The 2013 Presidents Cup was held October 3–6 at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb north of Columbus. It was the tenth Presidents Cup competition and the sixth played in the United States.

The selection of Muirfield as the 2013 tournament site was taken as a tribute to golfing great Jack Nicklaus, who designed the course. Nicklaus has said that his involvement as tournament host for the 2013 Presidents Cup "probably will be my last involvement in anything significant in the game of golf". Muirfield was the third U.S. course to host the tournament, and the first course in the world to host Presidents Cup, Ryder Cup, and Solheim Cup international team competitions.

In May 2012, Fred Couples and Nick Price were named captains of the U.S. and International teams, respectively.

The United States won for the fifth successive time with an 18–15 victory over the International team.

Format The first day consists of six matches of fourball. The second day consists of six matches of foursomes. The third day consists of five matches of fourball in the morning and five matches of foursomes in the afternoon. On the fourth and final day, twelve singles matches were played. 34 matches were played in all. All fourball and foursomes matches that are all-square after 18 holes will score point for each team. All singles matches that are all-square after 18 holes will continue until a winner is determined. The fourball matches being played first is a change from the previous seven Cups.

Team qualification and selection Both teams had 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 featured the top 10 in earnings from September 19, 2011 through September 2, 2013 (the Deutsche Bank Championship), with 2013 earnings weighted double, and two captain's picks. The captain's picks were announced on September 4, 2013.

The final standings were:

PositionPlayerPoints 1 Tiger Woods 22,627 2 Brandt Snedeker 15,040 3 Phil Mickelson 14,938 4 Matt Kuchar 14,928 5 Jason Dufner 10,832 6 Keegan Bradley 10,731 7 Steve Stricker 10,431 8 Bill Haas 10,354 9 Hunter Mahan 10,022 10 Zach Johnson 9,185 11 Webb Simpson 9,174 12 Dustin Johnson 8,788 13 Jim Furyk 8,686 14 Bubba Watson 8,170 15 Billy Horschel 6,988 22 Jordan Spieth

International team The International team featured the top 10 in the Official World Golf Ranking as of September 2, 2013 and two captain's picks. The captain's picks were announced on September 4, 2013.

The final standings were:

PositionPlayerAverage 1 Adam Scott 9.48 2 Jason Day 4.64 3 Charl Schwartzel 4.45 4 Ernie Els 4.41 5 Louis Oosthuizen 4.18 6 Hideki Matsuyama 3.67 7 Branden Grace 3.01 8 Graham DeLaet 2.99 9 Richard Sterne 2.91 10 Ángel Cabrera 2.41 11 Thongchai Jaidee 2.26 12 Marc Leishman 2.18 13 Tim Clark 2.17 14 Brendon de Jonge 2.01 15 George Coetzee 1.90

Players United States team Player Age Pointsrank OWGR Previousappearances Matches W–L–H Winningpercentage 54 Non-playing captain 59 Non-playing assistant captain 49 Non-playing assistant captain 37 1 1 7 35 20–14–1 58.57 32 2 9 0 Rookie 43 3 3 9 42 18–14–10 54.76 35 4 8 1 5 1–3–1 30.00 36 5 10 0 Rookie 27 6 15 0 Rookie 46 7 7 4 19 11–8–0 57.89 31 8 28 1 5 1–3–1 30.00 31 9 26 3 14 8–5–1 60.71 37 10 11 2 9 4–5–0 44.44 28 11 24 1 5 3–2–0 60.00 20 22 21 0 Rookie

International team Player Country Age Pointsrank OWGR Previousappearances Matches W–L–H Winningpercentage 56 Non-playing captain 44 Non-playing assistant captain 59 Non-playing assistant captain 57 Non-playing assistant captain 33 1 2 5 25 10–13–2 44.00 25 2 16 1 5 1–3–1 30.00 29 3 19 1 5 3–1–1 70.00 43 4 23 7 35 17–16–2 51.43 30 5 29 0 Rookie 21 6 30 0 Rookie 25 7 38 0 Rookie 31 8 32 0 Rookie 32 9 41 0 Rookie 44 10 51 3 13 4–6–3 42.31 29 12 61 0 Rookie 33 14 63 0 Rookie

OWGR as of September 29, 2013, the last ranking before the Cup. Age as of the start of the Cup on October 3, 2013.

Thursday's fourball matches The American team took a one-point lead after the first day of play, winning the final three matches and halving another. Play was delayed for 90 minutes due to rain but all matches were completed.

