1996 Presidents Cup
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16½ United States – 15½ International
The 2nd Presidents Cup
Matches were held in 1996 between September 13 and September 15. They were played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia
, USA. The United States team won the competition by a margin of 16½–15½. The honorary chairmen was former President of the United States George H.W. Bush.
Peter Thomson Robert Allenby
Steve Elkington
Ernie Els
David Frost
Mark McNulty
Frank Nobilo
Greg Norman
Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki Craig Parry
Nick Price
Peter Senior
Vijay Singh
Captain: Arnold Palmer
The 2nd Presidents Cup
Presidents Cup
The Presidents Cup is a series of men's golf matches between a team representing the United States and an International Team representing the rest of the world less Europe. Europe competes against the U.S. in a similar but considerably older event, the Ryder Cup. The Presidents Cup is held biennially...
Matches were held in 1996 between September 13 and September 15. They were played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia
Gainesville, Virginia
-Demographics:Gainesville is currently the third-largest CDP in Prince William County. As of the census estimate of 2009, there were 28,662 people, 10,300 households, and 8,604 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,150.2 people per square mile . There were 10,300 housing units...
, USA. The United States team won the competition by a margin of 16½–15½. The honorary chairmen was former President of the United States George H.W. Bush.
Format
Both teams had 12 players plus a non-playing captain. This changed from 1994 when the United States had 11 players plus a 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.Team International
Captain: Peter Thomson Robert AllenbyRobert Allenby
Robert Allenby is an Australian professional golfer.Allenby was born in Melbourne, Australia. His father was from Leeds, England and emigrated to Australia as a young man.-Professional career:...
Steve Elkington
Steve Elkington
Stephen John Elkington is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He spent over 50 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 1995 to 1998.-Early years and education:...
Ernie Els
Ernie Els
Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els is a South African professional golfer, who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing...
David Frost
David Frost (golfer)
David Laurence Frost is a South African professional golfer who has more than twenty professional tournament wins to his name, spread across four continents....
Mark McNulty
Mark McNulty
Mark William McNulty is an Irish/Zimbabwean professional golfer currently playing on the Champions Tour. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid 1980s to the mid 1990s, and cracked the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for 83 weeks from 1987 to 1992.McNulty...
Frank Nobilo
Frank Nobilo
Frank Ivan Joseph Nobilo, CNZM is a professional golfer from New Zealand.Nobilo had a successful playing career, winning 15 pro tournaments around the world...
Greg Norman
Greg Norman
Gregory John Norman AO is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's Number 1 ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s...
Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki Craig Parry
Craig Parry
Craig David Parry is an Australian professional golfer. He has been one of Australia's premier golfers since turning professional in 1985, and has 23 career victories, two of those wins being events on the PGA Tour; the 2002 WGC-NEC Invitational and the 2004 Ford Championship at Doral.Parry was...
Nick Price
Nick Price
Nicholas Raymond Leige Price is a South African-Zimbabwean Professional golfer and an inductee in the World Golf Hall of Fame. In the mid-1990s, Price reached number one in the Official World Golf Rankings.-Background:...
Peter Senior
Peter Senior
Peter Albert Charles Senior is an Australian professional golfer who has won more than twenty tournaments around the world....
Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh, CF , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008...
Team United States
Captain: Arnold PalmerArnold Palmer
Arnold Daniel Palmer is an American professional golfer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955...
- Mark BrooksMark Brooks (golfer)Mark David Brooks is an American professional golfer.Brooks was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a three-time All-American as a member of the golf team. He turned professional in 1983.Brooks has seven wins on the PGA Tour, including one major,...
- Fred CouplesFred CouplesFrederick Steven Couples is an American professional golfer who competes on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. A former World No. 1, he has won numerous events, most notably the 1992 Masters Tournament. In August 2011 he won his maiden senior major at the Senior Players Championship...
- David DuvalDavid DuvalDavid Robert Duval is an American professional golfer and former World No. 1 who competes on the PGA Tour.-Early years:...
