2000 Presidents Cup
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United States 21½ - International 10½
The 4th Presidents Cup
Matches were held in 2000 between October 19 and October 22. 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 21½–10½. The honorary chairman was American President Bill Clinton
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Peter Thomson Robert Allenby
Stuart Appleby
Michael Campbell
Steve Elkington
Ernie Els
Carlos Franco
Retief Goosen
Shigeki Maruyama
Greg Norman
Nick Price
Vijay Singh
Mike Weir
Captain: Ken Venturi
The 4th 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 2000 between October 19 and October 22. 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 21½–10½. The honorary chairman was American President Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
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Format
Both teams had 12 players plus a non-playing captain. The competition was four days long unlike the past three tournaments where there were three days of competition. The same amount of matches were still played though. On the first day foursomes were played. On the second day four-ball and foursomes was played. On the third day four-ball was played. On the fourth and final day 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:...
Stuart Appleby
Stuart Appleby
Stuart Appleby is an Australian professional golfer.-Early life:Appleby was born in Cohuna in rural northern Victoria, and grew up on a nearby dairy farm. He began in golf by hitting balls from paddock to paddock after his farm chores were completed...
Michael Campbell
Michael Campbell
Michael Shane Campbell, CNZM is a New Zealand golfer who is best known for having won the 2005 U.S. Open and the richest prize in golf, the £1,000,000 HSBC World Match Play Championship, in the same year. He is a member of the European Tour.Ethnically, he is predominantly Māori, from the Ngati...
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...
Carlos Franco
Carlos Franco
Carlos Daniel Franco is a Paraguayan professional golfer. He is the brother of golfer Angel Franco.Franco was born in Asunción, Paraguay. He comes from a poor background and grew up in a one-room, dirt-floor home. His father was a greenkeeper and caddy, and he has five brothers, all of whom...
Retief Goosen
Retief Goosen
Retief Goosen is a South African professional golfer who has been in the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for over 250 weeks between 2001 and 2007. His main achievements have been two U.S...
Shigeki Maruyama
Shigeki Maruyama
Shigeki Maruyama is a Japanese professional golfer.Maruyama was born in Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, near Tokyo. He attended Nihon University and turned professional in 1992. He is known for his ever-present smile on the golf course which has given rise to his nickname of the "Smiling Assassin"...
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...
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:...
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...
Mike Weir
Mike Weir
Michael Richard Weir, CM, O.Ont is a Canadian professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 110 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 2001 and 2005. He is best known for winning the Masters in 2003....
Team United States
Captain: Ken VenturiKen Venturi
Kenneth Venturi is an American former professional golfer and golf broadcaster.-Early years and amateur career:Venturi was born in San Francisco, California. He learned golf from an early age, and developed his game at Harding Park Golf Course and other public courses in the area...
- Paul AzingerPaul AzingerPaul William Azinger is an American professional golfer and occasional on air golf analyst. He spent almost 300 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1988 and 1994.-Early years:...
- Notah Begay IIINotah Begay IIINotah Ryan Begay III is an American professional golfer. He is the only full-blooded American Indian golfer on the PGA Tour. He is currently an analyst with the Golf Channel.-Amateur career:...
- Stewart CinkStewart CinkStewart Ernest Cink is an American professional golfer who won the 2009 Open Championship. He has spent over 40 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 2004 to 2009.-Early years and education:...
- David DuvalDavid DuvalDavid Robert Duval is an American professional golfer and former World No. 1 who competes on the PGA Tour.-Early years:...
- Jim FurykJim FurykJames Michael Furyk is an American professional golfer, 2010 FedEx Cup champion, and 2010 PGA Tour Player of the Year. He has won one major championship, the 2003 U.S. Open. Furyk is known for consistently playing at the top level and for a visibly unconventional, looping golf swing...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Loren RobertsLoren RobertsLoren Lloyd Roberts is an American professional golfer.-Early life:Roberts was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He competed for San Luis Obispo Senior High School and Cal Poly-SLO...
- Hal SuttonHal SuttonHal Evan Sutton is an American professional golfer.Sutton was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. A promising golfer at the Centenary College of Louisiana, he was named Golf Magazines 1980 College Player of the Year...
- Kirk TriplettKirk TriplettKirk Alan Triplett is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Triplett was born in Moses Lake, Washington, and grew up in Pullman. He graduated from Pullman High School in 1980 and accepted a golf scholarship to the University of Nevada in Reno,...
- Tiger WoodsTiger WoodsEldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
Thursday's matches
All matches played were foursomes.| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Elkington/Norman | 5 and 4 | Mickelson/Lehman |
| Allenby/Appleby | 1 up | Sutton/Furyk |
| Weir/Goosen | 3 and 2 | Cink/Triplett |
| Singh/Els | 1 up | Woods/Begay III |
| Price/Franco | 1 up | Duval/Love |
| 0 | Foursomes | 5 |
| 0 | Overall | 5 |
Morning four-ball
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Campbell/Goosen | 4 and 3 | Sutton/Azinger |
| Weir/Elkington | 3 and 2 | Lehman/Roberts |
| Price/Norman | 6 and 5 | Furyk/Duval |
| Maruyama/Franco | 3 and 2 | Woods/Begay |
| Singh/Els | 2 and 1 | Mickelson/Love |
| 4 | Four-Ball | 1 |
| 4 | Overall | 6 |
Afternoon foursomes
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Allenby/Appleby | 2 and 1 | Cink/Triplett |
| Franco/Maruyama | 5 and 4 | Roberts/Azinger |
| Singh/Els | 6 and 5 | Woods/Begay |
| Campbell/Goosen | 4 and 2 | Sutton/Lehman |
| Price/Weir | 6 and 4 | Mickelson/Duval |
| 1 | Foursomes | 4 |
| 5 | Overall | 10 |
Saturday's matches
All matches played were four-ball.| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Campbell/Norman | 6 and 5 | Sutton/Furyk |
| Weir/Elkington | 2 and 1 | Lehman/Mickelson |
| Price/Els | 3 and 2 | Love/Duval |
| Allenby/Franco | 1 up | Triplett/Cink |
| Singh/Goosen | 2 and 1 | Woods/Begay |
| 1 | Four-Ball | 4 |
| 6 | Overall | 14 |
Singles
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Allenby | 2 and 1 | Azinger |
| Price | 2 and 1 | Duval |
| Appleby | 3 and 2 | Roberts |
| Weir | 4 and 3 | Mickelson |
| Els | 4 and 3 | Love |
| Elkington | 1 up | Lehman |
| Singh | 2 and 1 | Woods |
| Norman | 2 and 1 | Cink |
| Franco | 6 and 5 | Sutton |
| Maruyama | 5 and 4 | Furyk |
| Campbell | halved | Triplett |
| Goosen | 1 up | Begay |
| 4½ | Singles | 7½ |
| 10½ | Overall | 21½ |
External links
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