MONTREAL, Québec, Canada – The Presidents Cup and American Junior Golf Affiliation (AJGA) introduced right this moment the ultimate groups for the 2024 Junior Presidents Cup, with the occasion’s fourth version set to tee off on Sept. 22 at Le Membership Laval-sur-le-Lac – Blue Course in Montreal, 4 days earlier than the 2024 Presidents Cup begins play at close by The Royal Montreal Golf Membership. The twelfth and closing Junior Presidents Cup gamers for the U.S. Workforce and Worldwide Workforce have been finalized as of Sept. 5, with Michael Riebe of Encinitas, California, and China’s Hanjie Yu incomes the ultimate spots on the U.S. and Worldwide groups, respectively.
The Junior Presidents Cup is a two-day, workforce match-play competitors that includes the highest 24 junior boys, 19 years previous and youthful. The juniors are break up into groups of 12, half from the US and the opposite half from around the globe, excluding Europe. Happening simply days earlier than the beginning of the biennial Presidents Cup, the Junior Presidents Cup was developed to provide the world’s finest non-European juniors a novel enjoying alternative to compete in a world workforce match-play competitors and showcase the worldwide attain of junior golf.
Le Membership Laval-sur-le-Lac was based in 1917 and is taken into account to be probably the most prestigious golf equipment within the nation, rating among the many Prime 100 golf programs in Canada. The Junior Presidents Cup will likely be performed on the Blue Course, which was redesigned in 2013 by 2024 Worldwide Presidents Cup Captain Mike Weir and Ian Andrew, who had additionally labored because the restoration architect of the Inexperienced course at Le Membership Laval-sur-le-Lac for a while prior.
Hanjie Yu is the third participant from China to hitch the 2024 Worldwide Workforce. He’s No. 229 within the World Beginner Golf Rating® (WAGR®) and has two wins in worldwide competitors this yr. He gained entry to the workforce because the highest-ranked participant within the World Beginner Golf Rating® (WAGR®) who was not in any other case certified as of Sept. 5.
Eight nations are represented on the Worldwide Workforce, with China fielding three gamers and Vietnam and Thailand every with two representatives. Indonesia, New Zealand, India, Canada and Colombia are additionally represented. The Worldwide Workforce is led by 2013 Presidents Cup alumni Graham DeLaet as they search their first victory within the Junior Presidents Cup.
For the US workforce, Riebe, a Vanderbilt College verbal commit, has three top-10 AJGA Invitational finishes this season, together with a fourth-place end on the Rolex Event of Champions. He additionally had top-five finishes on the Boy’s Junior PGA Championship and the Western Junior Championship on a nationwide junior golf stage. Riebe makes his first look on the US workforce because the highest-ranked participant on the Rolex AJGA Rankings who was not in any other case certified as of Sept. 5.
Riebe additionally competed within the Wyndham Cup in July for the West Workforce. He’ll look to carry that match play expertise into the Junior Presidents Cup. The U.S. Workforce is represented by eight totally different states, together with two gamers from Florida, Texas, North Carolina and California. Moreover, eight gamers are Rolex Junior All-Individuals (Miles Russell, Tyler Watts, Blades Brown, Will Hartman, Ronin Banerjee, Tyler Mawhinney, Jackson Byrd, Michael Riebe).
2017 Presidents Cup participant Charley Hoffman will captain the U.S. Workforce as they search for their fourth-consecutive victory within the competitors after lifting the cup at Plainfield Nation Membership (2017), The Royal Melbourne Golf Membership (2019) and Myers Park Nation Membership (2022).
The 12-player groups for the 2024 Junior Presidents Cup are listed beneath:
Worldwide Workforce – Captain Graham DeLaet
United States Workforce – Captain Charley Hoffman
*Captain’s Choose
Click on right here for full Junior Presidents Cup Workforce Standings.
The 2024 Presidents Cup will likely be held at The Royal Montreal Golf Membership, Sept. 24-29. For extra details about the Presidents Cup, or to buy tickets, please go to PresidentsCup.com. For 2024 Junior Presidents Cup info, go to AJGA.org.
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In regards to the Presidents Cup
The Presidents Cup is a biennial international workforce competitors between the US and an Worldwide workforce that represents the remainder of the world excluding Europe. The competitors, which is contested by the PGA TOUR, alternates between venues within the U.S. and abroad. The Presidents Cup will return to The Royal Montreal Golf Membership in Montreal, Québec, Canada, September 24-29, 2024. Because the occasion’s inception in 1994, greater than $56 million has been raised for charity from occasion proceeds, in addition to contributions made on behalf of the Presidents Cup. 1Password, Cognizant and Rolex are the unique International Companions of the Presidents Cup. Observe us on Fb, Twitter and Instagram, or go to PresidentsCup.com for extra info.
