2019 Presidents Cup

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2019 Presidents Cup
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Dates12–15 December
Venue Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Location Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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The 2019 Presidents Cup was the 13th edition of the Presidents Cup golf competition, held at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Victoria, from 12 to 15 December 2019. [1] Royal Melbourne previously hosted the tournament in 1998, at which the International team had their only victory, and 2011. It is the only international venue to have held the tournament more than once.

Contents

The United States retained the cup, winning the competition 16–14. Trailing before the final day singles matches, they won six and tied four of the 12 matches. [2]

Team qualification and selection

Both teams had 12 players. On 18 August 2019, the eight automatic qualifiers for each team were finalized. [3]

Key
Top eight on points list
Four captain's picks
Not available, in top 15 of points list
Not picked, in top 15 of points list

International team

The International team featured the top 8 players with the most Official World Golf Ranking points accumulated between 27 August 2018 (Dell Technologies Championship) and 18 August 2019 (BMW Championship) and four captain's picks made in early November. This was a change from 2017 when selection was based on the leading players in the Official World Golf Ranking. The number of captain's picks was also increased from two to four.

The final standings were: [4]

PositionPlayerPoints
1 Marc Leishman 192.94
2 Hideki Matsuyama 187.11
3 Louis Oosthuizen 184.68
4 Adam Scott 180.30
5 Abraham Ancer 160.39
6 Li Haotong 128.63
7 Pan Cheng-tsung 125.77
8 Cameron Smith 124.17
9 Jason Day [5] 120.57
10 Jazz Janewattananond 113.86
11 Im Sung-jae 112.04
12 Justin Harding 109.67
13 Corey Conners 102.34
14 Shugo Imahira 100.47
15 An Byeong-hun 97.26

United States team

The United States team featured the 8 players who earned the most official FedExCup points from the 2017 BMW Championship through the 2019 BMW Championship, with points earned in the 2018–19 season counting double, and four captain's picks. Points for events in the FedEx Cup Playoffs were weighted the same as WGC events. The four captain's picks were made in early November. In 2017 only events in the 2017 calendar year counted double. As with the international team the number of captain's picks was increased from two to four. [6]

The final standings were: [7]

PositionPlayerPoints
1 Brooks Koepka [8] 8,310
2 Justin Thomas 6,949
3 Dustin Johnson 6,643
4 Patrick Cantlay 5,898
5 Xander Schauffele 5,753
6 Webb Simpson 5,532
7 Matt Kuchar 5,520
8 Bryson DeChambeau 5,341
9 Tony Finau 5,152
10 Gary Woodland 4,964
11 Rickie Fowler 4,678
12 Patrick Reed 4,510
13 Tiger Woods 3,905
14 Chez Reavie 3,810
15 Kevin Kisner 3,670

Teams

Captains

Tiger Woods captained the U.S. team, and Ernie Els captained the International team. [9] [10]

Woods chose Fred Couples, Zach Johnson and Steve Stricker as his assistants. [11] Els chose K. J. Choi, Geoff Ogilvy, Trevor Immelman and Mike Weir as his assistants. [12]

Woods was the first playing captain in a Presidents Cup since Hale Irwin in 1994. [13]

Players

International team
PlayerCountryAgePoints
rank		OWGRPrevious
appearances		MatchesW–L–TWinning
percentage
Marc Leishman Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 361283133–7–334.62
Hideki Matsuyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 272213134–6–342.31
Louis Oosthuizen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 373203157–5–356.67
Adam Scott Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3941883914–20–542.31
Abraham Ancer Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 285390Rookie
Li Haotong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 246650Rookie
Pan Cheng-tsung Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 287640Rookie
Cameron Smith Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 268520Rookie
Im Sung-jae Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2111360Rookie
An Byeong-hun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2815420Rookie
Adam Hadwin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 321848130–2–116.67
Joaquín Niemann Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 2128560Rookie
United States team
PlayerAgePoints
rank		OWGRPrevious
appearances		MatchesW–L–TWinning
percentage
Justin Thomas 2624153–1–170.00
Dustin Johnson 35353148–4–264.29
Patrick Cantlay 27470Rookie
Xander Schauffele 26590Rookie
Webb Simpson 346112105–3–260.00
Matt Kuchar 417244166–8–243.75
Bryson DeChambeau 268130Rookie
Tony Finau 309160Rookie
Gary Woodland 3510170Rookie
Rickie Fowler 301122284–3–156.25
Patrick Reed 291212294–3–255.56
Tiger Woods – captain4313684024–15–161.25

