Incheon, Korea: For Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee, it will be ‘all-for-one and one-for-all’ when the International Team begins its quest to win the Presidents Cup which begins with the Foursome session on Thursday.

Thongchai will partner Anirban Lahiri of India for the third Foursome match against Americans Jimmy Walker and Rickie Fowler at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club tomorrow and utmost of his mind is to simply put up a point for the Internationals.

“We play as a team, not play for yourself,” said Thongchai, who at 45 years old is one of five rookies on the International Team.

“You play for the team. It's good team work for this team. We have a strong captain (Nick Price). We are really strong. Everyone wants to win the Presidents Cup. Only one time the International has won. This time I think we're strong.”

While calling Thongchai a rookie might sound odd as he is one of the most successful Asian Tour golfers in history with an unprecedented three Order of Merit crowns, 13 titles in Asia and three wins on European soil, the Thai veteran said it was an honour to be the first player from the Kingdom to feature in the biennial team competition.

“I feel very good. You know the President cup is a dream for me. We tried for so many years to get on the team. But this year is a good time for me. I won in Germany two weeks ago, and then come to the Presidents Cup. I have a lot of confidence.”

The Thai legend hopes to maintain his relatively decent match play record. He was quarterfinalist at the WGC-Cadillac Match Play in 2010, runner-up in the World Match Play in 2013 and captained Asia to a thrilling come-from-behind 10-10 draw with Europe at the inaugural EurAsia Cup in Malaysia last season where he defeated Graeme McDowell in the singles.

“I think the EurAsia Cup has made me confident and more experience (in match play),” he said.

“I think the most important thing for me and Anirban is to relax, enjoy your game, enjoy your shot, enjoy everything. You have to be enjoying yourself, that's most important. No pressure.

“For me and Anirban, we play so many times together and he knows me, I know him. That's a good thing. I think tomorrow is going to be a good chance to win the point.”

Lahiri, the first Indian to feature in the Presidents Cup, also believes the experience from the EurAsia Cup where he contributed two out of three points will serve him and Thongchai well.

“ It was a very important event for me to play the EurAsia Cup to get that experience, to also experience the highs and lows because in match play it's all about momentum. You can lose momentum, and unless you wrangle it back, the match can slip away. The opposite is true if you're ahead. You want to just make sure you keep your foot on the pedal,” said the current Asian Tour Order of Merit leader.

“I absolutely love it (match play). I've always played a lot of team sports as a kid, and I got along with pretty much everyone, and all of us, we already feel like a family. We're all calling each other names and pulling each other's legs. We're all supporting each other 100% through everything. So that's what you need this week. I think we're in a position where we're all just waiting for the gun to go off and tee it off tomorrow.”

Thursday’s Foursome Draw (International Team first)

11:05 am: Adam Scott/Hideki Matsuyama vs Bubba Watson/J.B. Holmes
11:18 am: Louis Oosthuizen/Branden Grace vs Matt Kuchar/Patrick Reed
11:31 am: Anirban Lahiri/Thongchai Jaidee vs Rickie Fowler/Jimmy Walker
11:44 am: Jason Day/Steven Bowditch vs Phil Mickelson/Zach Johnson
11:57 am: Danny Lee/Marc Leishman vs Jordan Spieth/Dustin Johnson