1998 Presidents Cup
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International 20½ - United States 11½
The 3rd Presidents Cup
Matches were held in 1998 on December 11-13. They were played at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club
in Melbourne, Australia. The International team won the competition by a margin of 20½–11½. This was the first (and only) time the International team won the competition. The honorary chairman was Australian Prime Minister John Howard
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Peter Thomson Stuart Appleby
Steve Elkington
Ernie Els
Carlos Franco
Shigeki Maruyama
Frank Nobilo
Greg Norman
Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki Craig Parry
Nick Price
Vijay Singh
Greg Turner
Captain: Jack Nicklaus
The 3rd Presidents Cup
Presidents Cup
The Presidents Cup is a series of men's golf matches between a team representing the United States and an International Team representing the rest of the world less Europe. Europe competes against the U.S. in a similar but considerably older event, the Ryder Cup. The Presidents Cup is held biennially...
Matches were held in 1998 on December 11-13. They were played at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Royal Melbourne Golf Club is a golf club located in Black Rock, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia with two courses. Royal Melbourne has hosted numerous national and international events, including the 1959 Canada Cup , and the 1970 World Cup...
in Melbourne, Australia. The International team won the competition by a margin of 20½–11½. This was the first (and only) time the International team won the competition. The honorary chairman was Australian Prime Minister John Howard
John Howard
John Winston Howard AC, SSI, was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He was the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies....
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Format
Both teams had 12 players plus a non-playing captain. On the first and second day foursomes were played in the morning and four-ball was played in the afternoon. On the third day only singles were played.Team International
Captain: Peter Thomson Stuart ApplebyStuart Appleby
Stuart Appleby is an Australian professional golfer.-Early life:Appleby was born in Cohuna in rural northern Victoria, and grew up on a nearby dairy farm. He began in golf by hitting balls from paddock to paddock after his farm chores were completed...
Steve Elkington
Steve Elkington
Stephen John Elkington is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He spent over 50 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 1995 to 1998.-Early years and education:...
Ernie Els
Ernie Els
Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els is a South African professional golfer, who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing...
Carlos Franco
Carlos Franco
Carlos Daniel Franco is a Paraguayan professional golfer. He is the brother of golfer Angel Franco.Franco was born in Asunción, Paraguay. He comes from a poor background and grew up in a one-room, dirt-floor home. His father was a greenkeeper and caddy, and he has five brothers, all of whom...
Shigeki Maruyama
Shigeki Maruyama
Shigeki Maruyama is a Japanese professional golfer.Maruyama was born in Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, near Tokyo. He attended Nihon University and turned professional in 1992. He is known for his ever-present smile on the golf course which has given rise to his nickname of the "Smiling Assassin"...
Frank Nobilo
Frank Nobilo
Frank Ivan Joseph Nobilo, CNZM is a professional golfer from New Zealand.Nobilo had a successful playing career, winning 15 pro tournaments around the world...
Greg Norman
Greg Norman
Gregory John Norman AO is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's Number 1 ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s...
Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki Craig Parry
Craig Parry
Craig David Parry is an Australian professional golfer. He has been one of Australia's premier golfers since turning professional in 1985, and has 23 career victories, two of those wins being events on the PGA Tour; the 2002 WGC-NEC Invitational and the 2004 Ford Championship at Doral.Parry was...
Nick Price
Nick Price
Nicholas Raymond Leige Price is a South African-Zimbabwean Professional golfer and an inductee in the World Golf Hall of Fame. In the mid-1990s, Price reached number one in the Official World Golf Rankings.-Background:...
Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh, CF , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008...
Greg Turner
Greg Turner
Greg Turner is a New Zealand professional golfer.Turner was born in Dunedin. He attended Oklahoma University in the United States but has spent most of his career on the PGA Tour of Australasia and the European Tour. He won four tournaments on the European Tour and achieved a career best ranking...
Team United States
Captain: Jack NicklausJack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...
- Mark CalcavecchiaMark CalcavecchiaMark John Calcavecchia is an American professional golfer and a former PGA Tour member. During his professional career, he has won thirteen PGA Tour events, including the 1989 Open Championship. Calcavecchia currently plays on the Champions Tour.-Early years:Calcavecchia was born in Laurel,...
