MIKE Weir named fellow Canadians Corey Conners, Taylor Pendrith and Mackenzie Hughes to his International Team for this month’s Presidents Cup on home soil while match play specialist Justin Thomas was notably left off the US squad on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila).
The Canadian trio were added as captain’s picks along with South Africa’s Christiaan Bezuidenhout, South Korea’s Kim Si-woo and Australia’s Min Woo Lee to the 12-player team that will face Jim Furyk’s powerhouse US side from Sept. 26-29 in Montreal.
This marks the first time in Presidents Cup history in which three Canadian players will compete for the International Team.
Of the six captain’s picks, Hughes and Lee are first-time participants, with Kim making his Presidents Cup debut in 2017, and Bezuidenhout, Conners and Pendrith doing so in 2022.
Pendrith earned the first win of his PGA Tour career at The CJ Cup Byron Nelson and had five other top 10 finishes in 2024 while advancing to the Tour Championship for the first time. Conners and Hughes each had three top 10 finishes this year.
