“We can’t just show up and say, ‘We’re here.'"

Tim Finchem's penciling in South America and China for future Presidents Cup venues, reports Doug Ferguson.

PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said the tour has agreed to look into the possibility of staging the Presidents Cup in China in 2019, which he said might be enough time for China to set a goal of having a player capable of competing in the matches, or worthy enough to be a captain’s pick.

They've agreed to look into it? What, the guards at the airport wouldn't stamp their passport until they said yes to a possible Presidents Cup because they were still reveling in the excitement of the '09 matches?\

Finchem is intrigued by the idea that the Presidents Cup head to South America in 2015, one year before golf returns to the Olympic program in Brazil. Golf is only guaranteed the 2016 and 2020 Olympics before another vote of confirmation. It is important that golf put on a good show in Rio.

“We can’t just show up and say, ‘We’re here,’ ” Finchem said.

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What the heck - 2015 is plenty of time for the South American officials to beef up security so the players don't get robbed the way the Champions Tour players were in Mexico a few years back.

If Tiger is still playing Presidents Cup matches in 2019, the Chinese people will show up to watch. Finchem has already made it clear that he is willing to bend over for China.