Melbourne primed for more magic

It's only fitting that a city many consider a global sports hub and boasting some of the world's greatest golf courses will host one of the PGA Tour's crown jewels, the Presidents Cup, at Royal Melbourne Golf Club from Dec 9-15.

Melbourne is famed for being sports-crazy, and the magnificent metropolis of close to 5 million residents will be the ideal host when the Tiger Woods-led Team USA goes head-to-head with the International Team captained by South African legend Ernie Els over four days of match play drama and intrigue.

Royal Melbourne will become the only non-US venue to host the Presidents Cup for an unprecedented third time, and Els hopes it will deliver what will be just a second victory for the International Team since the event's inception in 1994.