South Africa has gone through a number of Ministers of Sport over the years. It is surely one of the coolest portfolios to hold in government. You get to travel the world, pick up VIP tickets to events which are out of reach of 'ordinary' people, and in this day and age, pose for selfies with global superstars.

It's also a ministry that only around half of the world's governments have an office – 104 nations at last count. So, it's a plum job. Gayton McKenzie is the ninth Minister of Sport that South Africa has had and he's as passionate about sport as any who have held that office.

He quite recently picked up a golf club for the first time and by all accounts is a convert. The staging of LIV Golf in March showed him that golf is a spectator sport as well, and with a history of producing great sportsmen and women. And, in a country with the climate, golf courses and pathways to produce champions, it's a sport that competes strongly for that 'No4' slot in a land where the 'Big 3' (soccer, rugby and cricket) dominate.

Minister McKenzie always puts forward South Africa as a sports-hosting nation, and apart from vowing to bring the likes of F1 and UFC to these shores, at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in July he was promising to have South Africa stage those Games in 2034 and the 2036 Olympics and Paralympics. Those won't happen, but he does put it out there.

More realistically, I'd love to see the Presidents Cup return to South Africa. Similarly, the Rugby World Cup – it's unfathomable how that event has only been staged once here, and so spectacularly so in 1995.

The mere name – The Presidents Cup – even has the title where sport meets politics. In 2003, the first and only time in 16 stagings it came to South Africa, it was overseen by President Thabo Mbeki at Fancourt and famously ended in the dark when Ernie Els and Tiger Woods were called off after three extra playoff holes. In 16 editions, the Internationals have won once and tied once – the latter being in South Africa.

This year's edition went the way of the USA for an 11th straight time, after a rousing Sunday singles comeback finished off all hopes of The Internationals (players from outside the USA and not eligible for the Ryder Cup) winning for a second time ever. They lost the singles in a 9.5-2.5 meltdown, watched and roused on by USA president Donald Trump.

South Africa has, over a long period of time, shown itself as a perfect host. The first Fifa World Cup staged in Africa was one of the best ever and along with cricket and netball World Cups, Afcon, the IPL and the World Cup of Golf we've always dazzled. The Cape Town Marathon now has major city status and the Nedbank Golf Challenge is restored as 'Africa's Major'.

Australia, who will host the Presidents Cup in 2028, have already staged the Presidents Cup three times previously, while Canada have held it twice and South Korea once. South Africa's history of men's Major success places it fourth behind the USA, Scotland and England. In fact, of all those countries eligible for Presidents Cup selection (apart from the USA), South African golfers have won 22 Majors, Australia 18 and then Zimbabwe, Fiji, Argentina and New Zealand with three. It's our time.

The crowds would also ensure the Americans know they're in South Africa and would be the 13th man on the course, the extra club in the bag. And, seeing how they succumbed, again, at Medinah on the Sunday, the Internationals need as much help as they can get to turn the tide.