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For Weir, Choi and Ogilvy, the Sept. 22-25
Presidents Cup in North Carolina will mark their third stint as
assistants while Villegas will make his first appearance as an
assistant.
Canada's Weir served as assistant to Nick Price in 2017 and
Ernie Els in 2019 and competed in five Presidents Cups where the
former Masters champion went 13-9-2.
Eight-time PGA Tour winner Choi, who first served as a captain's
assistant when the Presidents Cup made its debut in his homeland
of South Korea in 2015, has competed in the event three times
and owns a 6-8 overall record.
Former U.S. Open champion Ogilvy was first selected as an
assistant in 2017 after the Australian had appeared on three
International teams and amassed a 7-6-1 record.
Villegas has made one Presidents Cup appearance, having competed
in the 2009 event at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, and the
four-time PGA Tour winner is the only Colombian player to
compete in the biennial showdown.
"Bringing in Camilo as my fourth assistant captain feels like
the absolute perfect way to round out my selections," Immelman
said in a news release.
"For the International team, developing a well-rounded team is
imperative. When I look at the representation among countries,
languages and cultures, my ultimate goal is to blend them as
cohesively as possible, and Camilo will help us do just that."
The Presidents Cup pits a 12-man team from the United States
against international players from outside Europe. The United
States have dominated the competition winning on 11 of the 13
occasions it has been held, including each of the last eight.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto)
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