2000 Presidents Cup
# 2000 Presidents Cup

The 2000 Presidents Cup was held between October 19 and 22, 2000. It was played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, U.S. The United States team won the competition by a margin of 211⁄2–101⁄2. The honorary chairman was American President Bill Clinton.

## Format

Both teams had 12 players plus a non-playing captain. The competition was four days long unlike the past three tournaments where there were three days of competition. The same number of matches were still played though. On the first day foursomes were played. On the second day four-ball and foursomes was played. On the third day four-ball was played. On the fourth and final day singles were played.

## Teams

United States team :

| Player | Age | Points rank | OWGR | Previous appearances | Matches | W–L–H | Winning percentage |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ken Venturi | 69 | Non-playing captain | Non-playing captain | Non-playing captain | Non-playing captain | Non-playing captain | Non-playing captain |
| Paul Marchand | 42 | Non-playing assistant captain | Non-playing assistant captain | Non-playing assistant captain | Non-playing assistant captain | Non-playing assistant captain | Non-playing assistant captain |
| Tiger Woods | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2–3–0 | 40.00 |
| Phil Mickelson | 30 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 3–5–5 | 42.31 |
| Hal Sutton | 42 | 3 | 8 | 0 | Rookie | Rookie | Rookie |
| David Duval | 28 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4–4–1 | 50.00 |
| Davis Love III | 36 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 8–5–2 | 60.00 |
| Tom Lehman | 41 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 3–6–1 | 35.00 |
| Jim Furyk | 30 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1–3–0 | 25.00 |
| Notah Begay III | 28 | 8 | 32 | 0 | Rookie | Rookie | Rookie |
| Kirk Triplett | 38 | 9 | 28 | 0 | Rookie | Rookie | Rookie |
| Stewart Cink | 27 | 10 | 19 | 0 | Rookie | Rookie | Rookie |
| Loren Roberts | 45 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 2–1–1 | 62.50 |
| Paul Azinger | 40 | 24 | 31 | 0 | Rookie | Rookie | Rookie |

International team :

| Player | Country | Age | Points rank | OWGR | Previous appearances | Matches | W–L–H | Winning percentage |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Peter Thomson | Australia | 71 | Non-playing captain | Non-playing captain | Non-playing captain | Non-playing captain | Non-playing captain | Non-playing captain |
| Wayne Grady | Australia | 43 | Non-playing assistant captain | Non-playing assistant captain | Non-playing assistant captain | Non-playing assistant captain | Non-playing assistant captain | Non-playing assistant captain |
| Ernie Els | South Africa | 31 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6–2–2 | 70.00 |
| Vijay Singh | Fiji | 37 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 8–5–2 | 60.00 |
| Nick Price | Zimbabwe | 43 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 4–6–4 | 42.86 |
| Carlos Franco | Paraguay | 35 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0–2–1 | 16.67 |
| Stuart Appleby | Australia | 29 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 2–1–1 | 62.50 |
| Michael Campbell | New Zealand | 31 | 6 | 18 | 0 | Rookie | Rookie | Rookie |
| Mike Weir | Canada | 30 | 7 | 36 | 0 | Rookie | Rookie | Rookie |
| Shigeki Maruyama | Japan | 31 | 8 | 42 | 1 | 5 | 5–0–0 | 100.00 |
| Greg Norman | Australia | 45 | 9 | 41 | 2 | 10 | 6–3–1 | 65.00 |
| Retief Goosen | South Africa | 31 | 10 | 34 | 0 | Rookie | Rookie | Rookie |
| Robert Allenby | Australia | 29 | 11 | 43 | 2 | 10 | 3–7–0 | 30.00 |
| Steve Elkington | Australia | 37 | 17 | 92 | 3 | 15 | 8–4–3 | 63.33 |

* OWGR as of October 15, 2000, the last ranking before the Cup

## Thursday's matches

All matches played were foursomes.

