Joaquin Niemann and Mito Pereira from Chile are joined by Sebastian Munoz from Columbia and also the young Spanish rising star David Puig for 2023's LIV golf competition. While it is clearly not a 'South American' team 'Torque GC' will certainly have a unique flavor.
The Players Championship is an annual PGA golf tournament. It is owned by the PGA tour. The field almost always includes the current top 50 golfers in the world rankings.
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.
The PGA of America (USPGA) was founded in 1916 to support individuals making their living as professional golfers and to advance the sport of professional golf. In 1968 some members of the PGA of America decided they wanted things to be different and broke away to form the PGA Tour.
Dave Stockton has won two major championships, the 1970 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma and the 1976 PGA Championship at Congressional Country Club (Blue Course) in Bethesda, Maryland.
The PGA European Tour is a golfer-controlled organisation whose main purpose is to maximise the income of professional golfers. The PGA European Tour is a Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG) which is run by professional staff. The PGA European Tour is controlled by its playing members via a board of directors of 12 elected past and present tour players and a tournament committee of 14 current players.
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