Furyk returns to steer defending champion Workforce USA, and Clarke is again to information Workforce Europe; Eight-time PGA TOUR winner and 2003 Masters champion Weir takes the helm for Workforce Worldwide
PGA TOUR Champions occasion involves Feather Sound Nation Membership from December 4-7
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA– After main Workforce USA to a slender victory within the inaugural Skechers World Champions Cup supporting Shriners Kids’s two years in the past, 2003 U.S Open champion and 17-time PGA TOUR winner Jim Furyk will return as captain of the American squad for the 2025 match.
Darren Clarke, the 2011 Open Championship winner and a five-time European Ryder Cup workforce member, will return because the captain for Workforce Europe.
Mike Weir, an eight-time PGA TOUR winner, the 2003 Masters champion and a five-time Presidents Cup participant, will make his debut because the captain for Workforce Worldwide.
The Skechers World Champions Cup supporting Shriners Kids’s will probably be performed December 4-7 at Feather Sound Nation Membership in Clearwater, Florida. The PGA TOUR Champions occasion, impressed by the fervour and custom of the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup, debuted in 2023 and options Workforce USA, Workforce Worldwide and Workforce Europe squaring off over three days of competitors, renewing golf’s most storied rivalries whereas the groups battle for worldwide satisfaction and world bragging rights.
Every of the groups competing within the Skechers World Champions Cup supporting Shriners Kids’s will include six gamers, together with the captains. Automated invites for every workforce will probably be prolonged to the highest two point-earners within the occasion’s career-based rankings, with two extra positions going to Chairman’s picks. The ultimate spots for Workforce USA, Workforce Worldwide and Workforce Europe will probably be play-in positions primarily based on the year-end Charles Schwab Cup standings.
Workforce USA received the inaugural match in nail-biting trend, as its 221 factors was simply two higher than Workforce Worldwide’s tally over the three-day occasion. Workforce Europe was third with 208.
Furyk will captain Workforce USA after main the house squad to victory within the inaugural Skechers World Champions Cup supporting Shriners Kids’s in 2023. Throughout his profession, Furyk has represented Workforce USA as a participant in seven Presidents Cups and 9 Ryder Cups. He served because the U.S. Ryder Cup captain in 2018 and the captain of the victorious American workforce within the 2024 Presidents Cup.
He’s a 17-time winner on the PGA TOUR, highlighted by profitable the 2003 U.S. Open, and is a three-time winner on PGA TOUR Champions – together with the 2021 U.S. Senior Open. Furyk reached a profession excessive world rating of second in 2006 and spent 440 weeks ranked within the prime 10 from 1999 – 2016. He’s additionally the proprietor of the bottom spherical in PGA TOUR historical past, having shot 58 within the fourth spherical of the Vacationers Championship in 2016.
“We wish to win this prestigious match once more, and I’m keen to place collectively a workforce that I believe can just do that,” Furyk mentioned. “Main the primary workforce to ever etch their identify on this trophy is an unbelievable feeling. Having three groups compete in an occasion that’s type of the Ryder Cup meets the Presidents Cup was completely distinctive.”
Hailing from Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Eire, Clarke will captain Workforce Europe for the second time. He’s most well-known for his 2011 victory at The Open at Royal St. George’s, the place he completed three strokes away from the sphere. In 2022 Clarke turned the fourth participant in historical past to win each The Open Championship and The Senior Open Championship, defeating Pádraig Harrington by one shot at Gleneagles in Scotland. Clarke has performed on 5 Ryder Cup groups and served as captain in 2016 for Workforce Europe. Clarke’s resume consists of victories at two PGA TOUR World Golf Championships occasions and 5 PGA TOUR Champions occasions, in addition to 15 worldwide wins.
“Having been part of the inaugural Skechers World Champions Cup supporting Shriners Kids’s in 2023, I skilled simply how a lot our guys needed to win, so I’m desirous to get again on the market to spur Workforce Europe to victory this time round,” Clarke mentioned. “I stay up for battling with Jim and Mike, two all-time greats with whom I’ve had the pleasure of competing in opposition to for a few years.”
