2017 Presidents Cup

The 2017 Presidents Cup was the 12th edition of the Presidents Cup golf competition, played at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey, from September 28 to October 1, 2017. Steve Stricker and Nick Price were the captains of the U.S. and the International teams, respectively.[1]

2017 Presidents Cup
DatesSeptember 28 – October 1
VenueLiberty National Golf Club
LocationJersey City, New Jersey
Captains
USA 19 11 International
USA wins the Presidents Cup
Jersey City 
Location in the United States
Liberty National 
Golf Club 
Location in New Jersey
Liberty 
Nat'l GC 
Location near New York City

The United States were the defending champions and retained the trophy.[2][3]

President Trump presented U.S. Captain Steve Stricker with the trophy. He became the first Incumbent U.S President to do so.

Course layout

Liberty National Golf Club[4]

For this Presidents Cup only, the matches begin on what is normally the 5th hole at Liberty National. The order of the holes remain the same, culminating on what is normally the 4th hole.

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4275384676114744962254315634,2321504813254454903982193951933,0967,328
Par454544345383444443433371

Format

The first two days consist of five matches of foursomes and five matches of fourball. The third day consists of four matches of foursomes and four matches of fourball. The host team captain decides the order, fourball vs. foursomes, on the first three days. On the fourth and final day, twelve singles matches will be played. Thirty matches will be played in all. All matches that are all-square after 18 holes will score ​1⁄2 point for each team.

Team qualification and selection

Both teams have 12 players.

United States team

The United States team features the 10 players who earned the most official FedExCup points from the 2015 BMW Championship through to the 2017 Dell Technologies Championship, with points earned in the calendar year 2017 counting double, and two captain's picks. Points for events in the FedEx Cup Playoffs are weighted the same as WGC events. The captain's picks were announced on September 6, 2017.[5]

The final standings were:[6]

PositionPlayerPoints
1Dustin Johnson10,455
2Jordan Spieth9,572
3Justin Thomas8,581
4Rickie Fowler5,324
5Daniel Berger5,232
6Brooks Koepka5,094
7Kevin Kisner5,007
8Patrick Reed4,599
9Matt Kuchar4,479
10Kevin Chappell4,369
11Charley Hoffman4,369
12Brian Harman3,955
13Jason Dufner3,897
14Gary Woodland3,524
15Phil Mickelson3,479

International team

The International team features the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking at the conclusion of the 2017 Dell Technologies Championship and two captain's picks. The captain's picks were announced on September 6, 2017.[5]

The final standings were:[7]

PositionPlayerAverage
1Hideki Matsuyama9.21
2Jason Day6.35
3Adam Scott4.34
4Louis Oosthuizen4.26
5Marc Leishman3.89
6Charl Schwartzel3.64
7Branden Grace3.08
8Kim Si-woo3.03
9Jhonattan Vegas2.98
10Adam Hadwin2.60
11Emiliano Grillo2.38
12Hideto Tanihara2.37
13Yuta Ikeda2.16
14Li Haotong2.05
15An Byeong-hun2.00
16Anirban Lahiri1.89

Teams

Captains

Steve Stricker is captain of the U.S. team, and Nick Price is captain of the International team.

Fred Couples, Davis Love III, Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk are captain's assistants for the U.S. team, and Ernie Els, Tony Johnstone, Geoff Ogilvy and Mike Weir are captain's assistants for the International team.[8]

Players
United States team
PlayerAgePoints
rank		OWGRPrevious
appearances		MatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Steve Stricker50Non-playing captain
Fred Couples58Non-playing assistant captain
Davis Love III53Non-playing assistant captain
Tiger Woods41Non-playing assistant captain
Jim Furyk47Non-playing assistant captain
Dustin Johnson3311294–4–150.00
Jordan Spieth2422295–4–055.56
Justin Thomas24340Rookie
Rickie Fowler2848141–3–025.00
Daniel Berger245250Rookie
Brooks Koepka276110Rookie
Kevin Kisner337240Rookie
Patrick Reed27820141–2–137.50
Matt Kuchar399123134–7–238.46
Kevin Chappell3110260Rookie
Charley Hoffman4011230Rookie
Phil Mickelson471530115123–16–1256.86
International team
PlayerCountryAgePoints
rank		OWGRPrevious
appearances		MatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Nick Price Zimbabwe60Non-playing captain
Ernie Els South Africa47Non-playing assistant captain
Tony Johnstone Zimbabwe61Non-playing assistant captain
Geoff Ogilvy Australia40Non-playing assistant captain
Mike Weir Canada47Non-playing assistant captain
Hideki Matsuyama Japan2513293–4–244.44
Jason Day Australia29273154–8–336.67
Adam Scott Australia3732273513–17–544.29
Louis Oosthuizen South Africa344212105–3–260.00
Marc Leishman Australia33516283–4–143.75
Charl Schwartzel South Africa336273146–7–146.43
Branden Grace South Africa29742295–4–055.56
Kim Si-woo South Korea228390Rookie
Jhonattan Vegas Venezuela339380Rookie
Adam Hadwin Canada2910470Rookie
Emiliano Grillo Argentina2511600Rookie
Anirban Lahiri India301668130–3–00.00
  • Captain's picks shown in yellow
  • Ages as of September 28; OWGR as of September 25, the last ranking before the Cup

Notables

Jhonattan Vegas became the first Venezuelan to play in the Presidents Cup. Phil Mickelson has played in all twelve Presidents Cups.

