Player and Nicklaus name their picks for Presidents Cup

BY Bruce Young | US PGA Tour | 2003 The Presidents Cup | General | 19 Aug 2003

Respective Presidents Cup Captains Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player have today named their final two players to make up the International and US Teams for the Presidents Cup in November.

KJ Choi and Tim Clark have made the International Team and Fred Funk and Jay Haas are the two to join the US side.

Nicklaus referred to the benefit of experience in his selections and while he made reference to the performances of Ben Curtis, Shaun Micheel and more especially Chad Campbell as being very much in consideration he opted for experienced players to balance his team.

Player referred to KJ Choi’s consistency and strength as the key points in his selection and that Clark not only had a great PGA but that had finished 13th at the Masters this year and was having a good year overall in the US. He also made mention of Clark’s ability in the wind.

Players such as Eduardo Romero, Michael Campbell, Toshi Izawa and Trevor Immelman can perhaps consider themselves a little unlucky but hey had their chance at the PGA and were leapfrogged by the finish of Clark.

International Team
1. Ernie Els
2. Vijay Singh
3. Mike Weir
4. Nick Price
5. Retief Goosen
6. Robert Allenby
7. Stephen Leaney
8. Peter Lonard
9. Adam Scott
10. Stuart Appleby
11. K.J. Choi
12. Tim Clark

United States Team
1. Tiger Woods
2. Davis Love III
3. Jim Furyk
4. David Toms
5. Kenny Perry
6. Phil Mickelson
7. Justin Leonard
8. Chris DiMarco
9. Jerry Kelly
10. Charles Howell III
11. Fred Funk
12. Jay Haas