Geoff Ogilvy has been named as assistant captain for the Presidents Cup International Team.

Nick Price, the International Team Captain, selected Ogilvy who will be joined by Tony Johnstone and Ernie Els, who will also be experiencing assistant captain duties for the first time.

Ogilvy, an eight-time winner on the PGA TOUR, has played in three consecutive International Presidents Cup Teams (2007, 2009, 2011), where he collected a 7-6-1 record. 

"I didn’t make the last two Presidents Cups when Nick was captain, but I talked to him a lot during the whole time and I was pretty impressed with how he managed it," Ogilvy told the PGA TOUR.

"I was very excited when he called me.  It’s been my favorite three weeks of golf ever by a long stretch, the three Presidents Cups I’ve played. It’s not even close for second.  It’s an incredible time and this one, especially, might be the coolest venue for one of these top team events ever."

US Team Captain Steve Stricker appointed Fred Couples, Davis Love III and Tiger Woods as his captain’s assistants.

The 2017 Presidents Cup will be played at Liberty National Golf Club, in Jersey City, New Jersey, 26 September to 1 October 2017.