1996 Presidents Cup
Appearance
Dates | September 13–15, 1996 | ||||
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Venue | Robert Trent Jones Golf Club | ||||
Location | Gainesville, Virginia,U.S. | ||||
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United Stateswins thePresidents Cup | |||||
The2ndPresidents Cupwas held between September 13 and 15, 1996. It was played at theRobert Trent Jones Golf ClubinGainesville, Virginia,USA. The United States team won the competition by a margin of 161⁄2–151⁄2,the narrowest margin of victory (later tied by the2015 Presidents Cup's 151⁄2–141⁄2) in Presidents Cup history. The honorary chairman was former President of the United StatesGeorge H. W. Bush.
Format
[edit]Both teams had 12 players plus a non-playing captain. On the first and second day four-ball was played in the morning and foursomes were played in the afternoon. On the third day only singles were played.
Teams
[edit]United States team | |||||||
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Player | Age | Points rank |
OWGR | Previous appearances |
Matches | W–L–H | Winning percentage |
Arnold Palmer | 67 | Non-playing captain | |||||
Phil Mickelson | 26 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2–1–2 | 60.00 |
Mark O'Meara | 39 | 2 | 10 | 0 | Rookie | ||
Tom Lehman | 37 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2–2–1 | 50.00 |
Mark Brooks | 35 | 4 | 23 | 0 | Rookie | ||
Davis Love III | 32 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 4–0–1 | 90.00 |
Corey Pavin | 36 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2–2–1 | 50.00 |
Scott Hoch | 40 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 2–1–1 | 62.50 |
Steve Stricker | 29 | 8 | 19 | 0 | Rookie | ||
Fred Couples | 36 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3–0–0 | 100.00 |
Justin Leonard | 24 | 10 | 28 | 0 | Rookie | ||
David Duval | 24 | 11 | 17 | 0 | Rookie | ||
Kenny Perry | 36 | 12 | 26 | 0 | Rookie |
International team | ||||||||
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Player | Country | Age | Points rank |
OWGR | Previous appearances |
Matches | W–L–H | Winning percentage |
Peter Thomson | Australia | 67 | Non-playing captain | |||||
Ian Baker-Finch | Australia | 35 | Non-playing assistant captain | |||||
Greg Norman | Australia | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Rookie | ||
Ernie Els | South Africa | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | Rookie | ||
Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki | Japan | 49 | 3 | 6 | 0 | Rookie | ||
Nick Price | Zimbabwe | 39 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0–2–2 | 25.00 |
Steve Elkington | Australia | 33 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2–2–1 | 50.00 |
Vijay Singh | Fiji | 33 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 3–1–1 | 70.00 |
Frank Nobilo | New Zealand | 36 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 1–3–1 | 30.00 |
Mark McNulty | Zimbabwe | 42 | 8 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 1–2–1 | 37.50 |
Craig Parry | Australia | 30 | 9 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 2–3–0 | 40.00 |
David Frost | South Africa | 37 | 10 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 1–2–1 | 37.50 |
Robert Allenby | Australia | 25 | 11 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 1–4–0 | 20.00 |
Peter Senior | Australia | 37 | 13 | 61 | 1 | 3 | 2–1–0 | 66.67 |
- OWGRas of September 8, 1996, the last ranking before the Cup
Friday's matches
[edit]Morning four-ball
[edit]International | Results | United States |
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Norman/Allenby | 2 & 1 | Couples/Love |
Els/McNulty | 2 up | Hoch/Brooks |
Singh/Ozaki | 2 & 1 | Mickelson/Pavin |
Elkington/Nobilo | 3 & 2 | O'Meara/Duval |
Price/Senior | 4 & 2 | Lehman/Stricker |
1 | Four-Ball | 4 |
1 | Overall | 4 |
Afternoon foursomes
[edit]International | Results | United States |
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Price/Frost | 3 & 2 | Perry/Leonard |
Nobilo/Parry | 2 & 1 | O'Meara/Duval |
Elkington/Singh | 2 up | Lehman/Stricker |
Els/McNulty | halved | Mickelson/Pavin |
Norman/Allenby | 1 up | Couples/Love |
11⁄2 | Foursomes | 31⁄2 |
21⁄2 | Overall | 71⁄2 |
Saturday's matches
[edit]Morning four-ball
[edit]International | Results | United States |
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Price/Elkington | 2 up | Leonard/Lehman |
Norman/Allenby | 1 up | Stricker/Pavin |
Parry/Nobilo | 2 & 1 | Perry/Hoch |
Ozaki/Singh | 2 & 1 | Love/Couples |
Els/McNulty | 4 & 3 | O'Meara/Duval |
3 | Four-Ball | 2 |
51⁄2 | Overall | 91⁄2 |
Afternoon foursomes
[edit]International | Results | United States |
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Senior/Frost | 3 & 2 | Pavin/Mickelson |
Nobilo/Allenby | 3 & 2 | Love/Brooks |
Price/McNulty | 3 & 1 | Perry/Leonard |
Norman/Els | 1 up | Lehman/Stricker |
Elkington/Singh | 1 up | O'Meara/Hoch |
4 | Foursomes | 1 |
91⁄2 | Overall | 101⁄2 |
Sunday's matches
[edit]Singles
[edit]International | Results | United States |
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Parry | 5 & 4 | Brooks |
Senior | 3 & 2 | Duval |
Price | 1 up | O'Meara |
Frost | 7 & 6 | Perry |
Allenby | 6 & 5 | Stricker |
McNulty | 1 up | Hoch |
Ozaki | 5 & 4 | Love |
Elkington | 1 up | Leonard |
Els | 3 & 2 | Mickelson |
Norman | 3 & 1 | Pavin |
Nobilo | 3 & 2 | Lehman |
Singh | 2 & 1 | Couples |
6 | Singles | 6 |
151⁄2 | Overall | 161⁄2 |
Individual player records
[edit]Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.
United States
[edit]Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
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Mark Brooks | 0 | 0–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 |
Fred Couples | 3 | 3–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
David Duval | 4 | 4–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 |
Scott Hoch | 3 | 3–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
Tom Lehman | 1 | 1–4–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–1–0 |
Justin Leonard | 1 | 1–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–1–0 |
Davis Love III | 3 | 3–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–1–0 |
Phil Mickelson | 1.5 | 1–2–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–1 | 1–0–0 |
Mark O'Meara | 5 | 5–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 2–0–0 |
Corey Pavin | 1.5 | 1–3–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–1 | 1–1–0 |
Kenny Perry | 2 | 2–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–0–0 |
Steve Stricker | 2 | 2–3–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–1–0 |
International
[edit]Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
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Robert Allenby | 2 | 2–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–1–0 |
Steve Elkington | 3 | 3–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–1–0 |
Ernie Els | 3.5 | 3–1–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–1 | 1–1–0 |
David Frost | 2 | 2–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–0–0 |
Mark McNulty | 2.5 | 2–2–1 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–1 | 1–1–0 |
Frank Nobilo | 2 | 2–3–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–2–0 |
Greg Norman | 3 | 3–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–1–0 |
Masashi Ozaki | 1 | 1–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
Craig Parry | 1 | 1–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 |
Nick Price | 2 | 2–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–1–0 |
Peter Senior | 1 | 1–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 |
Vijay Singh | 2 | 2–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–1–0 |