Worldwide crew captain Mike Weir named Japan’s Shigeki Maruyama as his fifth and remaining assistant for this yr’s Presidents Cup showdown towards the US in Montreal.
The 2024 version of the biennial competitors, which pits a 12-man U.S. crew towards a lineup of worldwide gamers from outdoors Europe, can be performed Sept. 26-29 at The Royal Montreal Golf Membership.
“His report on this occasion speaks for itself,” Canada’s Weir, the 2003 Masters champion, mentioned on Wednesday.
“Extra importantly, he provides a trusted voice in our crew room and is somebody who will encourage these 12 gamers by means of his unwavering help and dynamic persona.”
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 crew within the Presidents Cup as each a participant in 1998 and 2000 and later as a captain’s assistant in 2013 was some of the beneficial experiences in my golf profession,” mentioned Maruyama.
“I’m honored that captain Weir has given me the prospect to be a part of this particular brotherhood as soon as once more. I’m trying ahead to an important week in Montreal and serving to to ship an unimaginable ambiance for our gamers and followers.”
America 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.
