The President's Cup come into Asia for the first time in its two-decade long history dating back to the inaugural edition in 1994, but Nick Price, captain of the International Team, is already talking about having it in India in the near future.
Zimbabwean legend Price, 58, who held the world's No. 1 spot in the mid-1990s and won three Majors, knows a few things about President's Cup. He played in the first five editions from 1994 to 2003 and was the captain last time in 2013 and now he leads the team again.
He said, "I think it's a huge bonus or however you want to put it for us to have an Indian for the first time on our team. We know how big golf has become in India, and all of us hope that maybe one day The Presidents Cup will go to India. I mean, you guys have produced some really good golfers over the last ten or 12 years, and I think that it's just great that Anirban (Lahiri) is on there."
Lahiri, who makes his Presidents Cup debut this week, has said that it was a conversation with Price that got him to add President's Cup to his list of goals and 'must-do' events in his career.
Today, Price added, "We met in Fiji last year, and I went up to him, because he had been progressing up on the rankings in our team. He expressed to me he really wanted to play on The Presidents Cup, and that made me feel very proud. You want guys out here who are going to play. You want guys -- and so he's really looked forward to that."
Lahiri's sense of humour in the dressing room has also won him a lot of friends and fans in the team, Price revealed.
"He brings a great sense of humour to the team. A lot of guys didn't realise how funny he is but he has a really good sense of humour and he's just so keen to get out there and play. We're very happy he's on the team."
Lahiri's obvious love for team events endeared him to Price and Lahiri, helped his own cause with superlative showing in 2015, which included two wins in joint-sanctioned events Malaysian Open and Hero Indian Open.