Notables

Abraham Ancer (Mexico), Li Haotong (China), Joaquín Niemann (Chile) and Pan Cheng-tsung (Chinese Taipei) became the first players of their respective countries to play in the Presidents Cup.

This was also the first Presidents Cup without Phil Mickelson.

Broadcast

Golf Channel had the official coverage of the 2019 Presidents Cup in the United States. [14]

Thursday's fourball matches

Despite losing the opening match, the International team won the session 4–1. This was just the fourth time that the International team had led after the opening session of a Presidents Cup match and the 3 point lead was the largest it had ever had after the opening session. [15]

InternationalResultsUnited States
Niemann/Leishman4 & 3Woods/Thomas
Im/Hadwin1 upCantlay/Schauffele
An/Scott2 & 1Finau/DeChambeau
Pan/Matsuyama1 upReed/Simpson
Oosthuizen/Ancer4 & 3Woodland/Johnson
4Fourball1
4Overall1

Friday's foursomes matches

The International team looked like they would extend their lead but the United States had good finishes in three of the matches to leave the session tied. Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele birdied the final hole to win their match against Joaquín Niemann and Adam Hadwin and later Tiger Woods and Justin Thomas did the same against Hideki Matsuyama and An Byeong-hun. In the final match, Rickie Fowler and Gary Woodland tied their match against Cameron Smith and Im Sung-jae after being two down with three holes to play. [16]

InternationalResultsUnited States
Scott/Oosthuizen3 & 2Kuchar/Johnson
Niemann/Hadwin1 upCantlay/Schauffele
Ancer/Leishman3 & 2Reed/Simpson
Matsuyama/An1 upWoods/Thomas
Smith/ImtiedFowler/Woodland
21⁄2Foursomes21⁄2
61⁄2Overall31⁄2

Saturday's matches

Morning fourball

The International team extended their lead to four points with two wins and a tie in the four matches. An Byeong-hun and Adam Scott had taken a one-hole lead at the 15th hole against Tony Finau and Matt Kuchar but Finau won the final hole with a birdie 3 to tie the match. [17]

InternationalResultsUnited States
Li/Leishman3 & 2Fowler/Thomas
Ancer/Im3 & 2Cantlay/Schauffele
Pan/Matsuyama5 & 3Simpson/Reed
An/ScotttiedFinau/Kuchar
21⁄2Fourball11⁄2
9Overall5

Afternoon foursomes

At one stage the United States led in all four matches but the International team recovered to tie two of the matches. Rickie Fowler and Justin Thomas were 5 up after 7 holes against Abraham Ancer and Marc Leishman and were still 5 up with 8 holes to play. However Ancer and Leishman tied the match, winning the last three holes. Joaquín Niemann and An Byeong-hun also came from behind to tie their match against Tony Finau and Matt Kuchar, giving the International team a two-point lead at the start of the final day. [17]

InternationalResultsUnited States
Scott/Oosthuizen2 & 1Woodland/Johnson
Ancer/LeishmantiedFowler/Thomas
Im/Smith2 & 1Cantlay/Schauffele
Niemann/AntiedFinau/Kuchar
1Foursomes3
10Overall8

Sunday's singles matches

Tiger Woods played the first match for the US and made 7 birdies in 16 holes to defeat Abraham Ancer. Woods, with a 3–0–0 record, was the only player without a loss or tie in the competition. Down by two points at the start of the day, the US took six of the singles matches and rallied to win by a score of 16–14. This was the eighth straight Presidents Cup victory for the US. [18] [19] [20]