| International | Results | United States |
| - | - | - |
| Elkington/Norman | 5 & 4 | Mickelson/Lehman |
| Allenby/Appleby | 1 up | Sutton/Furyk |
| Weir/Goosen | 3 & 2 | Cink/Triplett |
| Singh/Els | 1 up | Woods/Begay |
| Price/Franco | 1 up | Duval/Love |
| 0 | Foursomes | 5 |
| 0 | Overall | 5 |

## Friday's matches

### Morning four-ball

| International | Results | United States |
| - | - | - |
| Campbell/Goosen | 4 & 3 | Sutton/Azinger |
| Weir/Elkington | 3 & 2 | Lehman/Roberts |
| Price/Norman | 6 & 5 | Furyk/Duval |
| Maruyama/Franco | 3 & 2 | Woods/Begay |
| Singh/Els | 2 & 1 | Mickelson/Love |
| 4 | Four-Ball | 1 |
| 4 | Overall | 6 |

### Afternoon foursomes

| International | Results | United States |
| - | - | - |
| Allenby/Appleby | 2 & 1 | Cink/Triplett |
| Franco/Maruyama | 5 & 4 | Roberts/Azinger |
| Singh/Els | 6 & 5 | Woods/Begay |
| Campbell/Goosen | 4 & 2 | Sutton/Lehman |
| Price/Weir | 6 & 4 | Mickelson/Duval |
| 1 | Foursomes | 4 |
| 5 | Overall | 10 |

## Saturday's matches

All matches played were four-ball.

| International | Results | United States |
| - | - | - |
| Campbell/Norman | 6 & 5 | Sutton/Furyk |
| Weir/Elkington | 2 & 1 | Lehman/Mickelson |
| Price/Els | 3 & 2 | Love/Duval |
| Allenby/Franco | 1 up | Triplett/Cink |
| Singh/Goosen | 2 & 1 | Woods/Begay |
| 1 | Four-Ball | 4 |
| 6 | Overall | 14 |

## Sunday's matches

### Singles

| International | Results | United States |
| - | - | - |
| Allenby | 2 & 1 | Azinger |
| Price | 2 & 1 | Duval |
| Appleby | 3 & 2 | Roberts |
| Weir | 4 & 3 | Mickelson |
| Els | 4 & 3 | Love |
| Elkington | 1 up | Lehman |
| Singh | 2 & 1 | Woods |
| Norman | 2 & 1 | Cink |
| Franco | 6 & 5 | Sutton |
| Maruyama | 5 & 4 | Furyk |
| Campbell | halved | Triplett |
| Goosen | 1 up | Begay |
| 41⁄2 | Singles | 71⁄2 |
| 101⁄2 | Overall | 211⁄2 |

## Individual player records

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

### United States

| Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paul Azinger | 1 | 1–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Notah Begay III | 3 | 3–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–2–0 |
| Stewart Cink | 4 | 4–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–0 |
| David Duval | 3 | 3–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Jim Furyk | 3 | 3–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Tom Lehman | 3 | 3–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Davis Love III | 4 | 4–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 |
| Phil Mickelson | 3 | 3–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 2–0–0 |
| Loren Roberts | 2 | 2–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Hal Sutton | 3 | 3–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Kirk Triplett | 3.5 | 3–0–1 | 0–0–1 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–0 |
| Tiger Woods | 3 | 3–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–2–0 |

### International

| Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Robert Allenby | 1 | 1–3–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Stuart Appleby | 0 | 0–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Michael Campbell | 1.5 | 1–2–1 | 0–0–1 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Steve Elkington | 2 | 2–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Ernie Els | 0 | 0–5–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–2–0 |
| Carlos Franco | 2 | 2–3–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Retief Goosen | 2 | 2–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 2–0–0 |
| Shigeki Maruyama | 1 | 1–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–0 |
| Greg Norman | 1 | 1–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Nick Price | 2 | 2–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Vijay Singh | 1 | 1–4–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Mike Weir | 3 | 3–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–1–0 |
