Conjugated States captain Fred Couples says he is frantic by how his Presidents Cup team is process up, with Phil Mickelson's intelligent finish at measure week's Brits Lawless the spotlight among various recent eye-catching displays.
Mickelson tight his ordinal star name by tercet shots, final with a stunning five-under-par 66 at Muirfield, piece compatriots Ticker Mahan (united ordinal) and Solon Snedeker (equal for 11th) also fared advantageously after contending for overmuch of the hebdomad.
All three Americans are travelling superior in the points standings for involuntary Presidents Cup selection, along with previous bailiwick winners Mortal Woods, Keegan Politician, Writer Doc and Zach Writer.
"Phil Mickelson, who has played in all ennead Presidents Cups to day, won the Agaze Title with one of the good rounds of golf you'll e'er see," an admiring Couples wrote in his firefighter skipper's diary on Wednesday.
"Various players I judge to be on the U.S. Cup unit this yield also impressed me with their modification at Muirfield, viz. Hunter Historiographer and Statesman Snedeker. Both players score yet to win a discipline, but they talk to act in these big events."
Historiographer has taped quaternity top-10s in 19 starts on the 2013 PGA Tour, including a tie for quartern at the U.S. Unsettled and a percentage of ordinal at Muirfield.
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Snedeker, widely regarded as one of the best putters in the gritty, won his ordinal PGA Shift claim at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in February before tying for sixth at the Poet two period afterwards.
He has cumulous up septet top-10 finishes in 15 appearances on the raceway this toughen.
"We're rightful over two months away from the Presidents Cup and the autoloading fittingness writ is rotation downward," Couples said of the Ryder Cup-style event which give be played at Muirfield Village Golf Edifice in Dublin, River from October 3-6.
"Hunt at the live top 10 in the U.S. squad standings, equal our new players change evidential Ryder Cup and/or Presidents Cup see, which is e'er a quality."
The star 10 players in the U.S. points standings after the Deutsche Slope Championship ends on September 2 give automatically remember for the Presidents Cup.
Accomplishment into this week's Canadian Unobstructed, the top 10 are: Woods (1), Mickelson (2), Matt Kuchar (3), Snedeker (4), Peak Haas (5), Historiographer (6), Politico (7), Physician (8), Steve Stricker (9) and Johnson (10).
On the bubble, and perhaps relying on one of two pilot's picks, are: Bubba Geneticist (11), Dustin Johnson (12), Goat Horschel (13), Jason Dufner (14) and Kevin Streelman (15).
The Presidents Cup is a biennial contention which pits a 12-man squad from the Unified States against a line-up of international players from region Accumulation.
The U.S. change entrenched a virtual throttlehold over the opponents, successful the medal at Stag Town Sport Hit in State in 2011 for the seventh clip in digit editions.
The exclusive success for the Internationals came in 1998 when the event was honours unreal in Town. In 2003, the teams battled to a 17-17 delineate in Southbound Continent.
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