The US president will become the eighth world leader to have held the position when the event is played in October, following the likes of former Australian prime minister John Howard and former US presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush.
The Presidents Cup is contested between two 12-player teams, with the United States facing a line-up pooled from the rest of the world apart from Europe.
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