- Fred CouplesFred CouplesFrederick Steven Couples is an American professional golfer who competes on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. A former World No. 1, he has won numerous events, most notably the 1992 Masters Tournament. In August 2011 he won his maiden senior major at the Senior Players Championship...
- David DuvalDavid DuvalDavid Robert Duval is an American professional golfer and former World No. 1 who competes on the PGA Tour.-Early years:...
- Jim FurykJim FurykJames Michael Furyk is an American professional golfer, 2010 FedEx Cup champion, and 2010 PGA Tour Player of the Year. He has won one major championship, the 2003 U.S. Open. Furyk is known for consistently playing at the top level and for a visibly unconventional, looping golf swing...
- Scott HochScott HochScott Mabon Hoch is an American golfer, who represented his country in the Ryder Cup in 1997 and 2002.Hoch was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was a member of the golf team at Wake Forest University before graduating in 1978. He also played on the winning U.S. team in the Eisenhower Trophy...
- John Huston
- Lee JanzenLee JanzenLee McLeod Janzen is an American golfer who is best known for twice winning the U.S. Open, in 1993 and 1998.-Early years and amateur career:...
- Justin LeonardJustin LeonardJustin Charles Garrett Leonard is an American professional golfer.Leonard was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He was a two-time All-American...
- Davis Love IIIDavis Love IIIDavis Milton Love III is an American professional golfer.Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina before turning professional in 1985. He earned his PGA Tour card in the fall of 1985, on his first attempt. He quickly established himself on the PGA...
- Phil MickelsonPhil MickelsonPhilip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer. He has won four major championships and a total of 39 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. He is nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed...
- Mark O'MearaMark O'MearaMark Francis O'Meara is an American professional golfer who was a prolific tournament winner on the PGA Tour and around the world from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s...
- Tiger WoodsTiger WoodsEldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
Morning foursomes
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Nobilo/Turner | 1 up | O'Meara/Duval |
| Norman/Elkington | 2 up | Furyk/Huston |
| Maruyama/Parry | 3 and 2 | Janzen/Hoch |
| Els/Singh | 5 and 4 | Woods/Couples |
| Appleby/Price | halved | Love/Leonard |
| 3½ | Foursomes | 1½ |
| 3½ | Overall | 1½ |
Afternoon four-ball
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Norman/Elkington | 2 and 1 | O'Meara/Furyk |
| Maruyama/Ozaki | 4 and 3 | Calcavecchia/Huston |
| Els/Price | halved | Duval/Phil Mickelson |
| Parry/Franco | 1 up | Couples/Love |
| Appleby/Singh | 2 and 1 | Leonard/Woods |
| 3½ | Four-Ball | 1½ |
| 7 | Overall | 3 |
Morning foursomes
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Nobilo/Turner | 2 up | Leonard/Love |
| Norman/Elkington | halved | Janzen/Calcavecchia |
| Maruyama/Parry | 1 up | Woods/Couples |
| Appleby/Price | 1 up | Duval/Mickelson |
| Els/Singh | 6 and 4 | Hoch/Furyk |
| 4½ | Foursomes | ½ |
| 11½ | Overall | 3½ |
Afternoon four-ball
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Nobilo/Turner | 1 up | O'Meara/Hoch |
| Els/Singh | 1 up | Woods/Huston |
| Maruyama/Ozaki | 1 up | Duval/Mickelson |
| Price/Franco | 3 and 2 | Janzen/Calcavecchia |
| Norman/Elkington | 2 and 1 | Couples/Love |
| 3 | Four-Ball | 2 |
| 14½ | Overall | 5½ |
Singles
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Parry | 5 and 3 | Leonard |
| Price | 2 and 1 | Duval |
| Nobilo | 4 and 2 | Furyk |
| Franco | halved | Mickelson |
| Maruyama | 3 and 2 | Huston |
| Ozaki | 4 and 3 | Hoch |
| Turner | halved | Calcavecchia |
| Elkington | halved | Janzen |
| Els | 1 up | Love |
| Singh | halved | Couples |
| Norman | 1 up | Woods |
| Appleby | 1 up | O'Meara |
| 6 | Singles | 6 |
| 20½ | Overall | 11½ |
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