The Americans’ playing captain this time around, he teamed with Justin Thomas to win two matches in the first two days. Woods, 43, is only the second playing captain in the event’s 25-year history, and he recently became the second player to amass 82 PGA tour victories. In joint news conferences leading to the weekend, Els and Woods fielded 62 questions, with 39 of them directed at Woods. On Friday, when eight of the 12 questions went to Woods, Els at one point idly picked up his phone and started scrolling through it. Els is one of the more genial players in professional golf, and in the year-and-a-half leading up to the competition, his sociability has rubbed off on his players.

Source: International New York Times December 14, 2019 03:00 UTC