2017 Presidents Cup

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2017 Presidents Cup
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DatesSeptember 28 – October 1
Venue Liberty National Golf Club
Location Jersey City, New Jersey
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The 2017 Presidents Cup was the 12th edition of the Presidents Cup golf competition, played at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey, from September 28 to October 1, 2017. Steve Stricker and Nick Price were the captains of the U.S. and the International teams, respectively. [1]

Contents

The United States were the defending champions and retained the trophy. [2] [3]

President Trump presented U.S. Captain Steve Stricker with the trophy. He became the first incumbent U.S. president to do so.

Course layout

Liberty National Golf Club [4]

For this Presidents Cup only, the matches begin on what is normally the 5th hole at Liberty National. The order of the holes remain the same, culminating on what is normally the 4th hole.

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4275384676114744962254315634,2321504813254454903982193951933,0967,328
Par454544345383444443433371

Format

The first two days consist of five matches of foursomes and five matches of fourball. The third day consists of four matches of foursomes and four matches of fourball. The host team captain decides the order, fourball vs. foursomes, on the first three days. On the fourth and final day, twelve singles matches will be played. Thirty matches will be played in all. All matches that are all-square after 18 holes will score 1⁄2 point for each team.

Team qualification and selection

Both teams have 12 players.

Key
Top ten on points list
Two captain's picks
Not picked, in top 15 of points list

United States team

The United States team features the 10 players who earned the most official FedExCup points from the 2015 BMW Championship through to the 2017 Dell Technologies Championship, with points earned in the calendar year 2017 counting double, and two captain's picks. Points for events in the FedEx Cup Playoffs are weighted the same as WGC events. The captain's picks were announced on September 6, 2017. [5]

The final standings were: [6]

PositionPlayerPoints
1 Dustin Johnson 10,455
2 Jordan Spieth 9,572
3 Justin Thomas 8,581
4 Rickie Fowler 5,324
5 Daniel Berger 5,232
6 Brooks Koepka 5,094
7 Kevin Kisner 5,007
8 Patrick Reed 4,599
9 Matt Kuchar 4,479
10 Kevin Chappell 4,369
11 Charley Hoffman 4,369
12 Brian Harman 3,955
13 Jason Dufner 3,897
14 Gary Woodland 3,524
15 Phil Mickelson 3,479

International team

The International team features the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking at the conclusion of the 2017 Dell Technologies Championship and two captain's picks. The captain's picks were announced on September 6, 2017. [5]

The final standings were: [7]

PositionPlayerAverage
1 Hideki Matsuyama 9.21
2 Jason Day 6.35
3 Adam Scott 4.34
4 Louis Oosthuizen 4.26
5 Marc Leishman 3.89
6 Charl Schwartzel 3.64
7 Branden Grace 3.08
8 Kim Si-woo 3.03
9 Jhonattan Vegas 2.98
10 Adam Hadwin 2.60
11 Emiliano Grillo 2.38
12 Hideto Tanihara 2.37
13 Yuta Ikeda 2.16
14 Li Haotong 2.05
15 An Byeong-hun 2.00
16 Anirban Lahiri 1.89

Teams

Captains

Steve Stricker is captain of the U.S. team, and Nick Price is captain of the International team.

Fred Couples, Davis Love III, Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk are captain's assistants for the U.S. team, and Ernie Els, Tony Johnstone, Geoff Ogilvy and Mike Weir are captain's assistants for the International team. [8]

Players

Flag of the United States.svg United States team
PlayerAgePoints
rank		OWGRPrevious
appearances		MatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Dustin Johnson 3311294–4–150.00
Jordan Spieth 2422295–4–055.56
Justin Thomas 24340Rookie
Rickie Fowler 2848141–3–025.00
Daniel Berger 245250Rookie
Brooks Koepka 276110Rookie
Kevin Kisner 337240Rookie
Patrick Reed 27820141–2–137.50
Matt Kuchar 399123134–7–238.46
Kevin Chappell 3110260Rookie
Charley Hoffman 4011230Rookie
Phil Mickelson 471530115123–16–1256.86
International team
PlayerCountryAgePoints
rank		OWGRPrevious
appearances		MatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Hideki Matsuyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2513293–4–244.44
Jason Day Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 29273154–8–336.67
Adam Scott Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3732273513–17–544.29
Louis Oosthuizen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 344212105–3–260.00
Marc Leishman Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 33516283–4–143.75
Charl Schwartzel Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 336273146–7–146.43
Branden Grace Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 29742295–4–055.56
Kim Si-woo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 228390Rookie
Jhonattan Vegas Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 339380Rookie
Adam Hadwin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2910470Rookie
Emiliano Grillo Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2511600Rookie
Anirban Lahiri Flag of India.svg  India 301668130–3–00.00

Notables

Jhonattan Vegas became the first Venezuelan to play in the Presidents Cup. Phil Mickelson has played in all twelve Presidents Cups.

