2009 Presidents Cup

The 8th Presidents Cup was held October 8–11, 2009 at the Harding Park Golf Club in San Francisco, California. The United States team won the golf competition by a margin of 1912–1412, their second consecutive win by that exact score and third in a row overall.[1] This was also the sixth outright win for the U.S. Team in eight meetings, with one International win in 1998 and one tied match in 2003.

2009 Presidents Cup
DatesOctober 8–11, 2009
VenueHarding Park Golf Club
LocationSan Francisco, California, U.S.
Captains
USA 1912 1412 International
USA wins the Presidents Cup
Harding
Park GC
Location in the United States
Harding
Park GC
Location in California

Format

The first day of competition featured six foursomes matches. On the second day, six matches of four-ball were played. This was followed on Day 3 by five morning foursomes matches and five afternoon four-ball matches. On the fourth and final day, twelve singles matches were played, for a total of 34 matches in the competition.

The final day was conducted under a special rule that differed slightly from that used in other team competitions such as the Ryder Cup. Singles matches ending halved after the regulation 18 holes were to be extended to extra holes until an outright winner was determined. This format was used until one team earned the 1712 points needed to win the Cup outright, at which time all remaining matches were only played to the regulation 18 holes and could be halved.

No matches went to extra holes in the 2009 competition. The first match on the final day in which all 18 holes were played was the Mike Weir–Justin Leonard match, which finished all square after 18. At that time, the U.S. Team was leading 17–10, which meant that the match should have continued. However, at the same time, the Y.E. Yang–Tiger Woods match was at the 13th hole with Woods 5 up. Instead of immediately going to the first hole to continue their match, Weir and Leonard watched the Yang–Woods match on a nearby giant screen. When Woods sank the putt that gave him a 6 and 5 victory and gave the U.S. an insurmountable 18–10 lead, Weir and Leonard, seeing that the outcome of the Cup was no longer in doubt, agreed to halve their match.[2]

Teams

Both teams had 12 players plus a non-playing captain. Members of the U.S. Team were selected based on earnings from the 2007 Wyndham Championship through the 2009 PGA Championship. International Team players were chosen on the basis of the Official World Golf Ranking through the 2009 PGA Championship. The International Team does not include players eligible for the European Ryder Cup Team. The top 10 players from each list made their respective teams and the captains choose the remaining two players.

United States team
PlayerAgePoints
rank
OWGRPrevious
appearances
MatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Fred Couples50Non-playing captain
Jay Haas55Non-playing assistant captain
Tiger Woods331152513–11–154.00
Phil Mickelson392273311–13–946.97
Steve Stricker42332105–5–050.00
Kenny Perry49463137–6–053.85
Zach Johnson33518142–2–050.00
Stewart Cink366133138–4–165.38
Sean O'Hair277140Rookie
Jim Furyk398952313–8–260.87
Anthony Kim249220Rookie
Justin Leonard3710384186–10–238.89
Lucas Glover291117152–3–040.00
Hunter Mahan271325152–3–040.00
International team
PlayerCountryAgePoints
rank
OWGRPrevious
appearances
MatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Greg Norman Australia54Non-playing captain
Frank Nobilo New Zealand49Non-playing assistant captain
Geoff Ogilvy Australia32110152–3–040.00
Vijay Singh Fiji4621573514–15–648.57
Camilo Villegas Colombia273160Rookie
Retief Goosen South Africa4042142011–7–260.00
Ernie Els South Africa3952352513–10–256.00
Ángel Cabrera Argentina40628293–3–350.00
Mike Weir Canada3973141911–7–160.53
Robert Allenby Australia388324196–11–236.84
Yang Yong-eun South Korea379300Rookie
Tim Clark South Africa3310372104–5–145.00
Adam Scott Australia2914653157–6–253.33
Ryo Ishikawa Japan1820430Rookie
  • OWGR as of October 5, 2009, the last ranking before the Cup

Thursday's matches

All matches were foursomes.

