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The women’s Pittrice gilet (£155) is inspired by the colours and markings of the Snow Leopard

Chervò’s new AW22 apparel collection, which is now available to buy online and at retail, has been inspired by the varied flora of the Amazon rainforest and the wildlife of the Himalayan Mountains, with distinctive colours, shapes and patterns.

Combining the latest in aqua-block, stretch, wind-lock and pro-therm fabric technology, three new lines – Snow Leopard, Marmorized Saxum and Golf Vibes – feature a range of products that every golfer needs for the upcoming seasons, including warm sweaters, waterproof jackets and stylish gilets. The line features garments with nature-inspired colours extending from black to white and rosewood to grey, without shying away from more daring custom animal prints.

Touches of gold and fur textures are the ultimate emblems of luxury, while the sporty details, fabrics and performance-driven cuts are Chervò’s own stamp of guarantee for the collection’s practicality.

The challenges of winter and the search for absolute comfort and movement inspired Chervò to design the Marmorized Saxum men’s range, a collection that carries all the technical requirements of great golfing sportswear, in addition to a combination of textiles, colours and patterns that draw inspiration from a strong, powerful natural element such as marble.

Countless combinations are possible, with green and gold meeting the more understated hues of black and grey, ensuring golfers can express their own unique style.

The third and final new collection, technical performance and unlimited comfort are the soul of the Golf Vibes range – available to both men and women. The women’s line is all about colour with pink taking the central role, complemented by varying nuances such as cerise or Pompei pink.

Touches of brightness and colour blocking are matched with unique fabrics and knits, enabling the more exuberant golfer to introduce a sparkly pop of colour to a more classical style such as blue or vanilla. A more delicate palette also finds its space in a muted line of garments, where neutral nuances find their home with iconic looks which guarantee high performance and sportier outfits.

A similar idea is brought to the men’s Golf Vibes collection. Light blue stands out as the prominent feature of this modern colour scheme, whilst blue navy and dark grey embody the ever-lasting coolness of Chervò’s sportswear.

To view all the products in the Chervo Autumn/Winter 22/23 Golf Collection, click here.

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2022 Presidents Cup teams: Breaking down how new-look United States may power through international side https://golfingagency.com/2022-presidents-cup-teams-breaking-down-how-new-look-united-states-may-power-through-international-side/ https://golfingagency.com/2022-presidents-cup-teams-breaking-down-how-new-look-united-states-may-power-through-international-side/#respond Mon, 19 Sep 2022 21:58:22 +0000 https://golfingagency.com/2022-presidents-cup-teams-breaking-down-how-new-look-united-states-may-power-through-international-side/

The 2022 Presidents Cup has finally returned after a three-year hiatus created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Last seen at Royal Melbourne in Australia during the winter of 2019, a highly-contested bout between an underdog international group and a favored United States squad played out in dramatic fashion.

With the international team taking a two-point edge into Sunday singles, any and all results were still on the table. The U.S. team, led by playing captain Tiger Woods, pulled off the comeback down under, winning the Sunday session to the tune of 8 to 4 and the overall match 16 to 14. Bettering its record to 11-1-1 in the history of the Presidents Cup, it was thought the U.S. had finally been caught in terms of skill, analytical prowess and strategy in this competition. 

Fast forward to the present and not only are new faces present, the aura around the event has changed. The upstart international side is no longer a pesky underdog but rather a team holding on by the threads after LIV Golf poached key cornerstone pieces Abraham Ancer, Louis Oosthuizen, Cameron Smith and Joaquin Niemann. 

In their place is a crop of young, hungry players hoping to prove captain Trevor Immelman correct and the wider golf public wrong. Tasked with defeating a stacked U.S. roster that features last week’s Fortinet Championship winner Max Homa, an array of major champions and a bevy of firepower, the international team is up against it. 

Will the experience of Hideki Matsuyama and Adam Scott lead the international team in this David vs. Goliath matchup? How will young rookies Cameron Young and Sam Burns fare in their first U.S. appearance? Is there anyway this will be a competitive contest? The answers to these questions lie on the shoulders of 24 men and based on their play, the answers may vary.

