Asian stars among qualifiers for International Team at Presidents Cup

Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama and Korean trio, Tom Kim, Sungjae Im and Byeong Hun An, were among the top-6 automatic qualifiers for the International Team that will face the US Team in the 2024 Presidents Cup following the conclusion of the BMW Championship on Sunday. The other two automatic qualifiers for the International Team are Australia’s Adam Scott and Jason Day.

The US Team’s top-6 qualifiers were also finalized, with World No. 1 and FedExCup leader Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay and Sahith Theegala earning their places for the showdown at The Royal Montreal Golf Club in Montreal, Canada, September 24-29.

International Team captain Mike Weir and US Team captain Jim Furyk will announce their six captains’ picks live on Golf Channel on Tuesday, September 3, to round out their 12-man teams.

Among the Asian quartet, Matsuyama, Kim and Im were part of the International Team that lost 12.5-17.5 to the US Team in Quail Hollow two years ago. An will return to the team following his lone appearance at Royal Melbourne in 2019.

Matsuyama, who won the Genesis Invitational and FedEx St. Jude Championship this season, finished as the top-ranked International qualifier. He will be making his sixth straight appearance in the Presidents Cup, tying for fourth most in International Team history alongside Retief Goosen and Robert Allenby. The 32-year-old enters the FedExCup Playoffs finale, the Tour Championship, ranked third and was also the bronze medal winner at the Paris Olympics earlier this month. He holds a career 7-10-5 (W-L-T) record in the Presidents Cup.

Im, a two-time PGA Tour winner, is excited to make his third straight appearance where he owns an undefeated record in Sunday Singles play in the Presidents Cup after defeating Gary Woodland and Cameron Young in 2019 and 2022, respectively. He has recorded seven top-10 finishes this season, and has qualified for the Tour Championship for the sixth straight season.

“The Presidents Cup is a tournament that every player in the international category wants to play in. It's a team competition, so we're going to go in with the mentality of playing as the International