certainly be an amazing week of golf,” stated Snedeker.
“Representing my country in team competition has been a highlight of my PGA Tour career, and I will lean on those experiences to ensure we are prepared and ready to compete against what I know will be a unified and determined International Team.”
Ogilvy appeared in three consecutive Presidents Cups as a participant from 2007, registering 7.5 factors from his 14 matches, with the Australian notching eight PGA Tour victories – together with the 2006 US Open – throughout his profession.
The 47-year-old has been a captain’s assistant for every of the final 4 Presidents Cup, together with for Mike Weir in final 12 months’s contest, with Ogilvy now taking over the captaincy for the primary time.
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“Since Ernie Els debuted the shield in 2019, the International Team’s spirit has intensified and grown as we have rallied around this symbol, which embodies our shared ambition and unifies both players and fans,” stated Ogilvy.
“I intend to carry that momentum forward, just as the captains before me have, to build strong support for our international players in the lead up and throughout the event.”
Medinah will grow to be the fifth totally different venue in the USA to host the Presidents Cup, having beforehand been the venue for the ‘Miracle at Medinah’ Ryder Cup – the place Europe snatched a 14.5-13.5 victory after a final-day comeback – in 2012.
The Worldwide Workforce have misplaced 13 of the 15 editions of the Presidents Cup because it launched in 1994, together with each version on American soil, with their sole victory coming in Melbourne in 1998.
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