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Meet the Bridges Cup teams: Here are the 24 players competing

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The 2024 Bridges Cup begins next week in South Korea.

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With the leaves changing color and football on TV each weekend, the unofficial golf offseason is upon us. But while the likes of Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler might be taking a break, that doesn’t mean there isn’t high-level golf being played — especially in the amateur ranks.

Enter the Bridges Cup. This elite mid-amateur event features some of the best golfers in the world, as 24 players compete in a Ryder Cup-style competition. Established in 2022, this competition features two teams — one representing the U.S., the other representing the rest of the world.

Team USA has won each of the first two playings of the Bridges Cup, but Team International will looks to reverse that trend next week at Haesley Nine Bridges in South Korea.

Scroll below for an overview of the 24 players competing in the event, and for more information, click here.

U.S. Bridges Cup roster

Captain: Jeff Fujimoto / Vice captains: Kevin Turner, Michael Phelps

Scott Anderson

  • 2017 U.S. Mid-Am qualifying medalist
  • 2017 U.S. Mid-Am quarterfinalist
  • 2019 Ohio Amateur runner-up
  • 2023 Ohio Amateur seventh place

Charlie Grace

  • 8AM Golf Head of Business Development
  • Played collegiate golf at Vanderbilt University
  • Grew up playing golf at Isleworth Golf & Country Club in Windermere, Fla.

Drew Kittleson

  • 2008 U.S. Amateur runner-up
  • 2009 Masters and U.S. Open participant
  • 2022 and 2023 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball finalist

Hoyt McGarity

  • Former collegiate golfer at Lynn University
  • 8AM Golf CEO and President

Tug Maude

  • 2021 Pennsylvania Mid-Am champion
  • 2023 Walter J Travis Invitational top 10

Trey Marucci

  • 8AM Golf Chief Strategy Officer
  • Former collegiate golfer at University of Pennsylvania

Andrew Medley

  • 2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball semifinalist
  • 2001 Eastern Amateur winner
  • 2002 Mid-Atlantic Amateur runner-up
  • Played collegiately at the University of Mississippi and University of Arizona

Henry Shimp

  • 2019 NCAA team champion at Stanford University
  • Six-time U.S. Amateur participant
  • 2019 All-American

Drew Stoltz

  • Three-time Whisper Rock club champion
  • 2022 and 2023 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball finalist

Scott Strickland

  • 2024 Crump Cup final 16
  • 2019 U.S. Mid-Amateur match-play qualifier
  • 2019 Michigan Amateur quarterfinalist

Pete Tomasulo

  • Three-time winner on Korn Ferry Tour
  • Qualified for 2008 and 2009 U.S. Open
  • Member of 2003 Palmer Cup

Taylor Wood

  • 2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball semifinalist
  • Two-time All-American at USC

International Bridges Cup roster

Captain: Simon Holt / Vice captain: Joshua Adams

Jacob Austin

  • 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 Sunningdale club champion
  • Peter Millar & G/FORE Marketing Director

Jonathan Bale

  • T3 at 2024 Terra Cotta Invitational
  • T2 at 2023 Terra Cotta Invitational
  • T3 at 2023 Gasparilla Invitational Mid-Am
  • Played collegiate golf at Louisiana Tech

Harry Bolton

  • 2023 U.S. Mid-Am match-play qualifier
  • 2022 Keperra Bowl runner-up

Angus Carrick

  • 2024 British Amateur qualifier
  • Top-20 finish at Scottish Men’s Open Championship

Tom Eteridge

  • R&A Royal Medal holder
  • 2023 Senior Irish Amateur winner

Hugh Foley

  • 2022 U.S. Mid-Am runner-up
  • 2022 North of Ireland champion
  • 2022 South of Ireland champion
  • 2021 West of Ireland champion
  • 2020 Irish Amateur champion

James Gill

  • 2024 Hong Kong Open Amateur & Mid Amateur Championships runner-up
  • 2022 and 2023 JCKSC International Amateur Open Championship winner

Nic Kay

  • 2011 and 2012 New Zealand Open participant
  • 2020 Otago stroke play winner

Colin Loveday

  • 2024 Scottish Amateur participant
  • 2023 St Andrews gold-medal winner

Matt McClean

  • 2023 Walker Cup participant
  • 2022 U.S. Mid-Am winner
  • 2023 Masters and U.S. Open participant
  • 2023 Irish Amateur champion

Lukas Michel

  • 2019 U.S. Mid-Am champion
  • 2020 Masters and U.S. Open participant
  • 2022 Master of the Amateurs champion
  • 2017 and 2022 Port Phillip Amateur champion

Nick Nolte

  • 2022 Dutch Amateur participant
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