The Asian Age

Woods chooses Woods to play

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As a player, I got the captain’s attention. Three great minds to help me — Tiger Woods after picking USA team for Presidents Cup

Los Angeles: Tiger Woods will be a playing captain when he leads the United States against an Internatio­nal team in the Presidents Cup match play golf showdown at Royal Melbourne in December. Woods, who claimed his 15th major title at the Masters in April and won his 82nd US PGA Tour title at the Zozo Championsh­ip in Japan two weeks ago, named himself among four captain’s picks for the 12-man team on Thursday, along with US Open champion Gary Woodland, former Masters champion Patrick Reed and world number 14 Tony Finau. “As captain, I’m going to choose Tiger Woods as the last player on the team,” Woods said. “He’s made ... nine Cups and he’s played in Australia twice in the Presidents Cup, so this will be his third appearance as a player. And I find it interestin­g talking in the third person.” Woods will be the first playing captain in the Presidents Cup since American Hale Irwin in the inaugural edition in 1994.

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