2007 Presidents Cup

2007 Presidents Cup
Dates September 27–30, 2007
Venue Royal Montreal Golf Club
Location Île Bizard, Quebec, Canada
Captains
International 14½ 19½ USA
USA wins the Presidents Cup
Royal Montreal 
Location in Canada
Royal Montreal
Location in Quebec
Royal Montreal
Location in greater Montreal

The 7th Presidents Cup was held in 2007 between September 27 and 30. It was played at the Royal Montreal Golf Club in Île Bizard, Quebec, Canada. The United States team won the competition by a margin of 19½–14½.

Format

On the first day six matches of foursomes were played. On the second day six matches of four-ball were played. On the third day five matches of foursomes were played in the morning and five matches of four-ball were played in the afternoon. On the fourth and final day, twelve singles matches were played. 34 matches were played in all.

Teams

Both teams have 12 players plus a non-playing captain. Members of the U.S. Team were selected based on earnings from the 2005 World Golf Championships - NEC Invitational through the 2007 PGA Championship. International Team players were chosen on the basis of the Official World Golf Ranking through the 2007 PGA Championship. The International Team does not include players eligible for the European Ryder Cup Team.

International team
PlayerCountryAgePoints
rank		OWGRPrevious
appearances		MatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Gary Player South Africa71Non-playing captain
Ian Baker-Finch Australia46Non-playing assistant captain
Ernie Els South Africa371542010–8–255.00
Adam Scott Australia27262106–3–165.00
Vijay Singh Fiji4431263012–13–548.33
Geoff Ogilvy Australia304110Rookie
K. J. Choi South Korea37510152–3–040.00
Rory Sabbatini South Africa31680Rookie
Retief Goosen South Africa387173159–5–163.33
Trevor Immelman South Africa27818141–3–025.00
Ángel Cabrera Argentina38919151–1–350.00
Stuart Appleby Australia3610344163–11–225.00
Nick O'Hern Australia351136152–3–040.00
Mike Weir Canada3720463148–6–057.14
United States United States team
PlayerAgePoints
rank		OWGRPrevious
appearances		MatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Jack Nicklaus67Non-playing captain
Jeff Sluman50Non-playing assistant captain
Tiger Woods311142010–9–152.50
Jim Furyk372341810–6–261.11
Phil Mickelson37326289–12–744.64
Zach Johnson314140Rookie
Charles Howell III28533153–2–060.00
Scott Verplank43624152–2–150.00
David Toms40726292–7–022.22
Steve Stricker4084152–3–040.00
Stewart Cink34923295–3–161.11
Woody Austin4310310Rookie
Lucas Glover2711610Rookie
Hunter Mahan2514410Rookie
  • OWGR as of September 23, 2007, the last ranking before the Cup

Thursday's matches

All matches were foursomes.

International Results United States
Scott/Ogilvy 3 & 2 Mahan/Stricker
Singh/Weir halved Mickelson/Austin
Sabbatini/Immelman 1 up Cink/Johnson
Els/Cabrera 1 up Toms/Furyk
Appleby/Goosen 2 up Glover/Verplank
Choi/O'Hern 3 & 1 Woods/Howell
½ Foursomes 5½
½ Overall 5½

Friday's matches

All matches were in four-ball format.

International Results United States
Cabrera/Goosen 1 up Mickelson/Mahan
Singh/Appleby 5 & 4 Woods/Furyk
Els/Weir 3 & 1 Johnson /Howell
Scott/Choi 2 & 1 Stricker/Verplank
Ogilvy/O'Hern 1 up Cink/Glover
Immelman/Sabbatini halved Austin/Toms
4½ Four-ball 1½
5 Overall 7

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

International Results United States
Immelman/Sabbatini 2 up Stricker/Mahan
Goosen/Appleby 5 & 4 Mickelson/Austin
Scott/Els 4 & 3 Woods/Furyk
Singh/Weir 2 & 1 Glover/Verplank
O'Hern/Ogilvy 2 & 1 Johnson/Toms
0 Foursomes 5
5 Overall 12

Afternoon four-ball

International Results United States
Cabrera/Choi 1 up Cink/Furyk
Scott/Goosen halved Mickelson/Austin
Weir/Els 4 & 2 Howell/Glover
Singh/Appleby 1 up Stricker/Mahan
O'Hern/Ogilvy 5 & 3 Woods/Toms
2½ Four-ball 2½
7½ Overall 14½

Sunday's matches

All matches featured are in singles competition.

International Results United States
Sabbatini 2 & 1 Verplank
Els 2 up Glover
Singh 5 & 4 Mickelson
Weir 1 up Woods
Cabrera 2 & 1 Austin
Scott 2 & 1 Johnson
Immelman 2 up Toms
O'Hern 6 & 4 Cink
Ogilvy 1 up Stricker
Choi 3 & 2 Mahan
Appleby 2 & 1 Howell
Goosen 2 & 1 Furyk
7 Singles 5
14½ Overall 19½

Individual player records

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

International

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Stuart Appleby22–3–00–1–00–2–02–0–0
Ángel Cabrera22–2–01–0–00–1–01–1–0
K. J. Choi11–3–01–0–00–1–00–2–0
Ernie Els33–2–01–0–00–2–02–0–0
Retief Goosen2.52–2–11–0–00–2–01–0–1
Trevor Immelman0.50–3–10–1–00–2–00–0–1
Geoff Ogilvy22–3–01–0–00–2–01–1–0
Nick O'Hern11–4–00–1–00–2–01–1–0
Rory Sabbatini0.50–3–10–1–00–2–00–0–1
Adam Scott1.51–3–11–0–00–2–00–1–1
Vijay Singh2.52–2–10–1–00–1–12–0–0
Mike Weir3.53–1–11–0–00–1–12–0–0

United States

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Woody Austin2.51–1–30–1–01–0–10–0–2
Stewart Cink33–1–01–0–01–0–01–1–0
Jim Furyk33–2–00–1–02–0–01–1–0
Lucas Glover22–3–00–1–02–0–00–2–0
Charles Howell III22–2–01–0–01–0–00–2–0
Zach Johnson22–2–00–1–02–0–00–1–0
Hunter Mahan22–3–00–1–02–0–00–2–0
Phil Mickelson32–1–21–0–01–0–10–1–1
Steve Stricker33–2–00–1–02–0–01–1–0
David Toms4.54–0–11–0–02–0–01–0–1
Scott Verplank44–0–01–0–02–0–01–0–0
Tiger Woods33–2–00–1–02–0–01–1–0

Coordinates: 45°29′35″N 73°54′07″W / 45.493°N 73.902°W / 45.493; -73.902

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