Captaining the International team at the Presidents Cup has long been akin to leading a re-enactment of the Battle of Waterloo while cast in the role of Napoleon, doomed to a high-profile defeat. The faces of his troops may change, but for the skipper there is a dispiriting predictability about the result.
The Presidents Cup has been contested 13 times since it was created in 1994. The tally shows 11 U.S. wins, one tie, and one International victory. It came at Royal Melbourne in 1998, a time so distant that of the 24 competitors that week only Tiger Woods isn’t yet qualified for the senior circuit. It’s a dreary trend that the 2022 International captain, Trevor Immelman, is eager to upend at Charlotte’s Quail Hollow Club this month, but his task has been made no easier by a man who led the International squad to defeat twice as captain and now threatens to do so for a third time as a toxic disrupter: Greg Norman.
