Angel Cabrera won over Australian fans for his humility in sportsmanship when Scott won the country’s first US Masters 10 years ago. Yet his life has spiralled out of control in the years since.
The defection of Australia’s best player to LIV Golf has opened the door for an unheralded Sydneysider to join Adam Scott against the might of the United States.
The Presidents Cup,one of golf’s biggest tournaments,is returning to Melbourne in both 2028 and 2040.
Adam Scott credits the recent thrilling home Presidents Cup contest for a record-setting start to 2020 by Australians on the US PGA Tour.
For a week all he'd been hearing was taunts about bunkers and shovels and holes. Ironically,Patrick Reed dug his team out of a hole when they needed help.
The Americans won the Presidents Cup,but the Internationals won plenty of respect at Royal Melbourne.
The final day's play at Royal Melbourne ends with 12 singles matches to determine whether the Internationals or the United States will be crowned champions.
The United States playing captain and resident villain set an ominous tone at Royal Melbourne. And their teammates did the rest.
Support for a bigger swing of Australian tournaments comes from Europe
Tiger Woods accused drunk Australian fans of going “over the top” after Patrick Reed’s caddie was banned from the final day of the Presidents Cup for an altercation.
It wasn’t quite the mass-scale final-day heroics which helped Europe snatch victory over the United States in 2012,but this was an unlikely comeback as you will see an individual match.