The 2015 Presidents Cup was the 11th Presidents Cup, played at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Incheon, South Korea from 8–11 October. It was the first time the Presidents Cup was played in Asia.
The United States won for the sixth successive time with a 15–14 victory over the International team, tied with the 1996 Presidents Cup (16–15) for the narrowest margin of victory.
Course layout Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards4264245913961704715602344523,7244354304632073615724772025423,6897,413Par445434534364443454353672
Format The format changed from previous Cup play. The first two days consisted of five matches of foursomes and five matches of fourball. The third day consisted of four matches of foursomes and four matches of fourball. The host team captain decided the order, fourball vs. foursomes, on the first three days. On the fourth and final day, twelve singles matches were played. 30 matches were played in all. All matches that are all-square after 18 holes scored point for each team.
Each member of the teams had to play in a minimum of two matches in the first three days, a reduction from the three match minimum from 2003 to 2013.
Team qualification and selection Both teams had 12 players. +Key Top ten on points list Two 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 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking at the conclusion of the 2015 Deutsche Bank Championship on 7 September and two captain's picks. The captain's picks were announced on 8 September 2015.
The final standings were:
PositionPlayerAverage 1 Jason Day 11.05 2 Louis Oosthuizen 4.69 3 Adam Scott 4.57 4 Hideki Matsuyama 4.26 5 Branden Grace 3.83 6 Marc Leishman 2.91 7 Anirban Lahiri 2.66 8 Charl Schwartzel 2.61 9 Thongchai Jaidee 2.58 10 Danny Lee 2.39 11 Steven Bowditch 2.38 12 An Byeong-hun 2.29 13 John Senden 2.26 14 Matt Jones 2.19 15 George Coetzee 2.19
United States team The United States team featured the 10 players who earn the most official FedExCup points from the 2013 BMW Championship through to the 2015 Deutsche Bank Championship, with points earned in the calendar year 2015 counting double, and two captain's picks. The captain's picks were announced on 8 September 2015.
On 2 October it was announced that Jim Furyk would not play in the Presidents Cup due to a wrist injury, and would be replaced by J. B. Holmes. Furyk served instead as an assistant captain.
The final standings were:
PositionPlayerPoints 1 Jordan Spieth 10,521 2 Bubba Watson 7,416 3 Jimmy Walker 6,609 4 Zach Johnson 5,838 5 Jim Furyk 5,778 6 Rickie Fowler 5,770 7 Dustin Johnson 5,532 8 Patrick Reed 5,148 9 Matt Kuchar 4,693 10 Chris Kirk 4,426 11 Bill Haas 4,140 12 J. B. Holmes 4,075 13 Charley Hoffman 4,004 14 Billy Horschel 3,956 15 Brandt Snedeker 3,913
Teams Captains Jay Haas captained the U.S. team, and Nick Price captained the International team. Haas served as the captain's assistant for the previous three U.S. teams. Price was the International team captain in 2013.
Fred Couples, Jim Furyk, Davis Love III, and Steve Stricker were assistant captains for the U.S. team. K. J. Choi, Tony Johnstone, and Mark McNulty were assistant captains for the International team.
Players International team Player Country Age Pointsrank OWGR Previousappearances Matches W–L–H Winningpercentage 27 1 2 2 10 4–4–2 50.00 32 2 13 1 5 1–3–1 30.00 35 3 14 6 30 12–15–3 45.00 23 4 15 1 5 1–3–1 30.00 27 5 22 1 4 0–4–0 0.00 31 6 37 1 4 2–2–0 50.00 28 7 39 0 Rookie 31 8 47 2 10 5–4–1 55.00 45 9 31 0 Rookie 25 10 36 0 Rookie 32 11 58 0 Rookie 29 19 88 0 Rookie
United States team Player Age Pointsrank OWGR Previousappearances Matches W–L–H Winningpercentage 22 1 1 1 4 2–2–0 50.00 36 2 4 1 5 3–2–0 60.00 36 3 17 0 Rookie 39 4 10 3 13 7–6–0 53.85 26 6 5 0 Rookie 31 7 8 1 5 1–3–1 30.00 25 8 19 0 Rookie 37 9 16 2 10 4–5–1 45.00 30 10 27 0 Rookie 33 11 29 2 10 3–5–2 40.00 33 12 18 0 Rookie 45 30 24 10 47 20–16–11 54.26 Captain's picks shown in yellow Ages as of 8 October; OWGR as of 5 October, the last ranking before the Cup
Notables Anirban Lahiri (India) and Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) became the first representatives of their respective countries to play in the Presidents Cup. Phil Mickelson has appeared in all eleven Presidents Cups. Host country South Korea was represented with vice captain K. J. Choi, Danny Lee (who plays as a New Zealander, but was born in South Korea), and Bae Sang-moon in his last competition before his military obligation. Bill Haas was chosen for his third Presidents Cup, the most for an American without a Ryder Cup appearance.
