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"contents": "<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The US are once again heavy favourites entering this week’s Presidents Cup in Montreal, but International Team captain Mike Weir said his squad should not be underestimated in their bid to snap the Americans’ dominance.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The US are 12-1-1 in the biennial competition that began in 1994, having lost in 1998 and settled for a tie in 2003. Weir is not bothered by past results and knows that matchplay golf can be unpredictable, and a great leveller.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Golf’s golf, and there are going to be challenging matches no matter what – the odd time there’s a team that runs away with a match here and there – but most of the matches are always tight,” Weir told reporters at Royal Montreal Golf Club.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Standing in the International Team’s way of regaining the Presidents Cup is Jim Furyk’s powerhouse US squad that boasts five of the top 10 players in the world and all 12 of his team members are ranked inside the top 25.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By comparison, Japanese world No 7 Hideki Matsuyama, making his sixth Presidents Cup start, is the highest-ranked golfer on an International Team that features eight players who are sitting outside the top 25.</span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2381350\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2174217869.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1821\" height=\"1114\" /> <em>International Team captain Mike Weir speaks to the media before the 2024 Presidents Cup at the Royal Montreal Golf Club on 24 September 2024. (Photo: Jared C Tilton / Getty Images)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2381349\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2174216982.jpg\" alt=\"Presidents Cup\" width=\"1913\" height=\"1065\" /> <em>US Team captain Jim Furyk at press conference before the Presidents Cup at the Royal Montreal Golf Club on 24 September 2024. (Photo: Jared C Tilton / Getty Images)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“So we’ve got a tall challenge, but the guys are up for it, they’re ready for it, and they’re embracing that,” Weir said.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Former Masters champion Weir, whose squad includes three fellow Canadians, is also counting on plenty of support from the galleries, as he received during his 2007 win over Tiger Woods the last time the Presidents Cup was at Royal Montreal.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“It’s a big part of this competition, I believe, and a big part of team golf where you can ride some momentum and the crowd gets behind you, and you can really feed off that,” he said.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I certainly did here in 2007, not only with my match playing Tiger, but just the other matches, you get the crowd energy, and you can raise your level a little bit. So it can be a huge factor.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furyk was the losing Ryder Cup captain when the US fell to Europe in 2018 and insisted he will be making some changes in how he runs his team this week.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While not revealing his plans, Furyk simply said he would draw from some good experiences they’ve had in the past.</span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1407808\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Golf-Presidents-Cup4-1.jpg\" alt=\"Presidents Cup\" width=\"4451\" height=\"3023\" /> <em>The US Team congratulate teammate Xander Schauffele after his 1 Up win clinched victory for the team during Sunday singles matches on day four of the 2022 Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow Country Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, on 25 September. (Photo: Jared C Tilton / Getty Images)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1407806\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Golf-Presidents-Cup2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Xander Schauffele during the Presidents Cup\" width=\"3548\" height=\"2088\" /> <em>Xander Schauffele of the US Team smokes a cigar in celebration after they defeated the International Team at the Presidents Cup on 25 September 2022. (Photo: Rob Carr / Getty Images)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The biggest question I always get asked from 2018 is would you – if you had the chance to go back and do something differently, would you?” he said.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“First time I heard the question, I started laughing. My answer was very simple; how arrogant would you have to be to say, nope, we didn’t win, but I wouldn’t do anything different at all. Of course I would. I’d go back and change it.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“So I’m trying to implement some of those changes and kind of [putting] those in for 2024 has been kind of a big push for me.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Round one, which will consist of five fourball matches featuring pairings still to be announced, is scheduled to be played on Thursday.</span>\r\n<h4><b>Scheffler ready</b></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before he sets out for a December exhibition that will get the golf world talking, Scottie Scheffler has a team event of a different kind to attend to, at Royal Montreal Golf Club.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The world No 1, whose incredible season included winning the Masters, a Players Championship title, an Olympic gold medal and his first FedEx Cup, is gearing up for his second Presidents Cup.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scheffler was part of the US team that won the 2022 edition of the event at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But after the Americans’ disappointing showing at the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome, Scheffler is leading the contingent in Montreal that will try not to botch another away match.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“That’s probably why you saw me so emotional after the Olympics. I really do take a lot of pride in playing for my country,” Scheffler said this week.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I’ve had the opportunity to do it a few times, and it’s very special. Coming here to foreign soil for us and trying to compete and bring back the Cup, I think will be pretty fun.