By Mark Lamport-Stokes
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - For International captain Nick Price, the future of the Presidents Cup is hanging in the balance and could hinge on the outcome of a meeting in Akron, Ohio this week with PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem.
Price has long argued that the biennial team competition, which has been dominated by the United States, should overhaul its points system and playing format and contest fewer team matches by adopting the structure used by the Ryder Cup.
Two years ago, Price and South African Ernie Els, a veteran now of eight Presidents Cups as a player, found Finchem initially receptive but the Tour commissioner phoned Price back just three weeks later to say he had changed his mind.