1994 Presidents Cup

The 1st Presidents Cup was held between September 16 and 18, 1994. It was played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, USA. The United States team won the competition by a margin of 20–12. The honorary chairman was former President of the United States Gerald R. Ford.

1994 Presidents Cup
DatesSeptember 16–18, 1994
VenueRobert Trent Jones Golf Club
LocationGainesville, Virginia, U.S.
Captains
USA 20 12 International
USA wins the Presidents Cup
RTJ GC
Location in the United States
RTJ GC
Location in Virginia

Format

The United States team had 12 players including a captain who participated in the event. The International team 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

Greg Norman, ranked second in the International team, withdrew a few days before the event, because of illness. He was replaced by Bradley Hughes who was the highest ranked player available. A number of "international" players were unavailable because of other commitments. Ernie Els, ranked third, played in the Dunhill British Masters, while Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki and Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima, ranked fifth and ninth, played in the ANA Open the same week.

United States team
PlayerAgePoints
rank
OWGR
Hale Irwin – captain49728
Paul Azinger34Non-playing assistant captain
Jeff Maggert30126
Tom Lehman35213
Corey Pavin34310
John Huston33434
Loren Roberts39519
Jim Gallagher Jr.33652
Scott Hoch38838
Davis Love III30917
Fred Couples34106
Jay Haas401139
Phil Mickelson241422
International team
PlayerCountryAgePoints
rank
OWGR
David Graham Australia48Non-playing captain
Nick Price Zimbabwe3711
David Frost South Africa3549
Mark McNulty Zimbabwe40615
Vijay Singh Fiji31721
Frank Nobilo New Zealand34836
Peter Senior Australia351041
Steve Elkington Australia311140
Craig Parry Australia281245
Robert Allenby Australia231455
Tsukasa Watanabe Japan372082
Fulton Allem South Africa372287
Bradley Hughes Australia2727117
  • OWGR as of September 11, 1996, the last ranking before the Cup

Friday's matches

Morning four-ball

International Results United States
Elkington/Singh 2 & 1 Pavin/Maggert
Allem/Frost 6 & 5 Haas/Hoch
Price/Hughes 1 up Love/Couples
Parry/Allenby 4 & 2 Huston/Gallagher
Nobilo/Senior 3 & 2 Lehman/Mickelson
0 Four-Ball 5
0 Overall 5

Afternoon foursomes

International Results United States
Frost/Allem 3 & 1 Irwin/Roberts
Parry/Watanabe 4 & 3 Haas/Hoch
Nobilo/Allenby 2 & 1 Pavin/Maggert
Elkington/Singh 2 & 1 Mickelson/Lehman
Price/McNulty halved Love/Gallagher
212 Foursomes 212
212 Overall 712

Saturday's matches

Morning four-ball

International Results United States
Allem/McNulty 4 & 3 Gallagher/Huston
Watanabe/Singh 3 & 1 Haas/Hoch
Parry/Hughes 4 & 3 Roberts/Lehman
Nobilo/Allenby 2 up Couples/Love
Price/Elkington halved Mickelson/Pavin
312 Four-Ball 112
6 Overall 9

Afternoon foursomes

International Results United States
Frost/Senior 6 & 5 Irwin/Haas
Parry/Allem 1 up Pavin/Roberts
Singh/Elkington 3 & 2 Maggert/Huston
Nobilo/Allenby 7 & 5 Love/Gallagher
Hughes/McNulty 3 & 2 Mickelson/Lehman
2 Foursomes 3
8 Overall 12

Sunday's matches

Singles

International Results United States
Allenby 1 up Irwin
McNulty 4 & 3 Haas
Watanabe 4 & 3 Gallagher
Allem halved Mickelson
Singh halved Lehman
Senior 3 & 2 Huston
Frost halved Hoch
Hughes 2 & 1 Maggert
Nobilo halved Roberts
Price 1 up Couples
Elkington 1 up Love
Parry 1 up Pavin
4 Singles 8
12 Overall 20

Individual player records

Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.

United States

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Fred Couples33–0–01–0–00–0–02–0–0
Jim Gallagher Jr.3.53–1–11–0–01–0–11–1–0
Jay Haas33–2–01–0–01–1–01–1–0
Scott Hoch2.52–1–10–0–11–0–01–1–0
John Huston11–3–00–1–00–1–01–1–0
Hale Irwin22–1–01–0–01–1–00–0–0
Tom Lehman2.52–2–10–0–11–1–01–1–0
Davis Love III4.54–0–11–0–01–0–12–0–0
Jeff Maggert22–2–01–0–00–2–01–0–0
Phil Mickelson32–1–20–0–11–1–01–0–1
Corey Pavin2.52–2–10–1–01–1–01–0–1
Loren Roberts2.52–1–10–0–12–0–00–1–0

International

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Fulton Allem1.51–3–10–0–10–2–01–1–0
Robert Allenby11–4–00–1–01–1–00–2–0
Steve Elkington2.52–2–10–1–02–0–00–1–1
David Frost1.51–2–10–0–11–1–00–1–0
Bradley Hughes11–3–00–1–00–1–01–1–0
Mark McNulty1.51–2–10–1–00–1–11–0–0
Frank Nobilo1.51–3–10–0–11–1–00–2–0
Craig Parry22–3–01–0–00–2–01–1–0
Nick Price10–2–20–1–00–0–10–1–1
Peter Senior22–1–01–0–01–0–00–1–0
Vijay Singh3.53–1–10–0–12–0–01–1–0
Tsukasa Watanabe11–2–00–1–00–1–01–0–0

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