Presidents cup is a golf competition mainly established for raising money for charities and is not ranked for PGA tour standings. In this competition, the US president team Is playing against the rest of the world, excluding Europe.
This team is called the International team. The US is playing against European players on even years while on odd years they are playing against the International team. The schedule was opposite but due to 11.09.2011 terrorist attack, all events were canceled so we now have today’s schedule. The event is established in 1994 and this is going to be 13th edition of the tournament.
Since establishing the event, the US team is dominating hard. US team managed to win 10 matches; one was tied and only one win of the International team. US team also have 8 straight wins and 9th is very expected this year.
Let’s talk about format a bit. The format of this event is very special. 8 players in each team are playing, 4 players are assisting the team with their previous experience of the course, and veteran captain who is picking doubles however he wants. Also, the captain has the freedom to pick 4 more players so teams are 12 + 4 + 1 players.
13 edition of this tournament is going to be played at Royal Melbourne Golf Club Event is going to be played from 12th to 15th December 2019th in Black Rock, Victoria a suburb of southern Melbourne. This golf course is 128 years old. It is 36 holes venue. There are two types of course here. West, 6077 meters long 18 holes, 72 par course and Eastern Course, 6007 meters long course with the par of 71.
US team is going to be lead by captain Tiger Woods. US team have 51 PGA Tour titles combined through the first 8 players who are qualified automatically by results during 2017 – 2019 span. Dustin Johnson leads them with 20 PGA tour wins. How great this score is speaking the fact that whole International team has 25 wins combined. Brooks Koepka had amazing results during last season (2018 – 2019). He won 3 tournaments during last year. The CJ Cup, the PGA Championship and the World Golf Championships – FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Three-time he finished at the second place. An interesting fact is that Brooks Koepka is ranked the 1st on the PGA TOUR par 4 rang list. US team also have Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele, Webb Simpson, Matt Kuchar and Bryson Dechambeau who are automatically qualified. Tyger Woods is going to pick rest of the squad (4 players).
International team, lead by captain Ernie Els is going to try to make a big surprise and steal the victory from US team. Their best-ranked player is Mark Leishman who won 2018 CIMB Classic in Malaysia and had one runner up place at ISPS Handa Melbourne World Golf Cup. He is followed by Hideki Matsuyama, Louis Oosthuizen, Adam Scott, Abraham Ancer, Haotang Li, C.T. Pan and Cameron Smith + 4 players who are going to be picked by captain Ernie Els.
The good thing about events which are played every few years is that there are usually free bet offers which can result in risk-free bets. This Betting exchange guide explains in a great way about how to use free bets properly and we are going to explain why you should try to bet at the US victory in the next paragraph. US Team is a big favorite for winning the game. Although odds for their victory are 1/2 (1.50) [Bet365], which is pretty decent, they are a bigger favorite than this. Brooks Kopeka, Dustin Johnson and folks should reach 15.5 points easily.
The international team has 4 rookies through the first 8, and US squad should easily use that lack of experience. US squad has 53 PGA Tour wins in their roster, while the International team has 25 tournament wins. According to the rules every 30 holes have to be played no matter what the result is and that is leaving us enough space for handicap betting as well. Bookmakers were generous with the handicap odd only – 3.5 for international squad and victory of 17-13 for US team shouldn’t be hard to achieve.
US Team – International Team 1 @1/2 (1.50) [Bet365]
US Team – International Team-3.5 H1 @5/6 (1.85) [Bet365]
Enjoy the tournament and have fun!
