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 16–15, the narrowest margin of victory (later tied by the 2015 Presidents Cup's 15–14) in Presidents Cup history, aside of course from the tie in 2003. The honorary chairman was former President of the United States George H. W. Bush.

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 Player Age Pointsrank OWGR Previousappearances Matches W–L–H Winningpercentage 67 Non-playing captain 26 1 9 1 5 2–1–2 60.00 39 2 10 0 Rookie 37 3 5 1 5 2–2–1 50.00 35 4 23 0 Rookie 32 5 13 1 5 4–0–1 90.00 36 6 8 1 5 2–2–1 50.00 40 7 20 1 4 2–1–1 62.50 29 8 19 0 Rookie 36 9 7 1 3 3–0–0 100.00 24 10 28 0 Rookie 24 11 17 0 Rookie 36 12 26 0 Rookie

International team Player Country Age Pointsrank OWGR Previousappearances Matches W–L–H Winningpercentage 67 Non-playing captain 35 Non-playing assistant captain 41 1 1 0 Rookie 26 2 3 0 Rookie 49 3 6 0 Rookie 39 4 11 1 4 0–2–2 25.00 33 5 12 1 5 2–2–1 50.00 33 6 18 1 5 3–1–1 70.00 36 7 29 1 5 1–3–1 30.00 42 8 34 1 4 1–2–1 37.50 30 9 32 1 5 2–3–0 40.00 37 10 41 1 4 1–2–1 37.50 25 11 37 1 5 1–4–0 20.00 37 13 61 1 3 2–1–0 66.67 OWGR as of September 8, 1996, the last ranking before the Cup

Friday's matches

Morning four-ball International Results United StatesNorman/Allenby2 & 1Couples/LoveEls/McNulty2 upHoch/BrooksSingh/Ozaki2 & 1Mickelson/PavinElkington/Nobilo3 & 2O'Meara/DuvalPrice/Senior4 & 2Lehman/Stricker 1 Four-Ball 4 1 Overall 4

Afternoon foursomes International Results United StatesPrice/Frost3 & 2Perry/LeonardNobilo/Parry2 & 1O'Meara/DuvalElkington/Singh2 upLehman/StrickerEls/McNultyhalvedMickelson/PavinNorman/Allenby1 upCouples/Love 1 Foursomes 3 2 Overall 7

Saturday's matches

Morning four-ball International Results United StatesPrice/Elkington2 upLeonard/LehmanNorman/Allenby1 upStricker/PavinParry/Nobilo2 & 1Perry/HochOzaki/Singh2 & 1Love/CouplesEls/McNulty4 & 3O'Meara/Duval 3 Four-Ball 2 5 Overall 9

Afternoon foursomes International Results United StatesSenior/Frost3 & 2Pavin/MickelsonNobilo/Allenby3 & 2Love/BrooksPrice/McNulty3 & 1Perry/LeonardNorman/Els1 upLehman/StrickerElkington/Singh1 upO'Meara/Hoch 4 Foursomes 1 9 Overall 10

Sunday's matches

Singles International Results United StatesParry5 & 4BrooksSenior3 & 2DuvalPrice1 upO'MearaFrost7 & 6PerryAllenby6 & 5StrickerMcNulty1 upHochOzaki5 & 4LoveElkington1 upLeonardEls3 & 2MickelsonNorman3 & 1PavinNobilo3 & 2LehmanSingh2 & 1Couples 6 Singles 6 15 Overall 16

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

United States Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes FourballsMark Brooks 0 0–3–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–1–0Fred Couples 3 3–1–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 1–1–0David Duval 4 4–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0Scott Hoch 3 3–1–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 1–1–0Tom Lehman 1 1–4–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 1–1–0Justin Leonard 1 1–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 0–1–0Davis Love III 3 3–2–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 1–1–0Phil Mickelson 1.5 1–2–1 0–1–0 0–1–1 1–0–0Mark O'Meara 5 5–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 2–0–0Corey Pavin 1.5 1–3–1 0–1–0 0–1–1 1–1–0Kenny Perry 2 2–2–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–0–0Steve Stricker 2 2–3–0 1–0–0 0–2–0 1–1–0

International Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes FourballsRobert Allenby 2 2–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–1–0Steve Elkington 3 3–2–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 1–1–0Ernie Els 3.5 3–1–1 1–0–0 1–0–1 1–1–0David Frost 2 2–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–0Mark McNulty 2.5 2–2–1 0–1–0 1–0–1 1–1–0Frank Nobilo 2 2–3–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–2–0Greg Norman 3 3–2–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 1–1–0Masashi Ozaki 1 1–2–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 1–1–0Craig Parry 1 1–2–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–1–0Nick Price 2 2–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–1–0Peter Senior 1 1–2–0 0–1–0 1–0–0 0–1–0Vijay Singh 2 2–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–1–0

External links Official scores in 2015 Media Guide