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1996 Presidents Cup

Golf match in Virginia, US

Golf match in Virginia, US

FieldValue
namePresidents Cup
year1996
venueRobert Trent Jones Golf Club
locationGainesville, Virginia, U.S.
datesSeptember 13–15, 1996
homeUSA
awayInternational
homecaptainArnold Palmer
awaycaptainPeter Thomson
homescore16
awayscore15
resultwins

|USA |USA Virginia The 2nd Presidents Cup was held between September 13 and 15, 1996. 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 16–15, the narrowest margin of victory (later tied by the 2015 Presidents Cup's 15–14) in Presidents Cup history. The honorary chairman was former President of the United States George H. W. Bush.

Format

Both teams 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

USA United States teamPlayerAgePoints
rankOWGRPrevious
appearancesMatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
67Non-playing captain
2619152–1–260.00
392100Rookie
3735152–2–150.00
354230Rookie
32513154–0–190.00
3668152–2–150.00
40720142–1–162.50
298190Rookie
3697133–0–0100.00
2410280Rookie
2411170Rookie
3612260Rookie
International teamPlayerCountryAgePoints
rankOWGRPrevious
appearancesMatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
67Non-playing captain
35Non-playing assistant captain
41110Rookie
26230Rookie
JPN49360Rookie
39411140–2–225.00
33512152–2–150.00
33618153–1–170.00
36729151–3–130.00
42834141–2–137.50
30932152–3–040.00
371041141–2–137.50
251137151–4–020.00
371361132–1–066.67
  • OWGR as of September 8, 1996, the last ranking before the Cup

Friday's matches

Morning four-ball

InternationalResultsUnited States1Overall4
Norman/Allenby2 & 1Couples/Love
Els/McNulty2 upHoch/Brooks
Singh/Ozaki2 & 1Mickelson/Pavin
Elkington/Nobilo3 & 2O'Meara/Duval
Price/Senior4 & 2Lehman/Stricker
1Four-Ball4

Afternoon foursomes

InternationalResultsUnited States2Overall7
Price/Frost3 & 2Perry/Leonard
Nobilo/Parry2 & 1O'Meara/Duval
Elkington/Singh2 upLehman/Stricker
Els/McNultyhalvedMickelson/Pavin
Norman/Allenby1 upCouples/Love
1Foursomes3

Saturday's matches

Morning four-ball

InternationalResultsUnited States5Overall9
Price/Elkington2 upLeonard/Lehman
Norman/Allenby1 upStricker/Pavin
Parry/Nobilo2 & 1Perry/Hoch
Ozaki/Singh2 & 1Love/Couples
Els/McNulty4 & 3O'Meara/Duval
3Four-Ball2

Afternoon foursomes

InternationalResultsUnited States9Overall10
Senior/Frost3 & 2Pavin/Mickelson
Nobilo/Allenby3 & 2Love/Brooks
Price/McNulty3 & 1Perry/Leonard
Norman/Els1 upLehman/Stricker
Elkington/Singh1 upO'Meara/Hoch
4Foursomes1

Sunday's matches

Singles

InternationalResultsUnited States15Overall16
Parry5 & 4Brooks
Senior3 & 2Duval
Price1 upO'Meara
Frost7 & 6Perry
Allenby6 & 5Stricker
McNulty1 upHoch
Ozaki5 & 4Love
Elkington1 upLeonard
Els3 & 2Mickelson
Norman3 & 1Pavin
Nobilo3 & 2Lehman
Singh2 & 1Couples
6Singles6

Individual player records

Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.

United States

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Mark Brooks00–3–00–1–00–1–00–1–0
Fred Couples33–1–01–0–01–0–01–1–0
David Duval44–0–01–0–01–0–02–0–0
Scott Hoch33–1–01–0–01–0–01–1–0
Tom Lehman11–4–00–1–00–2–01–1–0
Justin Leonard11–3–00–1–01–1–00–1–0
Davis Love III33–2–01–0–01–1–01–1–0
Phil Mickelson1.51–2–10–1–00–1–11–0–0
Mark O'Meara55–0–01–0–02–0–02–0–0
Corey Pavin1.51–3–10–1–00–1–11–1–0
Kenny Perry22–2–00–1–01–1–01–0–0
Steve Stricker22–3–01–0–00–2–01–1–0

International

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Robert Allenby22–3–00–1–01–1–01–1–0
Steve Elkington33–2–01–0–01–1–01–1–0
Ernie Els3.53–1–11–0–01–0–11–1–0
David Frost22–1–01–0–01–1–00–0–0
Mark McNulty2.52–2–10–1–01–0–11–1–0
Frank Nobilo22–3–01–0–01–1–00–2–0
Greg Norman33–2–01–0–01–1–01–1–0
Masashi Ozaki11–2–00–1–00–0–01–1–0
Craig Parry11–2–01–0–00–1–00–1–0
Nick Price22–3–00–1–01–1–01–1–0
Peter Senior11–2–00–1–01–0–00–1–0
Vijay Singh22–3–00–1–01–1–01–1–0
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