2022 United States Presidents Cup team

Scottie Scheffler

1

2-0-1

2nd

Patrick Cantlay

4

6-2-1

3rd

T33

Xander Schauffele

5

6-3-0

3rd

T14

Justin Thomas

7

12-4-3

5th

1st

Collin Morikawa

9

3-0-1

2nd

Sam Burns

12

0-0-0

1st

T55

Jordan Spieth

13

16-12-4

8th

T28

Tony Finau

14

3-4-3

4th

T16

Billy Horschel

15

0-0-0

1st

T33

Max Homa

16

0-0-0

1st

1st

Cameron Young

18

0-0-0

1st

Kevin Kisner

25

2-0-2

2nd

T6

After Homa’s win in Napa and Kevin Kisner’s slight rise, all 12 U.S. players find themselves inside the top 25 of the Official World Golf Rankings. Coming in at an average of 11.6, it is a stout front that is sure to give the internationals all they can handle. Despite this depth of talent, it is a relatively young group in terms of experience.

With neither Woods nor Dustin Johnson at the helm, it is Jordan Spieth who has become the headman in the locker room. Taking on this leadership role alongside his good friend Justin Thomas, the two will have combined for 13 U.S. appearances between them all before turning 30. 

This equals the number of appearances of Homa, Kisner, Young, Burns, Billy Horschel, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler and Patrick Cantlay. Thomas should have fond memories of Quail Hollow Club as he notched his first PGA Championship victory here in 2017. Homa collected his first PGA Tour win in Charlotte as well, but outside of them and Kisner, the other nine have yet to collect a top-10 result.

So, while on paper this U.S. team should roll to a convincing victory, there are certainly cracks in its armor that the international could expose. Needing only five new additions since the 2021 Ryder Cup, current form, continuity and home course advantage all lie in the hands of the U.S. but so do heavy expectations.

2022 International Presidents Cup team

Hideki Matsuyama

17

6-7-4

5th

T5

Sungjae Im

19

3-1-1

2nd

T31

Tom Kim

22

0-0-0

1st

Corey Conners

26

0-0-0

1st

T42

Adam Scott

30

16-22-6

10th

3rd

K.H. Lee

43

0-0-0

1st

T58

Mito Pereira

49

0-0-0

1st

MC

Sebastian Munoz

63

0-0-0

1st

T38

Cameron Davis

66

0-0-0

1st

T26

Christiaan Bezuidenhout

67

0-0-0

1st

Si Woo Kim

76

1-2-0

2nd

MC

Taylor Pendrith

109

0-0-0

1st

The turnover from 2019 is glaring as Matsuyama, Scott and Sungjae Im are the only players who competed at Royal Melbourne. Factor in Si Woo Kim’s participation at Liberty National in 2017, and the South Korean rounds out the short list of players who have been members of past international teams.

Scott is set to play in his 10th Presidents Cup as he has been a mainstay in the competition since the early 2000s. Playing his way into the Tour Championship from outside the top 70, the Australian is in fine form and is still in search of his first team victory as his debut came in the 17-17 tie of 2003.

With little team experience under their belts and an average world ranking of 48.9, I wouldn’t say the internationals are completely done for as they faced a similar task in 2019. Half have won on the PGA Tour over the last two seasons with Tom Kim’s victory at the 2022 Wyndham Championship being the most recent. His fellow countryman, Im, ran rapid in the Tour Championship, nearly stole the FedEx Cup from Rory McIlroy and will have to serve as the catalyst if they are to pull off the improbable.

Im, Matsuyama and Scott will most likely play in each session as will Conners despite being a first timer. Captain Immelman will have to rely on what little experience he has and marry it with the scoring abilities of Munoz, Lee, Davis among others. If able to effectively do this, there is a path to victory — albeit a narrow one.



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2022 Presidents Cup teams: Davis Love III announces six captain’s selections for heavily favored U.S. side https://golfingagency.com/2022-presidents-cup-teams-davis-love-iii-announces-six-captains-selections-for-heavily-favored-u-s-side/ https://golfingagency.com/2022-presidents-cup-teams-davis-love-iii-announces-six-captains-selections-for-heavily-favored-u-s-side/#respond Tue, 13 Sep 2022 08:54:26 +0000 https://golfingagency.com/2022-presidents-cup-teams-davis-love-iii-announces-six-captains-selections-for-heavily-favored-u-s-side/

Following its counterpart’s announcement on Tuesday, the United States team revealed its six captain’s selections for the 2022 Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow in two weeks. Captain Davis Love III dealt with twists and turns of his own as presumed pick Will Zalatoris bowed out of consideration following his withdrawal from the 2022 Tour Championship due to two herniated discs in his back.

