2015 Presidents Cup

Jack Nicklaus Golf Club

Location in South Korea

The 2015 Presidents Cup was the 11th Presidents Cup, played at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Incheon, South Korea from 8–11 October. It was the first time the Presidents Cup was played in Asia.^[1]

The United States won for the sixth successive time with a 15½–14½ victory over the International team.^[2][3]

Course layout

Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea^[4]

Format

The format changed from previous Cup play. The first two days consisted of five matches of foursomes and five matches of fourball. The third day consisted of four matches of foursomes and four matches of fourball. The host team captain decided the order, fourball vs. foursomes, on the first three days. On the fourth and final day, twelve singles matches were played. 30 matches were played in all. All matches that are all-square after 18 holes scored ½ point for each team.^[5]

Each member of the teams had to play in a minimum of two matches in the first three days, a reduction from the three match minimum from 2003 to 2013.^[6]

Team qualification and selection

Both teams had 12 players.

Teams

Players

International team
Player	Country	Age	Points rank	OWGR	Previous appearances	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
Nick Price	Zimbabwe	58	Non-playing captain
K. J. Choi	South Korea	45	Non-playing assistant captain
Tony Johnstone	Zimbabwe	59	Non-playing assistant captain
Mark McNulty	Zimbabwe	61	Non-playing assistant captain
Jason Day	Australia	27	1	2	2	10	4–4–2	50.00
Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	32	2	13	1	5	1–3–1	30.00
Adam Scott	Australia	35	3	14	6	30	12–15–3	45.00
Hideki Matsuyama	Japan	23	4	15	1	5	1–3–1	30.00
Branden Grace	South Africa	27	5	22	1	4	0–4–0	0.00
Marc Leishman	Australia	31	6	37	1	4	2–2–0	50.00
Anirban Lahiri	India	28	7	39	0	Rookie
Charl Schwartzel	South Africa	31	8	47	2	10	5–4–1	55.00
Thongchai Jaidee	Thailand	45	9	31	0	Rookie
Danny Lee	New Zealand	25	10	36	0	Rookie
Steven Bowditch	Australia	32	11	58	0	Rookie
Bae Sang-moon	South Korea	29	19	88	0	Rookie

United States team
Player	Age	Points rank	OWGR	Previous appearances	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
Jay Haas	61	Non-playing captain
Fred Couples	56	Non-playing assistant captain
Jim Furyk	45	Non-playing assistant captain
Davis Love III	51	Non-playing assistant captain
Steve Stricker	48	Non-playing assistant captain
Jordan Spieth	22	1	1	1	4	2–2–0	50.00
Bubba Watson	36	2	4	1	5	3–2–0	60.00
Jimmy Walker	36	3	17	0	Rookie
Zach Johnson	39	4	10	3	13	7–6–0	53.85
Rickie Fowler	26	6	5	0	Rookie
Dustin Johnson	31	7	8	1	5	1–3–1	30.00
Patrick Reed	25	8	19	0	Rookie
Matt Kuchar	37	9	16	2	10	4–5–1	45.00
Chris Kirk	30	10	27	0	Rookie
Bill Haas	33	11	29	2	10	3–5–2	40.00
J. B. Holmes	33	12	18	0	Rookie
Phil Mickelson	45	30	24	10	47	20–16–11	54.26

• Captain's picks shown in yellow
• Ages as of 8 October; OWGR as of 5 October, the last ranking before the Cup

Notables

Anirban Lahiri (India) and Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) became the first representatives of their respective countries to play in the Presidents Cup. Phil Mickelson has appeared in all eleven Presidents Cups. Host country South Korea was represented with vice captain K. J. Choi, Danny Lee (who plays as a New Zealander, but was born in South Korea), and Bae Sang-moon in his last competition before his military obligation.

Thursday's foursomes matches

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Friday's fourball matches

The American pairing of Zach Johnson and Phil Mickelson were penalised 1 hole after Mickelson played a harder ball at the par 5 7th hole, in contravention to a "one-ball condition". The one-ball condition states that a player must use the same type of ball throughout his round. The one-ball condition was in place for the fourball matches, although not for the foursomes. After his tee shot, Mickelson was incorrectly informed by a rules official that he was disqualified from the hole and Mickelson picked up his ball. The correct penalty was a loss of 1 hole, which was adjusted to the state of the match after the 7th hole. However, it was then too late for Mickelson, who could have played out the 7th hole. Jason Day won the 7th hole with a birdie 4. The match had been all square after 6 holes but, with the International pair winning the 7th hole and with the 1 hole penalty, the International pair became 2 up after 7 holes. The match ended up all square.^[12]

Saturday's matches

Sunday's singles matches

The United States won the Presidents Cup for the sixth straight time, defeating the International team 15½ to 14½. American Bill Haas, the son of team captain Jay Haas, clinched the victory on the final hole of the final match. With Haas 1 up, Bae needed to win the 18th to halve the match and the Presidents Cup. Bae mishit his third shot, a chip, and then missed his fourth shot. Haas then hit his third shot, from a bunker, to 6 feet and Bae conceded the match.^[13] Earlier Branden Grace has won his singles match, becoming only the fifth player to win five matches in a Presidents Cup match. In the 2013 Presidents Cup he had lost all four of his matches.

Individual player records

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

References

External links

• Official website

Coordinates: 37°22′48″N 126°37′26″E / 37.380°N 126.624°E / 37.380; 126.624