“IMG’s extensive experience in operating tournaments around the world, and specifically in Australia, will be a valuable asset to the TOUR as The Presidents Cup returns to Royal Melbourne Golf Club,” said Matt Kamienski, executive director of The Presidents Cup. “The Victorian Government and people of Melbourne hosted a first-class event in 1998 and everyone involved looks forward to another exciting event down under in two years.”

“Australia is one of the strongest golf markets in the world and hosting The Presidents Cup again in 2011 will continue to boost the popularity of the sport there,” said Robbie Henchman, Senior Vice President for IMG, and Director of IMG Golf’s Asia-Pacific region. “IMG is very pleased to be working with the PGA TOUR, and it is an honor to assist in making the return of this world-class event to Australia a huge success.”
 
Royal Melbourne Golf Club previously played host to The Presidents Cup in 1998, and in 2011 will become the first golf course outside the United States to host The Presidents Cup more than once.  The most recent Presidents Cup was held in October 2009 at Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco, California, where the U.S. Team, lead by Fred Couples, defeated Greg Norman’s International Team, 19-1/2 to 14-1/2.

About The Presidents Cup
The Presidents Cup, a team match play competition featuring 24 of the world’s top golfers – 12 from the United States and 12 from around the world, excluding Europe – is held every two years and since 1996 has alternated between United States and international venues. The Presidents Cup was developed to give the world’s best non-European players an opportunity to compete in international team match-play competition. The U.S. Team has won six of the eight previous Presidents Cups, and the only outright win by the International Team came at the 1998 event in Melbourne.

More than $4.2 million was distributed to charitable causes from the 2009 Presidents Cup, a record-tying amount for this prestigious competition and part of the nearly $22 million raised since the inception of the event.  Players are not personally paid for their participation in the event; there is no purse or prize money.  Each competitor, instead, designates charities or golf-related projects of his choice to receive a portion of the funds raised through the staging of each Presidents Cup.
  
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