In his place, Love’s selections of Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa, Max Homa, Billy Horschel, Cameron Young and Kevin Kisner will don the red, white and blue in Charlotte. They join the six automatic qualifiers of Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele, Sam Burns, Scottie Scheffler, Justin Thomas and Tony Finau, and make up the 12 men responsible for defending the dramatic 2019 triumph at Royal Melbourne led by Tiger Woods.

Burns is the lone automatic qualifier who will be making his team-competition debut, but he is joined by a number of rookies among the captain’s selections. While Spieth is set to compete in his fourth Presidents Cup and eighth team event, this marks the first Presidents Cup for four of the selections. Only Kisner has any prior Presidents Cup experience under his belt, while Morikawa was an integral part of the U.S. Ryder Cup team last fall.

Morikawa collected a 3-0-1 record in the 2021 Ryder Cup victory at Whistling Straits and Kisner was a member of the 2017 Presidents Cup team at Liberty National where he garnered a 2-0-2 record. A native of South Carolina and a staple at the WGC Match Play, Kisner was the likely the last man selected and the beneficiary of Zalatoris’ injury.

“There are a lot of great players who excel in match play, but Kisner thrives off of this format and I know he is eager to compete at Quail Hollow,” said Love. “As a South Carolina native and one of the more popular players on Tour, he will bring some vocal fans with him and help to build an atmosphere that our team embraces.”

Homa enjoyed the strongest season of his PGA Tour career in 2021-22. Winning the Fortinet Championship and the Wells Fargo Championship, he was one of nine multiple-time winners on the season and gained strokes in each area of the game for the first time in his career. Known to play his best golf on long, classical golf courses, the return to Quail Hollow — the site of his first career victory in 2019 — should bring a sense of comfort for the rookie.

Horschel brings a fieriness to the U.S. side that is typically reserved for the likes of Thomas. Not receiving a phone call last fall for the Ryder Cup, the former FedEx Cup champion harnessed this disappointment into a victory at the DP World Tour’s flagship event, the 2021 BMW PGA Championship, the following week. A player capable of making putts in bunches and having won at Muirfield Village this past summer, 35-year-old Horschel will be ready for his debut.

As will Young, who appears to be wise beyond his years. Likely to be bestowed the honors of PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, the former Wake Forest Demon Deacon returns to state of North Carolina with plenty of confidence and game. The 25-year-old finished inside the top three on seven different occasions in his first season on the PGA Tour, including his T3 finish at the PGA Championship and runner-up result at The Open.

2022 Presidents Cup teams

Hideki Matsuyama

Patrick Cantlay

Tom Kim

Xander Schauffele

Sungjae Im

Sam Burns

Mito Pereira

Scottie Scheffler

Adam Scott

Justin Thomas

Corey Conners

Tony Finau

Christiaan Bezuidenhout

Jordan Spieth

Taylor Pendrith

Collin Morikawa

Sebastian Munoz

Max Homa

Cam Davis

Billy Horschel

Si Woo Kim

Cameron Young

K.H. Lee

Kevin Kisner

With half the U.S. team boasting zero experience in this particular competition, it will need to lean on their form — of which there is plenty. All but one player — world No. 26 Kisner — find their names inside the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings and are led by world No. 1 Scheffler, who will be making his Presidents Cup debut.

This is a stark contrast to an international team that boasts only two top 20 players in the world and featured zero top 40 players in its captain’s selections. With the recent dismissal of Cameron Smith and Joaquin Niemann from the team, the international side has seen its chances dwindle without sticking a peg into the ground.

Previously listed as -330 favorites at Caesars Sportsbook, the U.S. team can now be found at -500. Having won each edition of the Presidents Cup on home soil, oddsmakers believe this one will be no different.



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