Presidents Cup 2007

From OntGolf.ca
Written by Robert Thompson, February 27th, 2007

So the Presidents Cup is still almost eight months away, but the PGA Tour held a conference call with the two captains of the respective squads — Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player. There were lots of pleasantries throughout the proceedings, before Player, who has never seen hyperbole that he couldn’t embrace, started talking about horseback riding. Yep, you heard that right.

Player: I think it’ll be one of the big sports that have taken place in Canada. Golf is obviously growing a great deal there. I’m sure Jack has designed some golf courses there. I’m doing my first golf course in a place call Cranbrook. In fact, I did my site visit on horseback. Thank God I’m a horseman; otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to walk the next day.
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From Montreal Gazette, © CanWest News Service 2007
Randy Phillips, CanWest NewsService
Published: Thursday, March 01, 2007

MONTREAL- Mike Weir led the charge to bring the Presidents Cup to Royal Montreal Golf Club in September, but the 2003 Masters champion is a long way from making the International team.

And International team captain Gary Player isn’t about to give Weir, who has played on the last three Presidents Cup teams, a free pass to be part of the 12-man team to face the U.S. in the biennial match-play competition Sept. 24-30.
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Jack Nicklaus has given his initial reaction to golf’s proposed rule changes – and it does not make happy reading for the governing bodies.

“It’s a start, I suppose, but it’s the chair off the Titanic, I guess,” said Nicklaus when asked about the plan to alter grooves in clubs to make it harder to control the ball from the rough and put more of a premium on driving accuracy.

Nicklaus, speaking at a press conference to promote September’s Presidents Cup in Canada between the United States and an International side captained by Gary Player, has long been in favour of a reduction in the distance a ball flies.
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