Fred Couples and Nick Price to Announce Presidents Cup Picks on Wednesday

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Published: August 30, 2013

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While most of the field at the Deutsche Bank Championship is trying to improve their standings in the FedEx Cup playoffs, a few players are trying to earn a spot on one of the teams.

The Presidents Cup will be held October 4-6, at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio. The United States Team has won seven of the nine previous competitions, and the International Team is beginning to feel the pressure.

The Presidents Cup has been held biennially since 1994. The only Presidents Cup the International Team won outright was in 1998 at Royal Melbourne in Australia.

With darkness surrounding the players, captains Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player agreed to end the 2005 matches, contested in Player’s home country of South Africa, in a tie.

Ten players earn automatic berths on the team via a points system accumulated over two years. Currently Tiger Woods, Brandt Snedeker, Phil Mickelson, Matt Kuchar, Keegan Bradley, Jason Dufner, Bill Haas and Hunter Mahan hold the top eight spots and appear to be assured of a place on the U.S. team.



Webb Simpson (9) and Zach Johnson (10) are on the bubble and need respectable weeks at the Deutsche Bank to secure their spot on the U.S. team.

However, a host of big names right behind Simpson and Johnson could bump them from the team.

The Deutsche Bank Championship offers an $8 million purse, and with Presidents Cup points being doubled, players as far down as Nick Watney (19) on the points list, could gain an automatic spot on the team with a win this week.

Steve Stricker (11) and Dustin Johnson (12) could move into the top 10 if they could finish inside the top 11 in the Deutsche Bank. Jim Furyk (13) could earn a spot if he finishes inside the top seven, and Bubba Watson (14) needs a third-place or better finish to make the team.

Billy Horschel (15), Kevin Streelman (16), Rickie Fowler (17), D.A. Points (18) and Nick Watney (...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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