InternationalResultsUnited StatesTimetable
Abraham Ancer3 & 2Tiger Woods1st: 10–9
Hideki MatsuyamatiedTony Finau4th: 10.5–11.5
Pan Cheng-tsung4 & 2Patrick Reed3rd: 10–11
Li Haotong4 & 3Dustin Johnson2nd: 10–10
Adam HadwintiedBryson DeChambeau6th: 12–12
Im Sung-jae4 & 3Gary Woodland5th: 11.5–11.5
Joaquín Niemann3 & 2Patrick Cantlay7th: 12–13
Adam Scott2 & 1Xander Schauffele8th: 12–14
An Byeong-hun2 & 1Webb Simpson9th: 12–15
Cameron Smith2 & 1Justin Thomas10th: 13–15
Louis OosthuizentiedMatt Kuchar11th: 13.5–15.5
Marc LeishmantiedRickie Fowler12th: 14–16
4Singles8
14Overall16

Individual player records

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

International

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
An Byeong-hun 21–2–20–1–00–1–11–0–1
Abraham Ancer 3.53–1–10–1–01–0–12–0–0
Adam Hadwin 1.51–1–10–0–10–1–01–0–0
Im Sung-jae 3.53–1–11–0–00–1–12–0–0
Marc Leishman 21–2–20–0–11–0–10–2–0
Li Haotong 00–2–00–1–00–0–00–1–0
Hideki Matsuyama 2.52–1–10–0–10–1–02–0–0
Joaquín Niemann 0.50–3–10–1–00–1–10–1–0
Louis Oosthuizen 2.52–1–10–0–11–1–01–0–0
Pan Cheng-tsung 22–1–00–1–00–0–02–0–0
Adam Scott 2.52–2–10–1–01–1–01–0–1
Cameron Smith 1.51–1–11–0–00–1–10–0–0

United States

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Patrick Cantlay 33–2–01–0–02–0–00–2–0
Bryson DeChambeau 0.50–1–10–0–10–0–00–1–0
Tony Finau 1.50–1–30–0–10–0–10–1–1
Rickie Fowler 2.51–0–30–0–10–0–21–0–0
Dustin Johnson 22–2–01–0–01–1–00–1–0
Matt Kuchar 1.50–1–30–0–10–1–10–0–1
Patrick Reed 11–3–01–0–00–1–00–2–0
Xander Schauffele 33–2–01–0–02–0–00–2–0
Webb Simpson 11–3–01–0–00–1–00–2–0
Justin Thomas 3.53–1–10–1–01–0–12–0–0
Gary Woodland 1.51–2–10–1–01–0–10–1–0
Tiger Woods 33–0–01–0–01–0–01–0–0

References

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  7. ↑ "Standings Presidents Cup (United States)". PGA Tour. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  8. 1 2 Harig, Bob (20 November 2019). "Brooks Koepka out of Presidents Cup due to knee injury". ESPN. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
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  11. ↑ "U.S. Team Presidents Cup Captain Tiger Woods selects assistants". PGA Tour. 12 February 2019.
  12. ↑ Beall, Joel (19 March 2019). "Ernie Els tabs a pair of Masters champions as assistants for 2019 Presidents Cup". Golf Digest.
  13. ↑ Strege, John (7 November 2019). "Tiger Woods uses one of four captain's picks on himself and will be the first playing captain in 25 years". Golf Digest.
  14. ↑ "How to watch Presidents Cup: TV schedule, livestream times". Golf Channel. 8 November 2019.
  15. ↑ "Presidents Cup: Day 1 match recaps". PGA Tour. 11 December 2019.
  16. ↑ "Presidents Cup: Day 2 match recaps". PGA Tour. 12 December 2019.
  17. 1 2 "Presidents Cup: Day 3 match recaps". PGA Tour. 13 December 2019.
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