Two major champions. A players champion. A first-time assistant captain.
Trevor Immelman, the captain of the International team at the 2022 Presidents Cup in Charlotte at Quail Hollow Club, has some experience among his captain’s picks but also some fresh blood. The International team has assistants from all corners of the globe looking to make history.
The biennial competition is Sept. 22-25 and pits a 12-man International squad (minus the European nations) against a 12-man U.S. team. The Americans lead the all-time series 11-1-1 and has never lost when the matches are staged in the U.S.
Here’s a look at the four International assistant captains:
K.J. Choi at the 2019 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne Golf Course in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo: Daniel Pockett/Getty Images)
K.J. Choi, who played in three editions of the Presidents Cup (2003, 2007 and 2011) and posted a 6-8-0 mark, will be making his third appearance as an assistant captain. He has won eight PGA Tour titles, including the 2011 Players Championship, and one PGA Tour Champions victory. He also has six wins on the Asian Tour. Choi was the first Korean to earn a PGA Tour card. Choi and fellow assistant captain Geoff Ogilvy partnered in the 2011 Presidents Cup to win two Four-ball matches.
Geoff Ogilvy at the 2019 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne Golf Course in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo: Daniel Pockett/Getty Images)
Geoff Ogilvy played in three Presidents Cups and has a 7-6-1 record. He has eight career PGA Tour victories, including the 2006 U.S. Open, and three World Golf Championships. He also won two of Australia’s biggest titles: the 2008 Australian PGA and 2010 Australian Open. He recently made his first starts on the PGA Tour in four years.
This will be his second time serving as an assistant captain; he worked alongside Nick Price in 2017.
Camilo Villegas at the 2022 Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photo: C. Scott Kinser/CSM via ZUMA Press Wire)
Camilo Villegas will make his debut as an assistant. Villegas is the only player from Colombia to compete in the Presidents Cup, doing so in 2009. He’s won four times on the PGA Tour. He reached as high as No. 7 in the Official World Golf Ranking after winning the BMW Championship and Tour Championship, the final two playoff events, in 2008.
Mike Weir speaks during a press conference at Innisbrook Copperhead Course in Palm Harbor, Florida, ahead of the 2017 Presidents Cup. (Photo: Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
Mike Weir, who competed in the Presidents Cup five times and is one of five International players with 10 or more match wins, will make his third appearance as an assistant captain. He has eight PGA Tour titles, including the 2003 Masters, and one PGA Tour Champions victory. A lefty, Weir is the only Canadian man with a major championship victory.
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