Geoff Ogilvy almost led the international team to a victory of decades of drought in the 2026 Presidents’ Cup.
In the end, the US team won 17-13. But if not for a furious American charge in Sunday’s singles, Ogilvy’s captain will be remembered forever in the world.
The fact is the former US Open champion Everything seemed to be going well the first three days of the Presidents’ Cup. Understanding on Sunday, he had the Americans embarrassed, and Brandt Snedekerhis counterpart the captain from the United States, apologizing for mistakes.
Even if Ogilvy’s team didn’t come away with the victory, could it possibly get another shot at bringing the international team its first Presidents Cup win since 1998?
On the latest episode of Subpar GOLFhosts Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz dug into this question. The way they see it, Ogilvy should be given another chance to “come back” as captain of the international team.
Knost and Stoltz noted that the 2028 Presidents’ Cup will be held in Ogilvy’s home country of Australiawhich should give even more reason to make him a repeat captain. Also, the international team’s only win came in Australia, exactly 30 years before the 2028 event.
However, Ogilvy has to deal with the possibility of an Australian partner Adam Scott be appointed captain in 2028.
“Geoff Ogilvy is getting a lot of rave reviews for him being captain. They’re talking a lot about him possibly running back because he’s in Australia. The only problem is Adam Scott is kind of a big deal in Australia,” Knost said in Subpar.
Stoltz was quick to suggest that Scott could be a player on the team again, as he was this year at Medinah.
“Would you expect (Scott) not to be on this team now? He’s gotten faster off the tee,” Stoltz argued.
Knost responded by pointing out the fact that Scott could serve as a player and captain, as Tiger Woods did for the US team in 2019.
“He could have been a game captain. Tiger was a game captain down there,” Knost said.
Despite Scott’s potential candidacy, Knost and Stoltz eventually agreed that Ogilvy would be the best choice as captain.
“(Ogilvy is) so well spoken, the players respect him so much,” Knost said. “He is not playing much now. He is more involved in his design business. He can give this captain everything he wants.”
“I thought going into (the 2026 Presidents Cup), I was like Geoff’s going to do the right things, say the right things, make the right calls, and he did,” Stoltz added. “I got back with him, especially the fact that he’s in Australia.”
The 2028 Presidents Cup officially starts two years from now at the end of 2028 at Kingston Heath Golf Club in Australia.
