2019 Presidents Cup

The 2019 Presidents Cup was the 13th edition of the Presidents Cup golf competition, held at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Victoria, from 12 to 15 December 2019.[1] Royal Melbourne previously hosted the tournament in 1998, at which the International team had their only victory, and 2011. It is the only international venue to have held the tournament more than once.

2019 Presidents Cup
Dates12–15 December
VenueRoyal Melbourne Golf Club
LocationMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Captains
International 14 16 USA
USA 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

The United States retained the cup, winning the competition 16–14. Trailing before the final day singles matches, they won six and tied four of the 12 matches.[2]

Team qualification and selection

Both teams had 12 players. On 18 August 2019, the eight automatic qualifiers for each team were finalized.[3]

International team

The International team featured the top 8 players with the most Official World Golf Ranking points accumulated between 27 August 2018 (Dell Technologies Championship) and 18 August 2019 (BMW Championship) and four captain's picks made in early November. This was a change from 2017 when selection was based on the leading players in the Official World Golf Ranking. The number of captain's picks was also increased from two to four.

The final standings were:[4]

PositionPlayerPoints
1Marc Leishman192.94
2Hideki Matsuyama187.11
3Louis Oosthuizen184.68
4Adam Scott180.30
5Abraham Ancer160.39
6Li Haotong128.63
7Pan Cheng-tsung125.77
8Cameron Smith124.17
9Jason Day[5]120.57
10Jazz Janewattananond113.86
11Im Sung-jae112.04
12Justin Harding109.67
13Corey Conners102.34
14Shugo Imahira100.47
15An Byeong-hun97.26

United States team

The United States team featured the 8 players who earned the most official FedExCup points from the 2017 BMW Championship through the 2019 BMW Championship, with points earned in the 2018–19 season counting double, and four captain's picks. Points for events in the FedEx Cup Playoffs were weighted the same as WGC events. The four captain's picks were made in early November. In 2017 only events in the 2017 calendar year counted double. As with the international team the number of captain's picks was increased from two to four.[6]

The final standings were:[7]

PositionPlayerPoints
1Brooks Koepka[8]8,310
2Justin Thomas6,949
3Dustin Johnson6,643
4Patrick Cantlay5,898
5Xander Schauffele5,753
6Webb Simpson5,532
7Matt Kuchar5,520
8Bryson DeChambeau5,341
9Tony Finau5,152
10Gary Woodland4,964
11Rickie Fowler4,678
12Patrick Reed4,510
13Tiger Woods3,905
14Chez Reavie3,810
15Kevin Kisner3,670

Teams

Captains

Tiger Woods captained the U.S. team, and Ernie Els captained the International team.[9][10]

Woods chose Fred Couples, Zach Johnson and Steve Stricker as his assistants.[11] Els chose K. J. Choi, Geoff Ogilvy, Trevor Immelman and Mike Weir as his assistants.[12]

Woods was the first playing captain in a Presidents Cup since Hale Irwin in 1994.[13]

Players
International team
PlayerCountryAgePoints
rank		OWGRPrevious
appearances		MatchesW–L–TWinning
percentage
Ernie Els South Africa50Non-playing captain
K. J. Choi South Korea49Non-playing assistant captain
Geoff Ogilvy Australia42
Trevor Immelman South Africa39
Mike Weir Canada49
Marc Leishman Australia361283133–7–334.62
Hideki Matsuyama Japan272213134–6–342.31
Louis Oosthuizen South Africa373203157–5–356.67
Adam Scott Australia3941883914–20–542.31
Abraham Ancer Mexico285390Rookie
Li Haotong  China246650Rookie
Pan Cheng-tsung  Chinese Taipei287640Rookie
Cameron Smith Australia268520Rookie
Im Sung-jae  South Korea2111360Rookie
An Byeong-hun South Korea2815420Rookie
Adam Hadwin Canada321848130–2–116.67
Joaquín Niemann Chile2128560Rookie
United States team
PlayerAgePoints
rank		OWGRPrevious
appearances		MatchesW–L–TWinning
percentage
Tiger Woods – captain4313684024–15–161.25
Fred Couples60Non-playing assistant captain
Zach Johnson43
Steve Stricker52
Justin Thomas2624153–1–170.00
Dustin Johnson35353148–4–264.29
Patrick Cantlay27470Rookie
Xander Schauffele26590Rookie
Webb Simpson346112105–3–260.00
Matt Kuchar417244166–8–243.75
Bryson DeChambeau268130Rookie
Tony Finau309160Rookie
Gary Woodland3510170Rookie
Rickie Fowler301122284–3–156.25
Patrick Reed291212294–3–255.56
  • Brooks Koepka originally made the U.S. team but withdrew with a knee injury. He was replaced by Fowler.[8]
  • Jason Day was originally a captain's pick for the International team but withdrew with a back injury. He was replaced by An.[5]
  • Captain's picks shown in yellow
  • Ages as of 12 December; OWGR as of 8 December, the last ranking before the Cup

Notables

Abraham Ancer (Mexico), Li Haotong (China), Joaquín Niemann (Chile) and Pan Cheng-tsung (Chinese Taipei) became the first players of their respective countries to play in the Presidents Cup.

This was also the first Presidents Cup without Phil Mickelson.

