The Presidents Cup teams are officially locked in. Both captains, Brandt Snedeker for the U.S. and Geoff Ogilvy for the International squad, made their six captain’s picks on Tuesday to round out their 12-man rosters, and now we know exactly who’s heading to Medinah Country Club outside Chicago for the matches, running September 24-27. Let’s get into the full teams, the standouts, the snubs, and the one pick that’s easily the most interesting story of the day.

The Full U.S. Team

The six automatic qualifiers were locked in off the back of the FedEx Cup standings: Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns, Russell Henley and Collin Morikawa. Scheffler leads that group in about as good a way as possible, coming off a Tour Championship win where he also passed Tiger Woods on the Tour’s all-time money list. Not a bad way to punch your ticket.

Snedeker then filled out the roster with Chris Gotterup, Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay, Jacob Bridgeman and Jackson Koivun as his six captain’s picks. Schauffele and Thomas both bring serious team-event pedigree, and Gotterup’s emergence this year made him close to a lock regardless of who else was in the picture.

The Full International Team

On the other side, Si Woo Kim topped the automatic qualifiers and will be making his fourth Presidents Cup appearance. He’s joined by British Open champion Ryan Fox, Hideki Matsuyama, Min Woo Lee, Tom Kim and Adam Scott, who qualified automatically and will be playing in his 12th Presidents Cup, tying Phil Mickelson for the most appearances in the event’s history.

Ogilvy rounded out his roster with Corey Conners, Nico Echavarria, Nick Taylor, Sungjae Im, Ryo Hisatsune and Christiaan Bezuidenhout. It’s a group that’s a little light on marquee names compared to the Americans, but Conners, Im and Bezuidenhout all have real experience on this stage already.

The Standouts and Surprises

The biggest surprise pick on the American side, without question, is Jackson Koivun, and we’ll get to him in a second because he deserves his own section. Beyond that, the omissions ended up being just as interesting as the selections. Ben Griffin was the highest-ranked player left off the U.S. team, sitting at No. 23 in the world after spending most of the season inside the top six automatic qualifying spots before getting bumped out in the final playoff event. Ryan Gerard, who finished solo third at the Tour Championship, also didn’t make the cut, which is a tough one to swallow after a run like that down the stretch.

On the International side, the headline exclusion is Jason Day. He was the highest-ranked International player left off the roster, and his absence lines up with reports that he’s still dealing with a lingering back injury that also kept him out of the FedEx Cup Playoffs.

Jackson Koivun Makes History

This is the story of the day. Snedeker used his final captain’s pick on Jackson Koivun, a 21-year-old PGA Tour rookie who turned pro just months ago after an incredible college career at Auburn. Koivun broke through with a win at the 3M Open in just his third career start, a performance where he beat Scottie Scheffler down the stretch and set a new tournament scoring record along the way. That’s basically the entire case for his selection right there.

What makes this pick historically significant is just how rare it is for someone this young to make a Presidents Cup team at all. Across the event’s entire history, only a small handful of players have ever competed before turning 22, and almost all of them have been International players. On the American side, the only player younger than Koivun to ever play in a Presidents Cup is Jordan Spieth, who was 20 years old when he made his debut in 2013. Koivun, at 21, will be the second-youngest American to ever suit up in this event, and he’s doing it as a rookie who’s barely had time to unpack his PGA Tour card. Scheffler himself has already praised Koivun’s mental toughness, and it’s easy to see why Snedeker was willing to take the gamble.

What’s at Stake

The Americans have won the last 10 Presidents Cups in a row and are heavily favored to make it 11 straight at Medinah. Ogilvy’s group is going to have to find a way to slow down a U.S. team that’s absolutely loaded at the top with Scheffler, Schauffele, Thomas and Clark, while hoping guys like Si Woo Kim, Ryan Fox and Sungjae Im can steal some points along the way. It’s a tall order on paper, but that’s exactly why they play the matches.

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