Worldwide staff captain Mike Weir named Japan’s Shigeki Maruyama as his fifth and last assistant for this 12 months’s Presidents Cup showdown in opposition to the US in Montreal.
The 2024 version of the biennial competitors, which pits a 12-man U.S. staff in opposition to a lineup of worldwide gamers from outdoors Europe, shall be performed Sept. 26-29 at The Royal Montreal Golf Membership.
“His document on this occasion speaks for itself,” Canada’s Weir, the 2003 Masters champion, stated on Wednesday.
“Extra importantly, he provides a trusted voice in our staff room and is somebody who will encourage these 12 gamers by means of his unwavering help and dynamic character.”
Maruyama, who competed within the Presidents Cup in 1998 and 2000, joins fellow captain’s assistants Ernie Els, Trevor Immelman, Geoff Ogilvy and Camilo Villegas.
“Representing the Worldwide staff within the Presidents Cup as each a participant in 1998 and 2000 and later as a captain’s assistant in 2013 was one of the invaluable experiences in my golf profession,” stated Maruyama.
“I’m honored that captain Weir has given me the possibility to be a part of this particular brotherhood as soon as once more. I’m wanting ahead to an important week in Montreal and serving to to ship an unbelievable environment for our gamers and followers.”
The USA is 12-1-1 within the Ryder Cup-style Presidents Cup competitors, with its solely loss coming at Royal Melbourne Golf Membership in Australia in 1998.
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