International Results United States
Clark/Weir 3 & 2 Kim/Mickelson
Els/Scott 2 & 1 Mahan/O'Hair
Allenby/Singh 1 up Cink/Glover
Cabrera/Villegas 2 up Johnson/Perry
Ishikawa/Ogilvy 6 & 4 Stricker/Woods
Goosen/Yang halved Furyk/Leonard
212 Foursomes 312
212 Overall 312

Friday's matches

All matches were in four-ball format.

International Results United States
Goosen/Scott 3 & 2 Leonard/Mickelson
Els/Weir 2 up Furyk/Kim
Ishikawa/Yang 4 & 3 O'Hair/Perry
Clark/Singh 1 up Cink/Glover
Allenby/Villegas 2 & 1 Johnson/Mahan
Cabrera/Ogilvy 5 & 3 Stricker/Woods
3 Four-ball 3
512 Overall 612

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

International Results United States
Goosen/Villegas 5 & 3 Mickelson/O'Hair
Els/Scott 4 & 2 Furyk/Leonard
Allenby/Singh halved Cink/Mahan
Clark/Weir 1 up Stricker/Woods
Ishikawa/Yang 3 & 2 Johnson/Perry
112 Foursomes 312
7 Overall 10

Afternoon four-ball

International Results United States
Cabrera/Scott 2 up Furyk/Kim
Allenby/Ogilvy 2 & 1 Cink/Glover
Els/Weir 5 & 3 Johnson/Leonard
Ishikawa/Yang 4 & 2 Stricker/Woods
Clark/Singh halved Mickelson/O'Hair
212 Four-ball 212
912 Overall 1212

Sunday's matches

All matches featured were in singles competition.

International Results United States
Villegas 2 & 1 Mahan
Scott 4 & 3 Cink
Weir halved Leonard
Allenby 5 & 3 Kim
Ogilvy 2 & 1 Stricker
Els 6 & 4 O'Hair
Ishikawa 2 & 1 Perry
Clark 4 & 3 Johnson
Yang 6 & 5 Woods
Singh halved Glover
Goosen 2 & 1 Mickelson
Cabrera 4 & 3 Furyk
5 Singles 7
1412 Overall 1912

Individual player records

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

United States

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Stewart Cink1.51–3–11–0–00–1–10–2–0
Jim Furyk2.52–2–10–1–01–0–11–1–0
Lucas Glover0.50–3–10–0–10–1–00–2–0
Zach Johnson22–3–00–1–01–1–01–1–0
Anthony Kim33–1–01–0–01–0–01–1–0
Justin Leonard32–1–20–0–11–0–11–1–0
Hunter Mahan2.52–1–11–0–00–1–11–0–0
Phil Mickelson4.54–0–11–0–02–0–01–0–1
Sean O'Hair2.52–2–11–0–01–1–00–1–1
Kenny Perry11–3–00–1–01–1–00–1–0
Steve Stricker44–1–00–1–02–0–02–0–0
Tiger Woods55–0–01–0–02–0–02–0–0

International

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Robert Allenby2.52–2–10–1–01–0–11–1–0
Ángel Cabrera11–3–01–0–00–1–00–2–0
Tim Clark2.52–2–11–0–00–2–01–0–1
Ernie Els33–2–00–1–01–1–02–0–0
Retief Goosen0.50–3–10–1–00–1–10–1–0
Ryo Ishikawa33–2–01–0–01–1–01–1–0
Geoff Ogilvy22–2–01–0–00–1–01–1–0
Adam Scott11–4–00–1–01–1–00–2–0
Vijay Singh3.52–0–30–0–11–0–11–0–1
Camilo Villegas00–4–00–1–00–2–00–1–0
Mike Weir2.52–2–10–0–10–2–02–0–0
Yang Yong-eun2.52–2–10–1–01–0–11–1–0

Notes and references

  1. "Woods wins Presidents Cup for US". BBC Sport. October 11, 2009. Archived from the original on October 12, 2009. Retrieved October 12, 2009.
  2. Sobel, Jason (October 11, 2009). "2009 Presidents Cup: Jason Sobel's Live Analysis". ESPN. Archived from the original on October 15, 2009. Retrieved October 12, 2009. (scroll to 4:35 pm post)

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