Phil Mickelson was the man who had put Steve Stricker in a dilemma to pick him for this year’s Presidents Cup or not. Stricker had even made an announcement stating he needs to see a lot from Mickelson to qualify for the team.

With this Mickelson now has the record of not missing any President’s Cup event since 1994, a five-time major champion and Hall of Famer was picked by Stricker along with Charley Hoffman on a 12 member team. This is the third time that Mickelson has needed a Captains Pick, previous two were in 1994 when he debuted for Team US and 2015. This is his 23rd U.S. Team and 12th for the Presidents Cup.

“Personally, I can say he means a lot,” said Stricker, who has played on several Cup teams with Mickelson. “He’s played 20-some of these cup teams. He struggled a bit toward the end of the year but finally showed his desire to get on the team. He’s been working hard; he said it was a matter of time. And he had a great showing last week.

“I got reports from other players that he was the Phil of old. He played great. Obviously his positive attitude, he brings that to every team he plays on. Guys rally behind him. We’re extremely excited to have Phil and Charley on the team.”

Hoffman is playing his first Presidents Cup, after narrowly missing out on the final qualifying spot to Kevin Chappell on Sunday.

Presidents Cup is scheduled for Sep 28- Oct.1 at Liberty National. While Team USA has lost in this event only once that too in 1994, which was the year the event was launched. International teams Captain Nick Price has picked Emiliano Grillo and Anirban Lahiri, who has had a tremendous year on the PGA Tour this year, finishing T-2nd at the Memorial, and T-17th at the Travelers are just a few of them.

Lahiri who has competed in the last years Presidents Cup where team US grabbed a narrow win by 15 1/2- 14 1/2. The International team has won only once in 1998 and 2003 saw them both sides getting tied with no final result.

This Years Presidents Cup is said to have Tiger Woods in presence assisting Stricker as the Vice- Captain, with the availability of two greats like Mickelson and Woods, this year’s Presidents Cup is surely going to be a huge crowd puller.

Learn more about when Stricker called upon Tiger Woods as his Vice- Captain here.