The official longest drive in PGA Tour history has been achieved by Davis Love III. He hit a 476 yards (435 metres) drive on the 18th hole at the Kapalua's Plantation Course at the 2004 Mercedes Championship.
The Presidents Cup is a competition of men's golf matches between a team representing the United States and an International Team representing the Rest of the World excluding Europe.
Kurt Kitayama has not yet played in a Ryder Cup. While his recent stroke play performances have been strong he has no significant match play experience as a professional.
The European team for the 2023 Ryder Cup was Tommy Fleetwood, Sepp Straka, Justin Rose, Shane Lowry, Nicolai Højgaard, Ludvig Åberg, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Matt Fitzpatrick, Viktor Hovland, Tyrrell Hatton and Robert MacIntyre.
The USA has won 27 of 43 events with 2 ties. The Great Britain and Ireland team won just 3 of 22 matches (and 1 tie) up to 1977 after which continental Europe joined in. From 1979 onwards the European team has won 11 of 21 matches with 1 tie.
While there is no official Spanish LIV team if there was a 'Spanish' team we would look to the team captained by Sergio Garcia and including Spaniard Eugenio Chacarra along with Mexican golfers Abe Ancer and Carlos Ortiz.
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