The week started with 11 of the top 15 players in the Internationals’ Presidents Cup standings teeing off in New Orleans at TPC Louisiana but only four made the cut.
MELBOURNE - Internationals captain Ernie Els had hoped the Zurich Classic would double as a team bonding event ahead of the Presidents Cup but ‘the Big Easy’ may have felt a little queasy after most of his prospective players flopped at the tournament.
Instead, the major winners and former world number ones missed the cut by a stroke at seven-under after an even-par 72 in the second round’s foursomes. South African Louis Oosthuizen, second in the Internationals standings, also had a short week, crashing out with a 78 in the foursomes with compatriot Charl Schwartzel.
“The weather delays curtailed some of that because guys are getting back at 8:30pm and waking up at 4am the next morning and being gone all day.
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