By Kang Seung-woo
Staff Reporter
Choi Kyoung-ju will show off his ``tank'' shot to Canadian golf fans at the Presidents Cup in Montreal.
The 37-year-old Korean, who is having a career-year with two victories and ranks fifth in money leaders this season, was selected Monday as one of 12 members for the international team which will face the Tiger Woods-led United States team at the Royal Montreal Golf Club from September 27 to 30.
The Presidents Cup is one of three prestigious team events along with the Ryder Cup and World Golf Championships (WGC).
The event was founded in 1994 and the biennial competition features matches between a U.S. team and an International Team representing the rest of the world except for Europe, which squares off against the U.S. at the Ryder Cup.
Presidents Cup participants can have automatic entry into a few of the WGC series including CA Championship and Bridgestone Invitational.
The U.S. contingent is determined by their earnings while the international squad is selected by their world golf rankings.
Choi was ranked fifth among 12 players with an average 5.09 points. He followed Ernie Els of South Africa, Adam Scott of Australia, Vijay Singh of Fiji and other Australian Geoff Ogilvy.
The other five slots went to South Africa's Rory Sabbatini, Retief Goosen and Trevor Immelman, Angel Cabrera of Argentina, and Nick O'Hern of Australia and Mike Weir of Canada were selected as Captains.
The U.S. team is made up of Tiger Woods, Jim Furyk, Phil Mickelson, Zach Johnson, Charles Howell III, Scott Verplank, David Toms, Steve Stricker, Stewart Cink, Woody Austin, Lucas Glover and Hunter Mahan.
Glover and Mahan are the wild cards selected by U.S. captain ``Golden Bear'' Jack Nicklaus.
This year's Presidents Cup is the second for six-time winner Choi, who made his tour debut in 2000.
Choi who is from Wando, South Jeolla Province competed in the 2003 contest for the first time as a Korean.
Two years later, he was opimistic for his second straight appearance as a wild card after being ranked 13th but captain Gary Player of South Africa selected his two compatriots.
Meanwhile, 12th-ranked Choi, who tied for 12th at the PGA Championships, will seek his third win at the $5-million Wyndham Championship in North Carolina.
He is favored in this week's tour because top-rankers will not play following the Bridgestone Invitational and the PGA Championships.
There is no one who is ranked higher than Choi at the event.
Besides, he has finished the event inside the top-seven on four occasions including a win in 2005.
If Choi, whose earnings this year total $3,673,659, wins at the Forest Oaks in Greensboro, his prize money will exceed $4 million for the first time in his career.