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scheffler said he’s more focused on being himself than being a team leader for the US. He’s joined this week by world No 2 Xander Schauffele, major champions Collin Morikawa and Wyndham Clark, future Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley and other American stars who, on paper, have a leg up on the International side.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“What’s the benefit? I mean, the score is 0-0,” he said in typical Scheffler fashion. “My job is to go out in the first match and do my best and try to get a point for our team. Outside of that, I don’t really think about if we’re favoured to win the match or not. My job is to win – all I can try to do is win one point on Thursday’s match.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scheffler also addressed his tie to a made-for-TV match pitting him and Northern Ireland star Rory McIlroy against LIV Golf’s Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau slated for this December in Las Vegas.</span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1407805\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Golf-Presidents-Cup1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Presidents Cup USA Team\" width=\"5282\" height=\"3127\" /> <em>From back left: Assistant captain Steve Stricker, Patrick Cantlay, Tony Finau, assistant captain Fred Couples, Cameron Young, Captain Davis Love III, Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Max Homa, Billy Horschel. 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I’ve never obviously had a chance to play with Rory at the Ryder Cup, but those are two guys I really miss competing against.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“It definitely interested me, and the way things fell together, it seemed to work out nice. It seems like a fun deal.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scheffler claimed he didn’t have a role in spearheading the PGA vs LIV match – and that any past animosity towards the players who defected to LIV didn’t play a role in Scheffler’s decision to play the match.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“There’s just so many moving pieces in that deal,” Scheffler said. “It’s one of those things where, like my friendships to guys out there, hasn’t really changed that much.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I think in the beginning when some of the guys were suing us, that was a bit frustrating for the players out here, but over time those things kind of fade. 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My job is to win – all I can try to do is win one point on Thursday’s match.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scheffler also addressed his tie to a made-for-TV match pitting him and Northern Ireland star Rory McIlroy against LIV Golf’s Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau slated for this December in Las Vegas.</span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1407805\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"5282\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1407805\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Golf-Presidents-Cup1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Presidents Cup USA Team\" width=\"5282\" height=\"3127\" /> <em>From back left: Assistant captain Steve Stricker, Patrick Cantlay, Tony Finau, assistant captain Fred Couples, Cameron Young, Captain Davis Love III, Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Max Homa, Billy Horschel. 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I’ve never obviously had a chance to play with Rory at the Ryder Cup, but those are two guys I really miss competing against.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“It definitely interested me, and the way things fell together, it seemed to work out nice. It seems like a fun deal.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scheffler claimed he didn’t have a role in spearheading the PGA vs LIV match – and that any past animosity towards the players who defected to LIV didn’t play a role in Scheffler’s decision to play the match.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“There’s just so many moving pieces in that deal,” Scheffler said. “It’s one of those things where, like my friendships to guys out there, hasn’t really changed that much.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I think in the beginning when some of the guys were suing us, that was a bit frustrating for the players out here, but over time those things kind of fade. I don’t think there was a ton of ill will for that type of stuff.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There’s no doubt that American teammates will be looking up to Scheffler during the week.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“It fires me up a lot to see other guys on the team who want it so bad and be so meaningful to them,” Sahith Theegala said. “I know it’s well documented, but Scottie at the Olympics, winning it for the US, it’s such a big deal. 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International Team captain Mike Weir speaks to the media before the 2024 Presidents Cup at the Royal Montreal Golf Club on 24 September 2024. (Photo: Jared C Tilton / Getty Images)
US Team captain Jim Furyk at press conference before the Presidents Cup at the Royal Montreal Golf Club on 24 September 2024. (Photo: Jared C Tilton / Getty Images)
The US Team congratulate teammate Xander Schauffele after his 1 Up win clinched victory for the team during Sunday singles matches on day four of the 2022 Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow Country Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, on 25 September. (Photo: Jared C Tilton / Getty Images)
Xander Schauffele of the US Team smokes a cigar in celebration after they defeated the International Team at the Presidents Cup on 25 September 2022. (Photo: Rob Carr / Getty Images)
From back left: Assistant captain Steve Stricker, Patrick Cantlay, Tony Finau, assistant captain Fred Couples, Cameron Young, Captain Davis Love III, Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Max Homa, Billy Horschel. Front: Xander Schauffele, assistant captain Zach Johnson, assistant captain Kevin Kisner, Sam Burns and assistant captain Webb Simpson of the US Team with the Presidents Cup after defeating the International Team at Quail Hollow Country Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, on 25 September 2022. (Photo: Warren Little / Getty Images)