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Jordan - handed Presidents Cup role. United States Presidents Cup captain Fred Couples has handed an official job on his team to basketball legend Michael Jordan for next year's match against the International team, writes Simon Lewis of PA Sport. Jordan has been a regular spectator at both Ryder and Presidents Cups over the past decade and was inside the ropes at Valhalla last month when Paul Azinger's American team regained the Samuel Ryder Trophy with a 16½ -11½ victory over Europe. After recently naming Jay Haas as his assistant, Couples told a captains' press conference at the hosting Harding Park in San Francisco on Wednesday that he was formalising Jordan's role within the US set-up. "Michael Jordan is an assistant assistant," Couples said. "He's been at every Presidents Cup, Ryder Cup that I've played in, he's... [read full story]