Weir’s playoff victory on the 2003 Masters made him the one Canadian participant to win a males’s main championship. He counts the 2001 TOUR Championship amongst his eight profession PGA TOUR victories, and he additionally has one PGA TOUR Champions victory on his resume – the 2021 Insperity Invitational. Weir represented the Worldwide workforce as a participant in 5 Presidents Cups and served as captain in 2024.
“I couldn’t be extra excited to be the captain for Workforce Worldwide within the Skechers World Champions Cup supporting Shriners Kids’s,” Weir mentioned. “I used to be watching carefully in 2023 and rooting for our workforce because it got here right down to the ultimate group on Sunday, and there’s nothing I’d like greater than to get workforce Worldwide’s identify on the trophy this yr. Having performed in 5 Presidents Cups after which being within the function of captain final yr, I’m trying ahead to not solely with the ability to captain the Worldwide Workforce however hopefully to additionally contribute to our success on the course as a participant. The truth that this can be a three-team occasion makes it actually distinctive, and it needs to be a number of enjoyable.”
Seven-time PGA TOUR winner and well-liked golf commentator Peter Jacobsen will return as Chairman of the Skechers World Champions Cup supporting Shriners Kids’s. Along with his PGA TOUR victories, Jacobsen can also be a two-time PGA TOUR Champions winner and the 2004 U.S. Senior Open champion. A well-liked golf media persona for the previous twenty years, Jacobsen has established himself as one of many nice ambassadors of golf.
The 21 gamers that participated within the inaugural Skechers World Champions Cup supporting Shriners Kids’s as gamers, captains or assistant captains have mixed for 49 majors throughout the PGA TOUR (15) and PGA TOUR Champions (34). Workforce USA included Furyk, Steve Stricker, David Toms, Jerry Kelly, Justin Leonard, and Brett Quigley. Workforce Europe was made up of Clarke, Bernhard Langer, Colin Montgomerie, Miguel Angel Jiménez, Robert Karlsson, and Alex Čejka. Workforce Worldwide featured Ernie Els, Vijay Singh, Retief Goosen, Steven Alker, Stephen Ames, and Ok.J. Choi.
The Skechers World Champions Cup supporting Shriners Kids’s is a three-team, three-day competitors contested throughout nine-hole matches that includes workforce codecs and singles play, with factors being earned for every gap received in every of the occasion’s 24 matches.
Feather Sound, a par-72, 7,332-yard championship course, is likely one of the most difficult layouts within the Tampa Bay space and is centrally positioned between Clearwater, St. Petersburg and Tampa, adjoining to Carillon Park. It has been ranked as one of many prime 5 non-public golf equipment in Tampa Bay.
ABC and ESPN will function the unique tv properties of the Skechers World Champions Cup supporting Shriners Kids’s. Protection will air on ESPN on Thursday, December 4 and Friday, December 5, in addition to on ABC on Sunday, December 7.
Tickets for the 2025 Skechers World Champions Cup supporting Shriners Kids’s will go on sale quickly. Sponsorship inquiries might be directed to sponsorship@worldchampionscup.com. For extra info go to worldchampionscup.com.
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About Skechers World Champions Cup supporting Shriners Kids’s
Skechers World Champions Cup supporting Shriners Kids’s is formally sanctioned by PGA TOUR Champions and debuted in 2023 as a first-of-its-kind three-team worldwide golf competitors. Airing on ABC and ESPN, Workforce USA, Workforce Worldwide and Workforce Europe will sq. off over three days of competitors. The annual match is contested throughout nine-hole matches that includes workforce codecs and singles play, with factors being earned for every gap received within the occasion’s 24 matches. Every of the three groups competing consists of six gamers, together with a Enjoying Captain. Impressed by the fervour and custom of the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup, the match renews among the sport’s most storied rivalries because the groups battle for worldwide satisfaction and world bragging rights. Extra info is out there at WorldChampionsCup.com, on Twitter (@WorldChampsCup) and on Fb and Instagram (@WorldChampionsCup).
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