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. The inaugural event took place at the

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, Edison, New Jersey on September 25 and 26, 2017. The United States have won all three events that have been contested.

Qualification

The teams consist of 12 junior boys. Participants must be at least 12 years old at the start of the event and must be 18 or younger and have not yet graduated high school as of January 1 of the year of the contest. Players must be amateurs who have not yet started college and are not members of a competitive collegiate golf program. Members of each team mostly qualify through a ranking system, the United States team based on the Rolex AJGA Rankings, and the International Team based on the World Amateur Golf Rankings. In 2017 11 members of each team were selected based on the rankings on August 3 with the final place being given to the leading player in the rankings, not already qualified, on September 6. In 2019 all 12 members of the team were selected based on the rankings on September 5. In 2022 10 members of each team were selected based on the rankings on August 19, with one player selected by the team captain and the final place being given to the leading player in the rankings, not already qualified, on September 8.

Format

The event is held over two days, with six fourballs and six foursomes matches on the first day, and twelve singles matches on the second day.

Results

Teams

United States

*2022: Johnnie Clark, Ethan Gao, Nicholas Gross, Henry Guan, Bryan Kim, Carson Kim, Jackson Koivun, Eric Lee, P. J. Maybank, Matt Moloney, Aaron Pounds, Preston Stout *2019: Stephen Campbell Jr., Canon Claycomb,

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, Benjamin James, Maxwell Moldovan,

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, Vishnu Sadagopan, Ian Siebers,

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, Jackson Van Paris, Alexander Yang *2017: Garrett Barber,

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, Jacob Bridgeman, Prescott Butler, Canon Claycomb,

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, Joe Highsmith, Eugene Hong, Turner Hosch,

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International

*2022: Joshua Bai, Wenyi Ding, Jayden Ford,

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, Jonathan Xavier Hartono, Pongsapak Laopakdee, Rayhan Abdul Latief, Aldrich Potgieter, Yurav Premlall, Chris Richards Jr., Juan Carlos Velasquez, Anson Yeo *2019: Jordan Duminy, Joshua Greer, Bo Jin, Christo Lamprecht, Lee Jang-hyun, Lin Chuan-tai,

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, Kartik Sharma, Samuel Simpson, Karl Vilips, Martin Vorster, Andi Xu *2017: Joshua Armstrong,

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, Christo Lamprecht, Fred Lee, Sean Maruyama, Naraajie Emerald Ramadhan,

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, Karl Vilips, Atiruj Winaicharoenchai, Wocheng Ye

References

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External links

Coverage on Presidents Cup website
Junior golf tournaments Team golf tournaments Presidents Cup