Thursday's foursomes matches

Rickie Fowler and Justin Thomas won the first point of the day in convincing fashion, winning 8 out of the 14 holes they played. Patrick Reed and Jordan Spieth continued their dominating play as teammates, winning 5 & 4. Matt Kuchar and Dustin Johnson followed up by winning their match 1 up, the first to reach the full 18 holes and the third American point of the day, guaranteeing a United States lead after day one. The International team gained their first point of the day with the South African duo of Branden Grace and Louis Oosthuizen beating Americans Brooks Koepka and Daniel Berger, 3 & 1. The final match, between Americans Kevin Kisner and Phil Mickelson and Australians Jason Day and Marc Leishman, was halved, giving the Americans a 31⁄2 to 11⁄2 lead heading into the second day of competition. [9] [10]

InternationalResultsUnited States
Matsuyama/Schwartzel6 & 4Fowler/Thomas
Scott/Vegas1 upJohnson/Kuchar
Kim/Grillo5 & 4Spieth/Reed
Oosthuizen/Grace3 & 1Koepka/Berger
Day/LeishmanhalvedMickelson/Kisner
11⁄2Foursomes31⁄2
11⁄2Overall31⁄2

Friday's fourball matches

The Americans started the day leading 31⁄2 to 11⁄2. Both the American and International squads kept three of the same groupings from Thursday foursomes: Oosthuizen/Grace, Day/Leishman, Scott/Vegas, Spieth/Reed, Fowler/Thomas, and Mickelson/Kisner with one match being a rematch of Day/Leishman versus Mickelson/Kisner from day 1. All four players who sat out Thursday played on Friday. Kevin Chappell and Charley Hoffman were paired together, while the International squad put Adam Hadwin with Matsuyama and Anirban Lahiri with Schwartzel.

InternationalResultsUnited States
Matsuyama/HadwinhalvedSpieth/Reed
Oosthuizen/Grace3 & 2Fowler/Thomas
Day/Leishman1 upMickelson/Kisner
Schwartzel/Lahiri6 & 5Chappell/Hoffman
Scott/Vegas3 & 2Johnson/Koepka
1⁄2Fourball41⁄2
2Overall8

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

InternationalResultsUnited States
Day/Leishman4 & 3Reed/Spieth
Scott/Hadwin4 & 3Johnson/Kuchar
Vegas/Grillo2 & 1Mickelson/Kisner
Oosthuizen/GracehalvedThomas/Fowler
1⁄2Foursomes31⁄2
21⁄2Overall111⁄2

Afternoon fourball

InternationalResultsUnited States
Oosthuizen/Day2 & 1Reed/Spieth
Vegas/Matsuyama3 & 2Berger/Thomas
Lahiri/Kim1 upChappell/Hoffman
Leishman/Grace3 & 2Koepka/Johnson
1Fourball3
31⁄2Overall141⁄2

Sunday's singles matches

InternationalResultsUnited StatesTimetable
LeishmanhalvedChappell
Day2 & 1Hoffman
Matsuyama3 & 1Thomas
Kim2 & 1Berger
Schwartzel1 upKuchar
Oosthuizen1 upReed
GracehalvedJohnson
Scott3 & 2Koepka
Vegas2 & 1Spieth
LahirihalvedKisner
Hadwin2 & 1Mickelson
Grillo6 & 4Fowler
71⁄2Singles41⁄2
11Overall19

Individual player records

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

United States

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Daniel Berger 22–1–01–0–00–1–01–0–0
Kevin Chappell 1.51–1–10–0–10–0–01–1–0
Rickie Fowler 3.53–0–11–0–01–0–11–0–0
Charley Hoffman 11–2–00–1–00–0–01–1–0
Dustin Johnson 4.54–0–10–0–12–0–02–0–0
Kevin Kisner 32–0–20–0–11–0–11–0–0
Brooks Koepka 22–2–00–1–00–1–02–0–0
Matt Kuchar 22–1–00–1–02–0–00–0–0
Phil Mickelson 3.53–0–11–0–01–0–11–0–0
Patrick Reed 3.53–1–10–1–02–0–01–0–1
Jordan Spieth 3.53–1–10–1–02–0–01–0–1
Justin Thomas 3.53–1–10–1–01–0–12–0–0

International

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Jason Day 1.51–3–11–0–00–1–10–2–0
Branden Grace 21–2–20–0–11–0–10–2–0
Emiliano Grillo 00–3–00–1–00–2–00–0–0
Adam Hadwin 0.50–2–10–1–00–1–00–0–1
Kim Si-woo 11–2–00–1–00–1–01–0–0
Anirban Lahiri 1.51–1–10–0–10–0–01–1–0
Marc Leishman 10–3–20–0–10–1–10–2–0
Hideki Matsuyama 1.51–2–11–0–00–1–00–1–1
Louis Oosthuizen 2.52–2–11–0–01–0–10–2–0
Charl Schwartzel 11–2–01–0–00–1–00–1–0
Adam Scott 11–3–01–0–00–2–00–1–0
Jhonattan Vegas 11–4–01–0–00–2–00–2–0

References

  1. ↑ "Steve Stricker and Nick Price named Presidents Cup captains". ESPN. April 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Presidents Cup: United States win seventh successive title". BBC Sport. October 1, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Americans' dominance leads to Presidents Cup victory". ESPN. Associated Press. October 1, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  4. ↑ "President's Cup Course". Presidents Cup. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  5. 1 2 "2017 Presidents Cup Eligibility Criteria". Presidents Cup. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Presidents Cup (United States)". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Presidents Cup (International)". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Weir, Furyk named 4th captains' assistants at 2017 Presidents Cup". PGA Tour. March 7, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Thursday Schedule". ESPN. September 27, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Americans claim 3 1/2 of 5 points in opening foursomes". ESPN. Associated Press. September 27, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.

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