Thursday's foursomes matches
International Results United States Scott/Matsuyama 3 & 2 Watson/Holmes Oosthuizen/Grace 3 & 2 Kuchar/Reed Lahiri/Jaidee 5 & 4 Fowler/Walker Day/Bowditch 2 up Mickelson/Z. Johnson Lee/Leishman 4 & 3 Spieth/D. Johnson 1 Foursomes 4 1 Overall 4
Friday's fourball matches The American pairing of Zach Johnson and Phil Mickelson were penalised 1 hole after Mickelson played a harder ball at the par 5 7th hole, in contravention to a "one-ball condition". The one-ball condition states that a player must use the same type of ball throughout his round. The one-ball condition was in place for the fourball matches, although not for the foursomes. After his tee shot, Mickelson was incorrectly informed by a rules official that he was disqualified from the hole and Mickelson picked up his ball. The correct penalty was a loss of 1 hole, which was adjusted to the state of the match after the 7th hole. However, it was then too late for Mickelson, who could have played out the 7th hole. Jason Day won the 7th hole with a birdie 4. The match had been all square after 6 holes but, with the International pair winning the 7th hole and with the 1 hole penalty, the International pair became 2 up after 7 holes. The match ended up all square.
International Results United States Oosthuizen/Grace4 & 3 D. Johnson/Spieth Lee/Bae1 up Fowler/Walker Scott/Dayhalved Z. Johnson/Mickelson Leishman/Bowditch2 up Holmes/Watson Jaidee/Schwartzel2 & 1 Haas/Kirk 3 Fourball 1 4 Overall 5
Saturday's matches
Morning foursomes
International Results United States Oosthuizen/Grace 3 & 2 Reed/Fowler Scott/Leishman halved Watson/Holmes Bae/Matsuyama halved Haas/Kuchar Day/Schwartzel 1 up D. Johnson/Spieth 2 Foursomes 2 6 Overall 7
Afternoon fourball By winning their match, Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace became the first International pair to win four matches, playing together, in a Presidents Cup match. Steve Stricker and Tiger Woods, in 2009, were previously the only pair to have achieved this.
International Results United States Oosthuizen/Grace 1 up Holmes/Watson Scott/Lahiri 3 & 2 Mickelson/Z. Johnson Bae/Matsuyama 6 & 5 Walker/Kirk Day/Schwartzel 3 & 2 Reed/Spieth 2 Fourball 2 8 Overall 9
Sunday's singles matches The United States won the Presidents Cup for the sixth straight time, defeating the International team 15 to 14. American Bill Haas, the son of team captain Jay Haas, clinched the victory on the final hole of the final match. With Haas 1 up, Bae needed to win the 18th to halve the match and the Presidents Cup. Bae mishit his third shot, a chip, and then missed his fourth shot. Haas then hit his third shot, from a bunker, to 6 feet and Bae conceded the match. Earlier Branden Grace has won his singles match, becoming only the fifth player to win five matches in a Presidents Cup match. In the 2013 Presidents Cup he had lost all four of his matches.
International Results United States Timetable Oosthuizen halved Reed2nd: 10–10 Scott 6 & 5 Fowler1st: 9–9 Lee 2 & 1 D. Johnson3rd: 10–11 Matsuyama 1 up Holmes5th: 11–12 Jaidee halved Watson6th: 11–12 Bowditch 2 up Walker7th: 12–12 Schwartzel 5 & 4 Mickelson4th: 10–12 Lahiri 1 up Kirk 8th: 12–13 Leishman 1 up Spieth 10th: 13–14 Day 3 & 2 Z. Johnson 9th: 12–14 Grace 2 & 1 Kuchar 11th: 14–14 Bae 2 up Haas 12th: 14–15 6 Singles 6 14 Overall 15
Individual player records Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.
International Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes FourballsBae Sang-moon 2.5 2–1–1 0–1–0 0–0–1 2–0–0Steven Bowditch 1 1–2–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–1–0Jason Day 0.5 0–4–1 0–1–0 0–2–0 0–1–1Branden Grace 5 5–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 2–0–0Thongchai Jaidee 1.5 1–1–1 0–0–1 0–1–0 1–0–0Anirban Lahiri 0 0–3–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–1–0Danny Lee 1 1–2–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 1–0–0Marc Leishman 1.5 1–2–1 1–0–0 0–1–1 0–1–0Hideki Matsuyama 2.5 2–1–1 1–0–0 0–1–1 1–0–0Louis Oosthuizen 4.5 4–0–1 0–0–1 2–0–0 2–0–0Charl Schwartzel 1 1–3–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 1–1–0Adam Scott 2 1–2–2 1–0–0 0–1–1 0–1–1
United States Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes FourballsRickie Fowler 1 1–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 0–1–0Bill Haas 1.5 1–1–1 1–0–0 0–0–1 0–1–0J. B. Holmes 2.5 2–2–1 0–1–0 1–0–1 1–1–0Dustin Johnson 3 3–1–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 0–1–0Zach Johnson 3.5 3–0–1 1–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–1Chris Kirk 1 1–2–0 1–0–0 0–0–0 0–2–0Matt Kuchar 0.5 0–2–1 0–1–0 0–1–1 0–0–0Phil Mickelson 3.5 3–0–1 1–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–1Patrick Reed 1.5 1–2–1 0–0–1 0–2–0 1–0–0Jordan Spieth 3 3–2–0 0–1–0 2–0–0 1–1–0Jimmy Walker 1 1–3–0 0–1–0 1–0–0 0–2–0Bubba Watson 3 2–1–2 0–0–1 1–0–1 1–1–0
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