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Meet the 12 members of Team USA at Quail Hollow

2021 Valspar Championship

It’s time for the 2022 Presidents Cup.

The competition will be held in Charlotte at Quail Hollow Club. The course is a regular stop on the PGA Tour, hosting the Wells Fargo Classic, and it also was the host of the 2017 PGA Championship.

Now, the best players from the United States will come together to battle it out for supremacy.

Davis Love III is the captain for the U.S. team, and he has four assistant captains: Fred Couples, Zach Johnson (the 2023 U.S. Ryder Cup captain), Steve Stricker and Webb Simpson. Stricker captained the U.S. to victory in the Ryder Cup last September at Whistling Straits.

Here’s a look at the 12 players representing the United States in the 2022 Presidents Cup:

Sam Burns

Sam Burns of the United States celebrates with the trophy after winning during the final round of the Valspar Championship on the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort on May 02, 2021 in Palm Harbor, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)

Hometown: Shreveport, Louisiana
Age: 26
Presidents Cup appearances: First

Sam Burns will be making his first appearance representing Team USA in international competition since his college days at LSU playing in the Arnold Palmer Cup. Burns was one of the players under serious consideration for a captain’s pick from Steve Stricker for the 2021 U.S. Ryder Cup team, but it wasn’t to be. Burns took care of business this time, finishing third in the point standings. Burns notched three victories this season – at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Mississippi, Valspar Championship in Florida and the Charles Schwab Challenge in Texas, the latter beating Scottie Scheffler in a playoff. His victory at the Valspar Championship was his second straight at Innisbrook’s Copperhead course. Burns defeated Davis Riley in a playoff at this year’s Valspar to defend his title.

Captain Love on Burns: “I know he’s champing at the bit to get to Quail Hollow. He’s a steady, confident player, but also a great teammate and someone you want to partner with inside the ropes. He is one of the fiercest competitors we see on the PGA Tour each week and is simply a guy who hates to lose.”

Patrick Cantlay

2019 Presidents Cup Patrick Cantlay plays his shot from the first tee during Saturday four-ball matches on day three of the 2019 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne Golf Course on December 14, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

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