2005 Presidents Cup

The 2005 Presidents Cup was held between September 22 and 25, 2005. It was played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, United States. The United States team won the competition by a margin of 18–15. The honorary chairmen was former President of the United States George H. W. Bush.

Format Both teams had 12 players plus a non-playing captain. The competition was four days long with 34 total matches worth a single point each. Although the number and type of matches played was the same as in previous events, the schedule was slightly altered. Six foursome matches were played on the first day and six four-ball matches were played on the second. On the third day, five four-ball matches were played in the morning and five foursome matches were played in the afternoon. The competition concluded with twelve singles matches on the final day. Because of the unresolved outcome in the previous President's Cup, an additional change was made to the structure. Under the new format, the singles matches would go to extra holes if at the conclusion of the 18 hole round the match was all-square and the Cup had not been decided.

Teams

Ernie Els, who was the second ranked player in the International team, did not play because of a knee injury.

United States team Player Age Pointsrank OWGR Previousappearances Matches W–L–H Winningpercentage 65 Non-playing captain 48 Non-playing assistant captain 29 1 1 3 15 8–7–0 53.33 35 2 3 5 23 6–12–5 36.96 38 3 13 1 5 1–4–0 20.00 45 4 10 2 9 6–3–0 66.67 37 5 8 1 5 2–3–0 40.00 35 6 9 3 13 7–6–0 53.85 49 7 33 1 4 1–2–1 37.50 32 8 22 1 4 4–0–0 100.00 41 9 16 5 23 14–6–3 67.39 41 10 25 0 Rookie 33 11 24 3 13 3–9–1 26.92 45 17 20 3 12 8–3–1 70.83

International team Player Country Age Pointsrank OWGR Previousappearances Matches W–L–H Winningpercentage 69 Non-playing captain 44 Non-playing assistant captain 42 1 2 5 25 12–11–2 52.00 36 3 5 2 10 5–5–0 50.00 25 4 7 1 5 3–2–0 60.00 36 5 11 0 Rookie 29 6 18 1 5 2–3–0 40.00 36 7 15 1 4 1–2–1 37.50 34 8 26 3 11 3–7–1 31.82 35 9 32 2 10 6–4–0 60.00 33 10 30 0 Rookie 34 11 27 0 Rookie 38 12 38 1 4 2–2–0 50.00 25 22 55 0 Rookie OWGR as of September 18, 2005, the last ranking before the Cup

Thursday's matches All matches played were foursomes. International Results United StatesScott/Goosen4 & 3Woods/CouplesSingh/HensbyhalvedFunk/FurykO'Hern/Clark1 upMickelson/DiMarcoLonard/Appleby4 & 2Leonard/VerplankCampbell/Cabrera2 & 1Love/PerryImmelman/Weir6 & 5Cink/Toms 3 Foursomes 2 3 Overall 2

Friday's matches All matches played were four-ball. International Results United StatesCampbell/CabrerahalvedMickelson/DiMarcoScott/Goosen3 & 1Couples/TomsImmelman/Weir2 & 1Leonard/VerplankSingh/ClarkhalvedFunk/CinkLonard/O'Hern3 & 2Love/PerryAppleby/Hensby3 & 2Woods/Furyk 3 Four-Ball 3 6 Overall 5

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes International Results United StatesGoosen/ScotthalvedLeonard/VerplankCampbell/Cabrera5 & 3Mickelson/DiMarcoSingh/ApplebyhalvedWoods/FurykClark/O'Hern2 & 1Funk/TomsImmelman/Weir1 upLove/Cink 2 Foursomes 3 8 Overall 8

Afternoon four-ball International Results United StatesGoosen/Scott5 & 4Leonard/VerplankLonard/O'Hern6 & 5Mickelson/DiMarcoCampbell/CabrerahalvedLove/CouplesHensby/Clark5 & 3Perry/CinkSingh/Appleby2 upWoods/Furyk 2 Four-Ball 2 11 Overall 11

Sunday's matches

Singles International Results United StatesClark4 & 3LeonardImmelman2 & 1TomsGoosen2 & 1WoodsHensby4 & 3PerrySingh1 upCouplesWeir3 & 2VerplankScott3 & 2FurykLonard3 & 2CinkCampbell3 & 2FunkO'Hern4 & 3LoveCabrerahalvedMickelsonAppleby1 upDiMarco 4 Singles 7 15 Overall 18

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

United States Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes FourballsStewart Cink 1.5 1–3–1 0–1–0 1–1–0 0–1–1Fred Couples 1.5 1–2–1 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–1–1Chris DiMarco 4.5 4–0–1 1–0–0 2–0–0 1–0–1Fred Funk 1 0–2–2 0–1–0 0–1–1 0–0–1Jim Furyk 4 3–0–2 1–0–0 0–0–2 2–0–0Justin Leonard 3.5 3–1–1 1–0–0 1–0–1 1–1–0Davis Love III 2.5 2–2–1 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–1–1Phil Mickelson 4 3–0–2 0–0–1 2–0–0 1–0–1Kenny Perry 1 1–3–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–2–0David Toms 1 1–3–0 1–0–0 0–2–0 0–1–0Scott Verplank 2.5 2–2–1 0–1–0 1–0–1 1–1–0Tiger Woods 2.5 2–2–1 0–1–0 0–1–1 2–0–0

International Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes FourballsStuart Appleby 0.5 0–4–1 0–1–0 0–1–1 0–2–0Ángel Cabrera 2.5 1–1–3 0–0–1 1–1–0 0–0–2Michael Campbell 3 2–1–2 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–2Tim Clark 2.5 2–2–1 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–0–1Retief Goosen 4.5 4–0–1 1–0–0 1–0–1 2–0–0Mark Hensby 1.5 1–2–1 0–1–0 0–0–1 1–1–0Trevor Immelman 1 1–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 0–1–0Peter Lonard 2 2–2–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0Nick O'Hern 2 2–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–1–0Adam Scott 3.5 3–1–1 0–1–0 1–0–1 2–0–0Vijay Singh 1.5 0–2–3 0–1–0 0–0–2 0–1–1Mike Weir 2 2–2–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–1–0

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