CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States of America, has accepted an invitation to be Honorary Chairman of the 2022 Presidents Cup when the competition returns to the United States for the 14th staging at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, September 20-25.
“We are thankful for President Biden’s acceptance of our invitation to serve as Honorary Chairman for the 2022 Presidents Cup with the event’s return to the United States,” said PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan. “The Presidents Cup has a long-standing tradition of hosting world leaders, spanning several decades and many countries across all party lines, and the addition of President Biden to that list of men and women will help promote and grow the event worldwide and further our efforts in unifying people through the game of golf.”
President Biden is part of a distinguished group of world leaders who have previously held the position of Honorary Chairman at the Presidents Cup.
2019 – Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Australia
2017 – 45th U.S. President, Donald J. Trump
2015 – President Park Geun-hye, South Korea
2013 – 44th U.S. President, Barack Obama
2011 – Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Australia
2009 – 44th U.S. President Barack Obama
2007 – Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Canada
2005 – 43rd U.S. President, George W. Bush
2003 – President Thabo Mbeki, Republic of South Africa
2000 – 42nd U.S. President, William Jefferson Clinton
1998 – Prime Minister John Howard, Australia
1996 – 41st U.S. President, George H.W. Bush
1994 – 38th U.S. President, Gerald R. Ford
Quail Hollow Club will be the fifth golf course in the United States to host the prestigious competition, joining Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Prince William County, Virginia (1994, 1996, 2000, 2005), TPC Harding Park in San Francisco (2009), Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio (2013) and Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey (2017).
Davis Love III will lead the U.S. Team as captain for the first time in 2022 as it returns to American soil, and Trevor Immelman will lead the International Team in search of their first win since 1998.