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Tiger Woods and Bill Haas were both named on a powerful United States team for this year’s Presidents cup while the Australian pair of Robert Allenby and Aaron Baddeley filled the two International places as the rival captains revealed their wildcard selections.
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The American team’s non-playing captain Fred Couples had already announced he was reserving one of his two spots for Woods while Haas provided a compelling case for his inclusion on the 12-man roster by winning last weekend’s season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta and the $10 million bonus as FedExCup points champion.
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Norman also kept true to his pledge that he wanted two of his countrymen with experience of playing the tricky Royal Melbourne Golf Club layout where the Ryder Cup-style competition will be contested from November 17-20.
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He gave the nod to the two Australians ahead of last year’s Open champion Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa and Fijian former world number one Vijay Singh to bolster a line-up already overflowing with talent.
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The addition of Baddeley and Allenby boosts the Australian contingent on the International squad to five with Jason Day and Adam Scott, the joint runners-up at this year’s Masters, and former US Open champion Geoff Ogilvy having already earned automatic selection.