Broadcast

Golf Channel had the official coverage of the 2019 Presidents Cup in the United States.[14]

Thursday's fourball matches

Despite losing the opening match, the International team won the session 4–1. This was just the fourth time that the International team had led after the opening session of a Presidents Cup match and the 3 point lead was the largest it had ever had after the opening session.[15]

International Results United States
Niemann/Leishman 4 & 3 Woods/Thomas
Im/Hadwin 1 up Cantlay/Schauffele
An/Scott 2 & 1 Finau/DeChambeau
Pan/Matsuyama 1 up Reed/Simpson
Oosthuizen/Ancer 4 & 3 Woodland/Johnson
4 Fourball 1
4 Overall 1

Friday's foursomes matches

The International team looked like they would extend their lead but the United States had good finishes in three of the matches to leave the session tied. Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele birdied the final hole to win their match against Joaquín Niemann and Adam Hadwin and later Tiger Woods and Justin Thomas did the same against Hideki Matsuyama and An Byeong-hun. In the final match, Rickie Fowler and Gary Woodland tied their match against Cameron Smith and Im Sung-jae after being two down with three holes to play.[16]

International Results United States
Scott/Oosthuizen 3 & 2 Kuchar/Johnson
Niemann/Hadwin 1 up Cantlay/Schauffele
Ancer/Leishman 3 & 2 Reed/Simpson
Matsuyama/An 1 up Woods/Thomas
Smith/Im tied Fowler/Woodland
2​1⁄2 Foursomes 2​1⁄2
6​1⁄2 Overall 3​1⁄2

Saturday's matches

Morning fourball

The International team extended their lead to four points with two wins and a tie in the four matches. An Byeong-hun and Adam Scott had taken a one hole lead at the 15th hole against Tony Finau and Matt Kuchar but Finau won the final hole with a birdie 3 to tie the match.[17]

International Results United States
Li/Leishman 3 & 2 Fowler/Thomas
Ancer/Im 3 & 2 Cantlay/Schauffele
Pan/Matsuyama 5 & 3 Simpson/Reed
An/Scott tied Finau/Kuchar
2​1⁄2 Fourball 1​1⁄2
9 Overall 5

Afternoon foursomes

At one stage the United States led in all four matches but the International team recovered to tie two of the matches. Rickie Fowler and Justin Thomas were 5 up after 7 holes against Abraham Ancer and Marc Leishman and were still 5 up with 8 holes to play. However Ancer and Leishman tied the match, winning the last three holes. Joaquín Niemann and An Byeong-hun also came from behind to tie their match against Tony Finau and Matt Kuchar, giving the International team a two point lead at the start of the final day.[17]

International Results United States
Scott/Oosthuizen 2 & 1 Woodland/Johnson
Ancer/Leishman tied Fowler/Thomas
Im/Smith 2 & 1 Cantlay/Schauffele
Niemann/An tied Finau/Kuchar
1 Foursomes 3
10 Overall 8

Sunday's singles matches

Tiger Woods played the first match for the US and made 7 birdies in 16 holes to defeat Abraham Ancer. Woods, with a 3–0–0 record, was the only player without a loss or tie in the competition. Down by two points at the start of the day, the US took six of the singles matches and rallied to win by a score of 16–14. This was the eighth straight Presidents Cup victory for the US.[18][19][20]

International Results United States Timetable
Abraham Ancer 3 & 2 Tiger Woods 1st: 10–9
Hideki Matsuyama tied Tony Finau 4th: 10.5–11.5
Pan Cheng-tsung 4 & 2 Patrick Reed 3rd: 10–11
Li Haotong 4 & 3 Dustin Johnson 2nd: 10–10
Adam Hadwin tied Bryson DeChambeau 6th: 12–12
Im Sung-jae 4 & 3 Gary Woodland 5th: 11.5–11.5
Joaquín Niemann 3 & 2 Patrick Cantlay 7th: 12–13
Adam Scott 2 & 1 Xander Schauffele 8th: 12–14
An Byeong-hun 2 & 1 Webb Simpson 9th: 12–15
Cameron Smith 2 & 1 Justin Thomas 10th: 13–15
Louis Oosthuizen tied Matt Kuchar 11th: 13.5–15.5
Marc Leishman tied Rickie Fowler 12th: 14–16
4 Singles 8
14 Overall 16

Individual player records

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

International
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
An Byeong-hun 21–2–20–1–00–1–11–0–1
Abraham Ancer3.53–1–10–1–01–0–12–0–0
Adam Hadwin1.51–1–10–0–10–1–01–0–0
Im Sung-jae 3.53–1–11–0–00–1–12–0–0
Marc Leishman21–2–20–0–11–0–10–2–0
Li Haotong 00–2–00–1–00–0–00–1–0
Hideki Matsuyama2.52–1–10–0–10–1–02–0–0
Joaquín Niemann0.50–3–10–1–00–1–10–1–0
Louis Oosthuizen2.52–1–10–0–11–1–01–0–0
Pan Cheng-tsung 22–1–00–1–00–0–02–0–0
Adam Scott2.52–2–10–1–01–1–01–0–1
Cameron Smith1.51–1–11–0–00–1–10–0–0

United States
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Patrick Cantlay33–2–01–0–02–0–00–2–0
Bryson DeChambeau0.50–1–10–0–10–0–00–1–0
Tony Finau1.50–1–30–0–10–0–10–1–1
Rickie Fowler2.51–0–30–0–10–0–21–0–0
Dustin Johnson22–2–01–0–01–1–00–1–0
Matt Kuchar1.50–1–30–0–10–1–10–0–1
Patrick Reed11–3–01–0–00–1–00–2–0
Xander Schauffele33–2–01–0–02–0–00–2–0
Webb Simpson11–3–01–0–00–1–00–2–0
Justin Thomas3.53–1–10–1–01–0–12–0–0
Gary Woodland1.51–2–10–1–01–0–10–1–0
Tiger Woods33–0–01–0–01–0–01–0–0

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