AKRON, Ohio — U.S. Presidents Cup team captain Jay Haas announced on Tuesday that former Illini Steve Stricker is joining the U.S. team as his third captain’s assistant when The Presidents Cup is played in Asia for the first time, Oct. 6-11, at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Songdo IBD, Incheon City, South Korea.
Stricker joins fellow captain’s assistants Fred Couples and Davis Love III.
Stricker is a five-time U.S. Presidents Cup team member (1996, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013) and holds a 14-10-0 record in the event. He also played on the U.S. Ryder Cup team three times (2008, 2010 and 2012).