[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 127 (Tuesday, September 24, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S6883]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  RECOGNIZING THE 10TH PRESIDENTS CUP

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, today I wish to recognize the city of 
Dublin, OH, and Muirfield Village Golf Club as hosts of the 10th 
Presidents Cup from October 1 to 6, 2013. The Presidents Cup was first 
played in 1994 and is a biennial event played in non-Ryder Cup years. 
Similar to the Ryder Cup, the Presidents Cup gives the world's best 
non-European players an opportunity to compete against the United 
States in an international team match-play competition featuring two 
teams of twelve golfers.
  In total, more than $27 million has been distributed to at least 425 
charities in 16 countries since the inception of the Presidents Cup in 
1994, including a record-setting $4.5 million from the 2011 event 
alone. These funds are distributed to charitable causes around the 
world as chosen by the 30 players, captains, and captain assistants.
  Muirfield Village will become the third golf course in the United 
States to host the Presidents Cup and will be the only golf course in 
the world to have hosted the Presidents Cup, the Ryder Cup, the Solheim 
Cup, and an annual PGA tour event, the Memorial Tournament. Muirfield 
Village is a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course in Dublin, OH, that was 
established in 1974. Jack Nicklaus, four-time U.S. Presidents Cup 
captain, will serve as the tournament host this year.
  I had the opportunity to visit Muirfield Village in early June at the 
Memorial Tournament and saw firsthand how special this golf course is 
and how great a venue it will be to host the Presidents Cup. The 
Presidents Cup will bring nearly 150,000 spectators and an expected $22 
million in revenue to the Columbus region. Today, I congratulate 
everyone involved in bringing the Presidents Cup to Ohio.

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