2000 Presidents Cup
The 4th 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.
| Dates | October 19–22, 2000 | ||||
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| Venue | Robert Trent Jones Golf Club | ||||
| Location | Gainesville, Virginia, U.S. | ||||
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| USA wins the Presidents Cup | |||||
RTJ GC
Location in the United States
RTJ GC
Location in Virginia
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
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| Player | Age | Points rank | OWGR | Previous appearances | Matches | W–L–H | Winning percentage |
| Ken Venturi | 69 | Non-playing captain | |||||
| Paul Marchand | 42 | 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Kirk Triplett | 38 | 9 | 28 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Stewart Cink | 27 | 10 | 19 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Loren Roberts | 45 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 2–1–1 | 62.50 |
| Paul Azinger | 40 | 24 | 31 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| International team | ||||||||
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| Player | Country | Age | Points rank | OWGR | Previous appearances | Matches | W–L–H | Winning percentage |
| Peter Thomson | .svg.png){kind=small} | 71 | Non-playing captain | |||||
| Wayne Grady | | 43 | Non-playing assistant captain | |||||
| Ernie Els |  | 31 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6–2–2 | 70.00 |
| Vijay Singh |  | 37 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 8–5–2 | 60.00 |
| Nick Price |  | 43 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 4–6–4 | 42.86 |
| Carlos Franco | .svg.png){kind=small} | 35 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0–2–1 | 16.67 |
| Stuart Appleby | | 29 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 2–1–1 | 62.50 |
| Michael Campbell |  | 31 | 6 | 18 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Mike Weir | .svg.png){kind=small} | 30 | 7 | 36 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Shigeki Maruyama |  | 31 | 8 | 42 | 1 | 5 | 5–0–0 | 100.00 |
| Greg Norman | | 45 | 9 | 41 | 2 | 10 | 6–3–1 | 65.00 |
| Retief Goosen | | 31 | 10 | 34 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Robert Allenby | | 29 | 11 | 43 | 2 | 10 | 3–7–0 | 30.00 |
| Steve Elkington | | 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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