Bill Haas won more than the FedEx Cup and the Tour Championship Sunday.
The former Wake Forest All-American was named as the final wild-card pick to the U.S. team today by captain Fred Couples, who confirmed his previous announcement by also adding Tiger Woods as a captain's pick.
International team captain Greg Norman added Australians Robert Allenby and Aaron Baddeley to his team, which will host the Americans in early November at Royal Melbourne Golf Club.
Couples said he made it clear to Haas prior to the Tour Championship that he needed to win to make the team, on which Jay Haas is an assistant captain along with Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan.
"Jay and I talked about this scenario and Michael went over this (a few) months ago. The way for us to do this was to let the guys play. In this instance, Bill Haas knew he had to win. I didn't bother him during the tournament. I think he's smart enough to know what had to happen," Couples said on a conference call.
Couples said he narrowed his final choice to Haas, PGA champion Keegan Bradley and Brandt Snedeker.
Should Steve Stricker be unable to participate in the Presidents Cup due to herniated disk that has been bothering him, Couples said Bradley will be his replacement.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Win gets Haas final Presidents Cup spot
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Congrats Haas! Go play and have fun. When you do both of those, your game is unbeatable.
Why would anyone WANT Tiger Woods? This is pandering to a certain group of "fans" that might get upset otherwise.
It should have been Bradley. Winning a major is impressive than winning the Tour Championship in my opinion.
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