1998 Presidents Cup

The 1998 Presidents Cup was held 11–13 December in Australia at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Black Rock, Victoria, a suburb southeast of Melbourne. The International team won the competition by a margin of 20​1⁄2–11​1⁄2. This was the first time the International team won the competition, and through 2019, is their sole victory. The honorary chairman was Australian Prime Minister John Howard. It was the third Presidents Cup competition and the first held outside the United States. The competition returned to Royal Melbourne in 2011 and 2019

1998 Presidents Cup
Dates11–13 December 1998
VenueRoyal Melbourne Golf Club
LocationBlack Rock, Victoria, Australia
Captains
International 20​1⁄2 11​1⁄2 USA
The International team wins the Presidents Cup
Royal 
Melbourne Golf Club
Location in Australia
Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Location in Victoria
Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Location in greater Melbourne

Format

Both teams had 12 players plus a non-playing captain. On the first and second day foursomes were played in the morning and four-ball was played in the afternoon. On the third day only singles were played.

Teams

Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki, who was aged 51, decided not to play in the event. He finished fourth in the International team rankings. This meant that his brother, Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki, who finished 11th in the rankings, made the team automatically. Hal Sutton finished 8th in the United States rankings but withdrew in early December following the death of his father-in-law. He was replaced by Lee Janzen who was the highest ranked player not already in the team.

International team
PlayerCountryAgePoints
rank		OWGRPrevious
appearances		MatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Peter Thomson Australia69Non-playing captain
Wayne Grady Australia41Non-playing assistant captain
Ernie Els South Africa2915153–1–170.00
Nick Price Zimbabwe4126292–5–233.33
Vijay Singh Fiji35392105–4–155.00
Greg Norman Australia43518153–2–060.00
Steve Elkington Australia366162105–4–155.00
Stuart Appleby Australia277330Rookie
Carlos Franco Paraguay338390Rookie
Shigeki Maruyama Japan299430Rookie
Craig Parry Australia321053283–5–037.50
Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki Japan4211550Rookie
Frank Nobilo New Zealand3813602103–6–135.00
Greg Turner New Zealand3515620Rookie
United States team
PlayerAgePoints
rank		OWGRPrevious
appearances		MatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Jack Nicklaus58Non-playing captain
Jack Nicklaus II37Non-playing assistant captain
David Duval2713144–0–0100.00
Tiger Woods22210Rookie
Jim Furyk283120Rookie
Justin Leonard26415141–3–025.00
Phil Mickelson28510293–3–350.00
Davis Love III34642107–2–175.00
Mark O'Meara4172155–0–0100.00
Scott Hoch43920285–2–168.75
Mark Calcavecchia3810210Rookie
Fred Couples391111276–1–085.71
John Huston371229141–3–025.00
Lee Janzen3413230Rookie
  • OWGR as of 6 December 1998, the last ranking before the Cup

Friday's matches

Morning foursomes
International Results United States
Nobilo/Turner 1 up O'Meara/Duval
Norman/Elkington 2 up Furyk/Huston
Maruyama/Parry 3 & 2 Janzen/Hoch
Els/Singh 5 & 4 Woods/Couples
Appleby/Price halved Love/Leonard
3​1⁄2 Foursomes 1​1⁄2
3​1⁄2 Overall 1​1⁄2

Afternoon four-ball
International Results United States
Norman/Elkington 2 & 1 O'Meara/Furyk
Maruyama/Ozaki 4 & 3 Calcavecchia/Huston
Els/Price halved Duval/Mickelson
Parry/Franco 1 up Couples/Love
Appleby/Singh 2 & 1 Leonard/Woods
3​1⁄2 Four-Ball 1​1⁄2
7 Overall 3

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes
International Results United States
Nobilo/Turner 2 up Leonard/Love
Norman/Elkington halved Janzen/Calcavecchia
Maruyama/Parry 1 up Woods/Couples
Appleby/Price 1 up Duval/Mickelson
Els/Singh 6 & 4 Hoch/Furyk
4​1⁄2 Foursomes ​1⁄2
11​1⁄2 Overall 3​1⁄2

Afternoon four-ball
International Results United States
Nobilo/Turner 1 up O'Meara/Hoch
Els/Singh 1 up Woods/Huston
Maruyama/Ozaki 1 up Duval/Mickelson
Price/Franco 3 & 2 Janzen/Calcavecchia
Norman/Elkington 2 & 1 Couples/Love
3 Four-Ball 2
14​1⁄2 Overall 5​1⁄2

Sunday's matches

Singles
International Results United States
Parry 5 & 3 Leonard
Price 2 & 1 Duval
Nobilo 4 & 2 Furyk
Franco halved Mickelson
Maruyama 3 & 2 Huston
Ozaki 4 & 3 Hoch
Turner halved Calcavecchia
Elkington halved Janzen
Els 1 up Love
Singh halved Couples
Norman 1 up Woods
Appleby 1 up O'Meara
6 Singles 6
20​1⁄2 Overall 11​1⁄2

Individual player records

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

International
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Stuart Appleby2.52–1–10–1–01–0–11–0–0
Steve Elkington43–0–20–0–11–0–12–0–0
Ernie Els3.53–1–11–0–01–1–01–0–1
Carlos Franco0.50–2–10–0–10–0–00–2–0
Shigeki Maruyama55–0–01–0–02–0–02–0–0
Frank Nobilo22–2–00–1–02–0–00–1–0
Greg Norman3.53–1–10–1–01–0–12–0–0
Naomichi Ozaki22–1–00–1–00–0–02–0–0
Craig Parry33–1–01–0–02–0–00–1–0
Nick Price32–1–21–0–01–0–10–1–1
Vijay Singh3.53–1–10–0–11–1–02–0–0
Greg Turner2.52–1–10–0–12–0–00–1–0

United States
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Mark Calcavecchia21–1–20–0–10–0–11–1–0
Fred Couples2.52–2–10–0–11–1–01–1–0
David Duval0.50–4–10–1–00–2–00–1–1
Jim Furyk11–3–01–0–00–2–00–1–0
Scott Hoch22–2–01–0–00–2–01–0–0
John Huston00–4–00–1–00–1–00–2–0
Lee Janzen21–1–20–0–10–1–11–0–0
Justin Leonard0.50–3–10–1–00–1–10–1–0
Davis Love III1.51–3–10–1–00–1–11–1–0
Phil Mickelson10–2–20–0–10–1–00–1–1
Mark O'Meara22–2–01–0–00–1–01–1–0
Tiger Woods22–3–01–0–01–1–00–2–0

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