VIRGINIA WATER, England – International Presidents Cup captain Trevor Immelman conceded Tuesday that the process of narrowing his team down to a dozen players has been “pretty frustrating” as the defections to LIV Golf have mounted.
Prior to Tuesday’s captain’s picks, Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman and Joaquin Niemann were all locks to play the matches later this month, with Smith and Niemann qualifying automatically and Leishman a likely pick. Last week, all three players joined LIV and were suspended from playing PGA Tour-sanctioned events. That follows the loss of possible International team members Louis Oosthuizen, Branden Grace, Abe Ancer and Carlos Ortiz to the Saudi-backed league earlier this year.