International Results United StatesDay/DeLaet1 upMahan/SnedekerScott/MatsuyamahalvedHaas/SimpsonOosthuizen/Schwartzel2 & 1Mickelson/BradleyEls/de Jonge1 upStricker/SpiethCabrera/Leishman5 & 4Kuchar/WoodsGrace/Sterne5 & 3Dufner/Johnson2 Fourball32 Overall3

Friday's foursomes matches A nearly three-hour delay due to severe weather meant that only two of the six matches were completed on Friday. Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley defeated Jason Day and Graham DeLaet, 4 and 3, while Brendon de Jonge and Ernie Els defeated Hunter Mahan and Bill Hass, 4 and 3. The Americans led 4 to 3 at the close of play Friday. Matches resumed early Saturday morning with both sides winning two matches to tie the session at 3–3.

International Results United StatesDay/DeLaet4 & 3Mickelson/BradleyEls/de Jonge4 & 3Haas/MahanGrace/Sterne2 & 1Stricker/SpiethCabrera/Leishman2 & 1Simpson/SnedekerOosthuizen/Schwartzel4 & 2Kuchar/WoodsScott/Matsuyama2 & 1Dufner/Johnson 3 Foursomes 3 5 Overall 6

Saturday's matches

Morning fourball Rain interrupted play for the third straight day. The U.S. team won four of the five matches to open a four-point lead. The matches did not end until late afternoon.

International Results United StatesEls/de Jonge2 & 1Bradley/MickelsonDay/DeLaet2 upStricker/SpiethCabrera/Grace4 & 3Haas/SimpsonOosthuizen/Schwartzel2 upSnedeker/MahanScott/Matsuyama1 upWoods/Kuchar 1 Fourball 4 6 Overall 10

Afternoon foursomes Due to the mornings rain delay, the afternoon foursomes were not completed Saturday. Jason Dufner and Zach Johnson defeated Richard Sterne and Marc Leishman, 4 and 3, in the only match completed Saturday. The other four matches were complete through 9 to 13 holes when play was suspended.

The table below reflects the official order. Match 19 (Sterne/Leishman vs Dufner/Johnson) began first, followed by Match 18 (Mickelson/Bradley vs Day/DeLaet), Match 22 (Simpson/Snedeker vs Oosthuizen/Schwartzel), Match 20 (Haas/Stricker vs Scott/Matsuyama), and Match 21 (Woods/Kuchar vs Els/de Jonge).

International Results United StatesDay/DeLaethalvedMickelson/BradleySterne/Leishman4 & 3Dufner/JohnsonScott/Matsuyama4 & 3Haas/StrickerEls/de Jonge1 upWoods/KucharOosthuizen/Schwartzel1 upSimpson/Snedeker 1 Foursomes 3 8 Overall 14

Sunday's singles matches The matches are listed in their official order but the first five matches were actually played in this order: Matsuyama/Mahan, Day/Snedeker, DeLaet/Spieth, Els/Stricker, de Jonge/Dufner.

International Results United States TimetableEls1 upStricker7th: 12–17Matsuyama3 & 2Mahan2nd: 9–15de Jonge4 & 3Dufner3rd: 9–16Day6 & 4Snedeker1st: 9–14DeLaet1 upSpieth4th: 10–16Scott2 & 1Haas6th: 11–17Grace4 & 2Johnson5th: 10–17Leishman1 upKuchar8th: 13–17Sterne1 upWoods10th: 14–18Schwartzel2 & 1Bradley9th: 14–17OosthuizenhalvedSimpson11th: 14–18Cabrera1 upMickelson12th: 15–18 7 Singles 4 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 FourballsKeegan Bradley 2.5 2–2–1 0–1–0 1–0–1 1–1–0Jason Dufner 3 3–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 1–0–0Bill Haas 2.5 2–2–1 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–0–1Zach Johnson 3 3–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 1–0–0Matt Kuchar 3 3–2–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2–0–0Hunter Mahan 2 2–2–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0Phil Mickelson 2.5 2–2–1 0–1–0 1–0–1 1–1–0Webb Simpson 3 2–1–2 0–0–1 1–1–0 1–0–1Brandt Snedeker 2 2–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–1–0Jordan Spieth 2 2–2–0 0–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0Steve Stricker 3 3–2–0 0–1–0 2–0–0 1–1–0Tiger Woods 4 4–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 2–0–0

International Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes FourballsÁngel Cabrera 2 2–2–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 0–2–0Jason Day 3.5 3–1–1 1–0–0 0–1–1 2–0–0Brendon de Jonge 2 2–3–0 0–1–0 2–0–0 0–2–0Graham DeLaet 3.5 3–1–1 1–0–0 0–1–1 2–0–0Ernie Els 3 3–2–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 0–2–0Branden Grace 0 0–4–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0Marc Leishman 2 2–2–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–1–0Hideki Matsuyama 1.5 1–3–1 0–1–0 1–1–0 0–1–1Louis Oosthuizen 1.5 1–3–1 0–0–1 0–2–0 1–1–0Charl Schwartzel 2 2–3–0 1–0–0 0–2–0 1–1–0Adam Scott 2.5 2–2–1 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–1–1Richard Sterne 0 0–4–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0–1–0

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