Price weighing picks for Presidents Cup

In just over a week, International captain Nick Price will announce his two captain's picks for the biennial Presidents Cup and he is not yet sure whether experience or current form will ultimately tip the balance.

The top 10 players in the Cup points standings after this week's Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Massachusetts, will automatically secure places and Zimbabwean Price will then round out his 12-man team with his selections next Wednesday.

As things stand, Australians Adam Scott and Jason Day, South Africans Charl Schwartzel, Ernie Els, Louis Oosthuizen, Branden Grace and Richard Sterne, and Japan's Hideki Matsuyama have all but locked up their spots to take on the United States.

Argentina's Angel Cabrera and Canadian Graham DeLaet occupy the ninth and 10th positions and will need to stay there if they are to avoid having to rely on Price's pick to make the team for the October 3-6 competition at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.

Next in line for possible selection are South African Tim Clark (11th), Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee (12th), Australian Marc Leishman (13th) and South African George Coetzee (14th) and Price will have to mull over their respective credentials, among others, before he announces his decisions next week.

"There are so many things to think about," three-times major winner Price wrote in his official captain's blog.

"My co-captains Tony [Johnstone], Mark [McNulty] and Shigeki [Maruyama] and I will weigh up how much experience we have on the team when the points are finalised, and if we are short on experience, we might include a player with more experience.