PRESIDENTS CUP

The 'Presidents Cup' is a series of men's golf matches between a United States team and an International Team representing the rest of the world less Europe, which competes against the U.S. in a similar but considerably older event, the Ryder Cup. The Presidents Cup is held biennially. Initially it was held in even numbered years, with the Ryder Cup being held in odd numbered years. However, the cancellation of the 2001 Ryder Cup due to 9/11 pushed both tournaments back a year, and the Presidents Cup is now held in odd numbered years. It is hosted alternately in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world.
The format of the event is also drawn from the Ryder Cup, consisting of twelve players per side and a non-playing captain, usually a highly respected golf figure. The captains are responsible for pairing the teams in the doubles events, which consist of both alternate shot and best ball formats (sometimes called "foursome" and "four ball" matches) However, unlike the Ryder Cup, all twelve players must play both matches on Friday (six matches per Friday session, unlike the Ryder Cup, with four matches), and only two players will sit out each session of Saturday matches (five matches per Saturday session, compared to four), and each player must play one match on Saturday.
The format of the Presidents Cup is different from that of the Ryder Cup mainly in that it includes six extra matches, which prevents a team from hiding its weaknesses. By having all 24 players on the course for all three days there cannot be a situation such as in the 1999 Ryder Cup when Europe kept three players (Jarmo Sandelin, Jean Van de Velde and Andrew Coltart) on the bench for the sixteen four-ball and better-ball matches on the first two days. This use of twelve players on all three days arguably led to the United States' victory.
The event was created and is organised by the PGA Tour. At the inaugural Presidents Cup former U.S. President Gerald Ford was Honorary Chairman. Subsequent events saw former President George HW Bush, Australian Prime Minister John Howard and then-President Bill Clinton in the chair. [1]
There is no prize money in the Presidents Cup. The net proceeds are distributed to charities nominated by the players, captains, and captains' assistants. The first six Presidents Cups raised over US$13 million for charities around the world. [2]
In 2005, Jack Nicklaus captained the United States team and Gary Player captained the International team.
Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus will be the captains for the third straight time in 2007 at Royal Montreal Golf Club in the Montreal suburb of Île Bizard, September 27 to 30. The teams were announced August 13, one day after completion of the year's final major, the PGA Championship. The 2007 teams are:

United States	International
Tiger Woods	Ernie Els
Jim Furyk	Adam Scott
Phil Mickelson	Vijay Singh
Zach Johnson	Geoff Ogilvy
Charles Howell III	Rory Sabbatini
David Toms	K.J. Choi
Scott Verplank	Retief Goosen
Steve Stricker	Angel Cabrera
Stewart Cink	Trevor Immelman
Woody Austin	Stuart Appleby
Lucas Glover	Mike Weir
Hunter Mahan	Nick O'Hern

An annual Senior Presidents Cup is being planned for United States and European golfers with a minimum age of 50.[3]

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Results

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Results

Year	Venue	Winning Team	Score		Losing Team	Captains
2011	Melbourne, Australia (venue TBD)
2009	Harding Park Golf Club (San Francisco, California)
2007	Royal Montreal Golf Club (Île Bizard, Quebec, Canada)					Jack Nicklaus  Gary Player
2005	Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, Virginia)	United States	18½	15½	International	Jack Nicklaus  Gary Player
2003	Fancourt Hotel and Country Club Estate (George, Western Cape, South Africa)	Tied	17	17	Tied	Jack Nicklaus  Gary Player
2000	Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, Virginia)	United States	21½	10½	International	Ken Venturi  Peter Thomson
1998	Royal Melbourne Golf Club (Melbourne, Australia)	International	20½	11½	United States	Jack Nicklaus  Peter Thomson
1996	Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, Virginia)	United States	16½	15½	International	Arnold Palmer  Peter Thomson
1994	Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, Virginia)	United States	20	12	International	Hale Irwin  David Graham

Note: Until 2003, prior to the start of the final day matches, the captains selected one player to play in a tie-breaker in case there was a tie at the end of the final match. Upon a tie, the captains would reveal the players who would play a sudden-death match to determine the winner. In 2003, however, the tiebreaker match ended after three holes because of darkness, and it was decided that the Cup would be shared by both teams.
To prevent a repeat of this situation a new format was adopted, beginning in 2005: both teams will share the Presidents Cup should there be an overall tie in points awarded, but the singles matches will no longer be halved if tied after 18 holes; extra holes will be played until one player wins a full point outright.

See also

★ List of American Presidents Cup golfers

★ List of International Presidents Cup golfers

External links

★ Official site