- Scott HochScott HochScott Mabon Hoch is an American golfer, who represented his country in the Ryder Cup in 1997 and 2002.Hoch was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was a member of the golf team at Wake Forest University before graduating in 1978. He also played on the winning U.S. team in the Eisenhower Trophy...
- Tom LehmanTom LehmanThomas Edward Lehman is an American professional golfer.Lehman was born in Austin, Minnesota, but Alexandria, Minnesota is credited as his official Minnesota hometown. He attended the University of Minnesota, graduating with a degree in Business/Accounting and turned professional in 1982. It took...
- Justin LeonardJustin LeonardJustin Charles Garrett Leonard is an American professional golfer.Leonard was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He was a two-time All-American...
- Davis Love IIIDavis Love IIIDavis Milton Love III is an American professional golfer.Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina before turning professional in 1985. He earned his PGA Tour card in the fall of 1985, on his first attempt. He quickly established himself on the PGA...
- Mark O'MearaMark O'MearaMark Francis O'Meara is an American professional golfer who was a prolific tournament winner on the PGA Tour and around the world from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s...
- Phil MickelsonPhil MickelsonPhilip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer. He has won four major championships and a total of 39 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. He is nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed...
- Corey PavinCorey PavinCorey Allen Pavin is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 150 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1986 and 1997.-Biography:...
- Kenny PerryKenny PerryJames Kenneth Perry is an American professional golfer who currently plays on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour, for which he became eligible following his 50th birthday.-Early years:...
- Steve StrickerSteve StrickerSteven Stricker is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won 11 tournaments on the PGA Tour including the 2001 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and two FedEx Cup playoff events. His most successful season on tour came in 2009, when he had three tournament victories...
Morning four-ball
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Norman/Allenby | 2 and 1 | Couples/Love III |
| Els/McNulty | 2 up | Hoch/Brooks |
| Singh/Ozaki | 2 and 1 | Mickelson/Pavin |
| Elkington/Nobilo | 3 and 2 | O'Meara/Duval |
| Price/Senior | 4 and 2 | Lehman/Stricker |
| 1 | Four-Ball | 4 |
| 1 | Overall | 4 |
Afternoon foursomes
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Price/Frost | 3 and 2 | Perry/Leonard |
| Nobilo/Parry | 2 and 1 | O'Meara/Duval |
| Elkington/Singh | 2 up | Lehman/Stricker |
| Els/McNulty | halved | Mickelson/Pavin |
| Norman/Allenby | 1 up | Couples/Love |
| 1 ½ | Foursomes | 3 ½ |
| 2 ½ | Overall | 7 ½ |
Morning four-ball
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Price/Elkington | 2 up | Leonard/Lehman |
| Norman/Allenby | 1 up | Stricker/Pavin |
| Parry/Nobilo | 2 and 1 | Perry/Hoch |
| Ozaki/Singh | 2 and 1 | Love/Couples |
| Els/McNulty | 4 and 3 | O'Meara/Duval |
| 3 | Four-Ball | 2 |
| 5 ½ | Overall | 9 ½ |
Afternoon foursomes
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Senior/Frost | 3 and 2 | Pavin/Mickelson |
| Nobilo/Allenby | 3 and 2 | Love/Brooks |
| Price/McNulty | 3 and 1 | Perry/Leonard |
| Norman/Els | 1 up | Lehman/Stricker |
| Elkington/Singh | 1 up | O'Meara/Hoch |
| 4 | Foursomes | 1 |
| 9 ½ | Overall | 10 ½ |
Singles
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Parry | 5 and 4 | Brooks |
| Senior | 3 and 2 | Duval |
| Price | 1 up | O'Meara |
| Frost | 7 and 6 | Perry |
| Allenby | 6 and 5 | Stricker |
| McNulty | 1 up | Hoch |
| Ozaki | 5 and 4 | Love |
| Elkington | 1 up | Leonard |
| Els | 3 and 2 | Mickelson |
| Norman | 3 and 1 | Pavin |
| Nobilo | 3 and 2 | Lehman |
| Singh | 2 and 1 | Couples |
| 6 | Singles | 6 |
| 15 ½ | Overall | 16 ½ |
External links
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