It’s been one year since the 2019 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne and somehow it feels like a lifetime ago and just yesterday all at once.
Looking back, we arrived in Australia with high hopes but low expectations. We were a very young team — the youngest ever with seven rookies — but were filled with excitement at the opportunity to compete against one of the strongest American teams ever assembled.
We had a lot of belief in our leader Ernie [Els] and drew confidence from his stature, his standing in the game, his record at Royal Melbourne and throughout his career.
In a certain sense, you could see how excited the youngsters on our team were just to have access to him and to be in his presence.
When you consider the struggles the International Team has endured throughout the years, to get that close to re-entering the winners circle was a great…