Thursday's foursomes matches

Rickie Fowler and Justin Thomas won the first point of the day in convincing fashion, winning 8 out of the 14 holes they played. Patrick Reed and Jordan Spieth continued their dominating play as teammates, winning 5 & 4. Matt Kuchar and Dustin Johnson followed up by winning their match 1 up, the first to reach the full 18 holes and the third American point of the day, guaranteeing a United States lead after day one. The International team gained their first point of the day with the South African duo of Branden Grace and Louis Oosthuizen beating Americans Brooks Koepka and Daniel Berger, 3 & 1. The final match, between Americans Kevin Kisner and Phil Mickelson and Australians Jason Day and Marc Leishman, was halved, giving the Americans a 3​1⁄2 to 1​1⁄2 lead heading into the second day of competition.[9][10]

International Results United States
Matsuyama/Schwartzel 6 & 4 Fowler/Thomas
Scott/Vegas 1 up Johnson/Kuchar
Kim/Grillo 5 & 4 Spieth/Reed
Oosthuizen/Grace 3 & 1 Koepka/Berger
Day/Leishman halved Mickelson/Kisner
1​1⁄2 Foursomes 3​1⁄2
1​1⁄2 Overall 3​1⁄2

Friday's fourball matches

The Americans started the day leading 3​1⁄2 to 1​1⁄2. Both the American and International squads kept three of the same groupings from Thursday foursomes: Oosthuizen/Grace, Day/Leishman, Scott/Vegas, Spieth/Reed, Fowler/Thomas, and Mickelson/Kisner with one match being a rematch of Day/Leishman versus Mickelson/Kisner from day 1. All four players who sat out Thursday played on Friday. Kevin Chappell and Charley Hoffman were paired together, while the International squad put Adam Hadwin with Matsuyama and Anirban Lahiri with Schwartzel.

International Results United States
Matsuyama/Hadwin halved Spieth/Reed
Oosthuizen/Grace 3 & 2 Fowler/Thomas
Day/Leishman 1 up Mickelson/Kisner
Schwartzel/Lahiri 6 & 5 Chappell/Hoffman
Scott/Vegas 3 & 2 Johnson/Koepka
​1⁄2 Fourball 4​1⁄2
2 Overall 8

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes
International Results United States
Day/Leishman 4 & 3 Reed/Spieth
Scott/Hadwin 4 & 3 Johnson/Kuchar
Vegas/Grillo 2 & 1 Mickelson/Kisner
Oosthuizen/Grace halved Thomas/Fowler
​1⁄2 Foursomes 3​1⁄2
2​1⁄2 Overall 11​1⁄2

Afternoon fourball
International Results United States
Oosthuizen/Day 2 & 1 Reed/Spieth
Vegas/Matsuyama 3 & 2 Berger/Thomas
Lahiri/Kim 1 up Chappell/Hoffman
Leishman/Grace 3 & 2 Koepka/Johnson
1 Fourball 3
3​1⁄2 Overall 14​1⁄2

Sunday's singles matches
International Results United States Timetable
Leishman halved Chappell
Day 2 & 1 Hoffman
Matsuyama 3 & 1 Thomas
Kim 2 & 1 Berger
Schwartzel 1 up Kuchar
Oosthuizen 1 up Reed
Grace halved Johnson
Scott 3 & 2 Koepka
Vegas 2 & 1 Spieth
Lahiri halved Kisner
Hadwin 2 & 1 Mickelson
Grillo 6 & 4 Fowler
7​1⁄2 Singles 4​1⁄2
11 Overall 19

Individual player records

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

United States
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Daniel Berger22–1–01–0–00–1–01–0–0
Kevin Chappell1.51–1–10–0–10–0–01–1–0
Rickie Fowler3.53–0–11–0–01–0–11–0–0
Charley Hoffman11–2–00–1–00–0–01–1–0
Dustin Johnson4.54–0–10–0–12–0–02–0–0
Kevin Kisner32–0–20–0–11–0–11–0–0
Brooks Koepka22–2–00–1–00–1–02–0–0
Matt Kuchar22–1–00–1–02–0–00–0–0
Phil Mickelson3.53–0–11–0–01–0–11–0–0
Patrick Reed3.53–1–10–1–02–0–01–0–1
Jordan Spieth3.53–1–10–1–02–0–01–0–1
Justin Thomas3.53–1–10–1–01–0–12–0–0

International
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Jason Day1.51–3–11–0–00–1–10–2–0
Branden Grace21–2–20–0–11–0–10–2–0
Emiliano Grillo00–3–00–1–00–2–00–0–0
Adam Hadwin0.50–2–10–1–00–1–00–0–1
Kim Si-woo11–2–00–1–00–1–01–0–0
Anirban Lahiri1.51–1–10–0–10–0–01–1–0
Marc Leishman10–3–20–0–10–1–10–2–0
Hideki Matsuyama1.51–2–11–0–00–1–00–1–1
Louis Oosthuizen2.52–2–11–0–01–0–10–2–0
Charl Schwartzel11–2–01–0–00–1–00–1–0
Adam Scott11–3–01–0–00–2–00–1–0
Jhonattan Vegas11–4–01–0–00–2–00–2–0

References
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