Canadian golf legend and Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame member Mike Weir will captain Workforce Worldwide on the 2025 World Champions Cup supporting Shriners Kids’s, set for December 4–7 at Feather Sound Nation Membership in Clearwater, Fla.
The occasion options three six-player groups — Workforce USA, Workforce Europe and Workforce Worldwide — competing in a three-day sequence of nine-hole matches that mix staff and singles codecs. Former U.S. Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk, a back-to-back RBC Canadian Open champion (2006, 2007), will lead the American aspect, whereas 2011 Open Champion Darren Clarke will information Workforce Europe.
Weir, 54, returns to a well-known management function after serving as captain of the Worldwide Workforce on the 2024 Presidents Cup in Montréal. The eight-time PGA TOUR winner and 2003 Masters champion is anticipated to tackle a player-captain function once more on this competitors.
“It’s an honour to guide Workforce Worldwide on this format,” Weir stated. “I admired the inaugural occasion final 12 months and might’t wait to get our title on the trophy.”
The World Champions Cup debuted in 2023 and options gamers from the PGA TOUR Champions circuit representing their areas. Every staff’s six-player roster is set by means of a mixture of computerized qualifiers, profession achievement alternatives and captain’s picks.
Two gamers per staff mechanically qualify based mostly on their place within the Charles Schwab Cup standings, rewarding constant efficiency all through the PGA TOUR Champions season. A number of extra spots are stuffed by profession achievement alternatives, recognizing gamers with main victories or vital worldwide resumes. The remaining positions are captain’s picks, permitting leaders corresponding to Weir to pick out gamers who greatest match staff chemistry, technique and match-play expertise.
This construction ensures a steadiness of present type and confirmed pedigree, leading to a aggressive and star-studded subject.
Weir’s participation continues a robust Canadian presence on the senior stage. He stays one among Canada’s most adorned golfers — the primary and solely Canadian male to win a serious championship — and a key determine in shaping the nation’s worldwide golf profile.
Proceeds from the occasion help Shriners Kids’s, with protection accessible on ESPN platforms.
