Team USA and the Internationals will clash in the 2026 Presidents Cup at Medinah Country Club in Illinois from September 24-27. A look at the 2026 Presidents Cup teams.
The 16th Presidents Cup will be played in the Chicago area, with Brandt Snedeker captaining the United States and Geoff Ogilvy leading the International side.
Team USA are the defending champions after their 18.5-11.5 victory at Royal Montreal in 2024 and will be bidding for another victory on Medinah Country Club’s No. 3 Course.
Neither side has been finalised, but the leading six players are in line for automatic qualification, with both captains then set to make six wildcard selections.
United States Presidents Cup Team
- Brandt Snedeker (Captain)
Team
- Scottie Scheffler (Automatic Qualifier)
- Cameron Young (Automatic Qualifier)
- Wyndham Clark (Automatic Qualifier)
- Sam Burns (Automatic Qualifier)
- Russell Henley (Automatic Qualifier)
- Collin Morikawa (Automatic Qualifier)
- Chris Gotterup (Captain’s Pick)
- Xander Schauffele (Captain’s Pick)
- Jackson Koivun (Captain’s Pick)
- Justin Thomas (Captain’s Pick)
- Patrick Cantlay (Captain’s Pick)
- Jacob Bridgeman (Captain’s Pick)
The USA team is made up of six automatic qualifiers, determined by Presidents Cup points accumulated from FedExCup points across the qualifying period.
Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns, Russell Henley and Collin Morikawa earned their spots on the team via the automatic places.
Captain Brandt Snedeker named the experienced Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele among his captain’s picks.
He has also handed selections to Chris Gotterup, Jackson Koivun and Jacob Bridgeman.
International Presidents Cup Team
- Geoff Ogilvy (Captain)
Projected Automatic Qualifiers
- Si Woo Kim (Automatic Qualifier)
- Hideki Matsuyama (Automatic Qualifier)
- Ryan Fox (Automatic Qualifier)
- Tom Kim (Automatic Qualifier)
- Min Woo Lee (Automatic Qualifier)
- Adam Scott (Automatic Qualifier)
- Corey Conners (Captain’s Pick)
- Nico Echavarria (Captain’s Pick)
- Sungjae Im (Captain’s Pick)
- Ryo Hisatsune (Captain’s Pick)
- Nick Taylor (Captain’s Pick)
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Captain’s Pick)
The International team comprises six automatic qualifiers and six captain’s picks from Geoff Ogilvy.
The automatic places went to the top six eligible non-European players in the Official World Golf Ranking after the Tour Championship.
Si Woo Kim, Hideki Matsuyama, Ryan Fox, Hideki Matsuyama, Tom Kim, Min Woo Lee and Adam Scott claimed the six automatic positions.
Corey Conners narrowly missed out, but the Canadian was handed one of the six wildcard selections for Ogilvy.
Nico Echavarria, Ryo Hisatsune and Nick Taylor were also called up, while Sungjae Im and Christiaan Bezuidenhout were selected following previous good records in the Presidents Cup.
2026 Presidents Cup Schedule
- Thursday, September 24: 5 x Fourball Matches
- Friday, September 25: 5 x Foursomes Matches
- Saturday, September 26: 4 x Morning Foursomes & 4 x Afternoon Fourball Matches
- Sunday, September 27: 12 x Singles Matches
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