Defiant Internationals captain Trevor Immelman fired again on Sunday at those that laughed off his Presidents Cup squad after they pushed the closely favoured Americans earlier than shedding for a ninth consecutive time.
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“This team is no joke,” Immelman mentioned.
“And we’ll fight ’til the end every single time.”
The Internationals, whose roster was decimated by the defection of a number of prime stars to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series, which made them ineligible for the Cup, misplaced 17.5-12.5 to the United States at Quail Hollow.
The Americans personal a 12-1-1 edge within the all-time rivalry, having by no means misplaced on residence soil, however Immelman vows his workforce’s day is coming.
“We’re going to win this event,” he mentioned.
“We’re here for the long run in this event. So we’ll keep building. We’ll keep fighting. At some point, we’re going to win.”
The Americans went 6.5-5.5 within the 12 concluding singles matches, however every was tight deep into the again 9 because the youngest-ever international squad examined a mighty US lineup with 10 of the world’s 16 top-ranked golfers.
‘Thought we had a chance’ – Trevor Immelman
“At some point this afternoon, I thought there was still a chance,” Immelman mentioned.
“When you take into account that we have been 8-2 down on Friday night, this workforce is no joke, and I’m sick and bored with it being spoken of as a joke.
“We love this event, we love our team and we cannot wait to run this back and have another shot.”
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British Open winner Cameron Smith of Australia, Chile’s Joaquin Niemann, South African Louis Oosthuizen and Aussie Marc Leishman have been among the many prime gamers who absence weakened the Internationals.
“When I was made captain, there was no such thing as a pandemic,” mentioned Immelman, who then appeared to take a delicate swipe at LIV Golf, including, “There were a few other things that weren’t around as well. And so we’ve had a lot of hurdles to get to this point.”
Immelman targeted on the gamers he had, nonetheless, and the end result was a bonding expertise for younger expertise that would kind a workforce core for years to return.
“All of us experienced something we haven’t quite experienced at this point unless we’ve been in contention in a major,” Australian Cam Davis mentioned.
“This is only a large stepping stone in studying about your self.
“This was awesome. We all want to be a part of this in the future because this was probably one of the most enjoyable experiences of our lives. It has been unreal.”
“All of us are so much closer, so much better friends after this week. Most of us have learned a lot this week,” mentioned South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout.
“Amazing experience.”
Australian Adam Scott, the 2013 Masters champion, made his tenth begin and nonetheless hasn’t received the Cup. But the 42-year-old feels one thing constructing.
‘A cup is coming our way’
“It still hurts not to win,” he mentioned.
“The huge distinction I felt the final couple years is what’s occurring in our workforce room… good issues are actually beginning to occur in that surroundings.
“Once a few of these gamers begin taking part in on a couple of extra groups, that bond types over years, I feel we’re not going to go away right here disenchanted.
“A Cup is coming our way soon.”
The Internationals are constructing a behind-the-scenes mind belief core of captains the way in which the Americans did after a Ryder Cup loss at Gleneagles in 2014.
“We have a system that we like and a plan and a strategy,” Trevor Immelman mentioned.
“This was an essential week for us simply to only lay a pair extra bricks on this home we’re attempting to construct.
“The bonds we formed this week were so good. These friendships are forever.”
Immelman referred to as his workforce “warriors” and spoke of his satisfaction in them, saying they achieved nearly each objective he had for the group.
“We checked off all of them except leaving here with the trophy,” he mentioned.
By Garrin Lambley © Agence France-Presse