Bill Haas got another big payoff Tuesday when he was picked for the U.S. team at the Presidents Cup.
Fred Couples said more than a month ago he would use one of his captain's picks on Tiger Woods. He added Haas, who on Sunday won the Tour Championship to capture the FedEx Cup.
International captain Greg Norman selected two Australians - Robert Allenby and Aaron Baddeley, who tied for third at the Tour Championship. Norman referred to Allenby as an ''automatic pick'' because of his record in Australia.
Baddeley played his way into Norman's plans with an impressive display at last weekend's Tour Championship in Atlanta, where he finished just a shot out of a playoff with Haas and Hunter Mahan.
Woods returns to action for the first time since the PGA Championship at the Frys.com Open Oct. 6-9, before heading to The Lakes in Sydney for the Australian Open a week before the Presidents Cup.
The Presidents Cup will be played Nov. 17-20 at Royal Melbourne.
Presidents Cup teams:
UNITED STATES:
Captain: Fred Couples
Matt Kuchar
Steve Stricker
Dustin Johnson
Phil Mickelson
Nick Watney
Webb Simpson
Bubba Watson
Hunter Mahan
Jim Furyk
David Toms
x-Tiger Woods
x-Bill Haas
INTERNATIONAL:
Captain: Greg Norman
Jason Day, Australia
Adam Scott, Australia
Charl Schwartzel,South Africa
K.J. Choi, South Korea
K.T. Kim, South Korea
Retief Goosen, South Africa
Geoff Ogilvy, Austrlalia
Ernie Els, South Africa
Y.E. Yang, South Korea
Ryo Ishikawa, Japan
x-Robert Allenby, Australia
x-Aaron Baddeley, Australia
x-Captain's pick
Sky Sports contributed to this report.
