1996 Presidents Cup

The 2nd Presidents Cup was held between September 13 and 15, 1996. It was played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, USA. The United States team won the competition by a margin of 1612–1512. The honorary chairman was former President of the United States George H. W. Bush.

1996 Presidents Cup
DatesSeptember 13–15, 1996
VenueRobert Trent Jones Golf Club
LocationGainesville, Virginia, U.S.
Captains
USA 1612 1512 International
USA wins the Presidents Cup
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Format

Both teams had 12 players plus a non-playing captain. On the first and second day four-ball was played in the morning and foursomes were played in the afternoon. On the third day only singles were played.

Teams

United States team
PlayerAgePoints
rank
OWGRPrevious
appearances
MatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Arnold Palmer67Non-playing captain
Phil Mickelson2619152–1–260.00
Mark O'Meara392100Rookie
Tom Lehman3735152–2–150.00
Mark Brooks354230Rookie
Davis Love III32513154–0–190.00
Corey Pavin3668152–2–150.00
Scott Hoch40720142–1–162.50
Steve Stricker298190Rookie
Fred Couples3697133–0–0100.00
Justin Leonard2410280Rookie
David Duval2411170Rookie
Kenny Perry3612260Rookie
International team
PlayerCountryAgePoints
rank
OWGRPrevious
appearances
MatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Peter Thomson  Australia67Non-playing captain
Ian Baker-Finch  Australia35Non-playing assistant captain
Greg Norman  Australia41110Rookie
Ernie Els  South Africa26230Rookie
Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki  Japan49360Rookie
Nick Price  Zimbabwe39411140–2–225.00
Steve Elkington  Australia33512152–2–150.00
Vijay Singh  Fiji33618153–1–170.00
Frank Nobilo  New Zealand36729151–3–130.00
Mark McNulty  Zimbabwe42834141–2–137.50
Craig Parry  Australia30932152–3–040.00
David Frost  South Africa371041141–2–137.50
Robert Allenby  Australia251137151–4–020.00
Peter Senior  Australia371361132–1–066.67
  • OWGR as of September 8, 1996, the last ranking before the Cup

Friday's matches

Morning four-ball

InternationalResultsUnited States
Norman/Allenby2 & 1Couples/Love
Els/McNulty2 upHoch/Brooks
Singh/Ozaki2 & 1Mickelson/Pavin
Elkington/Nobilo3 & 2O'Meara/Duval
Price/Senior4 & 2Lehman/Stricker
1Four-Ball4
1Overall4

Afternoon foursomes

InternationalResultsUnited States
Price/Frost3 & 2Perry/Leonard
Nobilo/Parry2 & 1O'Meara/Duval
Elkington/Singh2 upLehman/Stricker
Els/McNultyhalvedMickelson/Pavin
Norman/Allenby1 upCouples/Love
112Foursomes312
212Overall712

Saturday's matches

Morning four-ball

InternationalResultsUnited States
Price/Elkington2 upLeonard/Lehman
Norman/Allenby1 upStricker/Pavin
Parry/Nobilo2 & 1Perry/Hoch
Ozaki/Singh2 & 1Love/Couples
Els/McNulty4 & 3O'Meara/Duval
3Four-Ball2
512Overall912

Afternoon foursomes

InternationalResultsUnited States
Senior/Frost3 & 2Pavin/Mickelson
Nobilo/Allenby3 & 2Love/Brooks
Price/McNulty3 & 1Perry/Leonard
Norman/Els1 upLehman/Stricker
Elkington/Singh1 upO'Meara/Hoch
4Foursomes1
912Overall1012

Sunday's matches

Singles

InternationalResultsUnited States
Parry5 & 4Brooks
Senior3 & 2Duval
Price1 upO'Meara
Frost7 & 6Perry
Allenby6 & 5Stricker
McNulty1 upHoch
Ozaki5 & 4Love
Elkington1 upLeonard
Els3 & 2Mickelson
Norman3 & 1Pavin
Nobilo3 & 2Lehman
Singh2 & 1Couples
6Singles6
1512Overall1612

Individual player records

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

United States

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Mark Brooks00–3–00–1–00–1–00–1–0
Fred Couples33–1–01–0–01–0–01–1–0
David Duval44–0–01–0–01–0–02–0–0
Scott Hoch33–1–01–0–01–0–01–1–0
Tom Lehman11–4–00–1–00–2–01–1–0
Justin Leonard11–3–00–1–01–1–00–1–0
Davis Love III33–2–01–0–01–1–01–1–0
Phil Mickelson1.51–2–10–1–00–1–11–0–0
Mark O'Meara55–0–01–0–02–0–02–0–0
Corey Pavin1.51–3–10–1–00–1–11–1–0
Kenny Perry22–2–00–1–01–1–01–0–0
Steve Stricker22–3–01–0–00–2–01–1–0

International

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Robert Allenby22–3–00–1–01–1–01–1–0
Steve Elkington33–2–01–0–01–1–01–1–0
Ernie Els3.53–1–11–0–01–0–11–1–0
David Frost22–1–01–0–01–1–00–0–0
Mark McNulty2.52–2–10–1–01–0–11–1–0
Frank Nobilo22–3–01–0–01–1–00–2–0
Greg Norman33–2–01–0–01–1–01–1–0
Masashi Ozaki11–2–00–1–00–0–01–1–0
Craig Parry11–2–01–0–00–1–00–1–0
Nick Price22–3–00–1–01–1–01–1–0
Peter Senior11–2–00–1–01–0–00–1–0
Vijay Singh22–3–00–1–01–1–01–1–0

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