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. Royal Melbourne previously hosted the tournament in 1998, at which the International team had their only victory, and 2011.

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.

Team qualification and selection Both teams had 12 players. On 18 August 2019, the eight automatic qualifiers for each team were finalized. +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:

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 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.

The final standings were:

PositionPlayerPoints 1 Brooks Koepka 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.

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

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

Players International team Player Country Age Pointsrank OWGR Previousappearances Matches W–L–T Winningpercentage 36 1 28 3 13 3–7–3 34.62 27 2 21 3 13 4–6–3 42.31 37 3 20 3 15 7–5–3 56.67 39 4 18 8 39 14–20–5 42.31 28 5 39 0 Rookie 24 6 65 0 Rookie 28 7 64 0 Rookie 26 8 52 0 Rookie 21 11 36 0 Rookie 28 15 42 0 Rookie 32 18 48 1 3 0–2–1 16.67 21 28 56 0 Rookie

United States team Player Age Pointsrank OWGR Previousappearances Matches W–L–T Winningpercentage 26 2 4 1 5 3–1–1 70.00 35 3 5 3 14 8–4–2 64.29 27 4 7 0 Rookie 26 5 9 0 Rookie 34 6 11 2 10 5–3–2 60.00 41 7 24 4 16 6–8–2 43.75 26 8 13 0 Rookie 30 9 16 0 Rookie 35 10 17 0 Rookie 30 11 22 2 8 4–3–1 56.25 29 12 12 2 9 4–3–2 55.56 – captain 43 13 6 8 40 24–15–1 61.25 Brooks Koepka originally made the U.S. team but withdrew with a knee injury. He was replaced by Fowler. Jason Day was originally a captain's pick for the International team but withdrew with a back injury. He was replaced by An. Captain's picks shown in yellow Ages as of 12 December; OWGR as of 8 December, the last ranking before the Cup

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.

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. International Results United States Niemann/Leishman 4 & 3 Woods/Thomas Im/Hadwin 1 up Cantlay/Schauffele An/Scott 2 & 1 Finau/DeChambeau Pan/Matsuyama 1 up Reed/Simpson Oosthuizen/Ancer 4 & 3 Woodland/Johnson 4 Fourball 1 4 Overall 1

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.

International Results United States Scott/Oosthuizen 3 & 2 Kuchar/Johnson Niemann/Hadwin 1 up Cantlay/Schauffele Ancer/Leishman 3 & 2 Reed/Simpson Matsuyama/An 1 up Woods/Thomas Smith/Im tied Fowler/Woodland 2 Foursomes 2 6 Overall 3

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.

International Results United States Li/Leishman 3 & 2 Fowler/Thomas Ancer/Im 3 & 2 Cantlay/Schauffele Pan/Matsuyama 5 & 3 Simpson/Reed An/Scott tied Finau/Kuchar 2 Fourball 1 9 Overall 5

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. International Results United States Scott/Oosthuizen 2 & 1 Woodland/Johnson Ancer/Leishman tied Fowler/Thomas Im/Smith 2 & 1 Cantlay/Schauffele Niemann/An tied Finau/Kuchar 1 Foursomes 3 10 Overall 8

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."Tiger Woods leads U.S. to Presidents Cup win: 'We had to earn it'". espn.com. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.Harig, Bob. "Tiger Woods goes 3-0 as captain at Presidents Cup". espn.com. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.Harig, Bob. "Captain Tiger Woods was the best player at the Presidents Cup". espn.com. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

International Results United States Timetable Abraham Ancer 3 & 2 Tiger Woods 1st: 10–9 Hideki Matsuyama tied Tony Finau 4th: 10.5–11.5 Pan Cheng-tsung 4 & 2 Patrick Reed 3rd: 10–11 Li Haotong 4 & 3 Dustin Johnson 2nd: 10–10 Adam Hadwin tied Bryson DeChambeau 6th: 12–12 Im Sung-jae 4 & 3 Gary Woodland 5th: 11.5–11.5 Joaquín Niemann 3 & 2 Patrick Cantlay 7th: 12–13 Adam Scott 2 & 1 Xander Schauffele 8th: 12–14 An Byeong-hun 2 & 1 Webb Simpson 9th: 12–15 Cameron Smith 2 & 1 Justin Thomas 10th: 13–15 Louis Oosthuizen tied Matt Kuchar 11th: 13.5–15.5 Marc Leishman tied Rickie Fowler 12th: 14–16 4 Singles 8 14 Overall 16

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

International Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes Fourballs 2 1–2–2 0–1–0 0–1–1 1–0–1 3.5 3–1–1 0–1–0 1–0–1 2–0–0 1.5 1–1–1 0–0–1 0–1–0 1–0–0 3.5 3–1–1 1–0–0 0–1–1 2–0–0 2 1–2–2 0–0–1 1–0–1 0–2–0 0 0–2–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–1–0 2.5 2–1–1 0–0–1 0–1–0 2–0–0 0.5 0–3–1 0–1–0 0–1–1 0–1–0 2.5 2–1–1 0–0–1 1–1–0 1–0–0 2 2–1–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 2–0–0 2.5 2–2–1 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–0–1 1.5 1–1–1 1–0–0 0–1–1 0–0–0

United States Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes Fourballs 3 3–2–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 0–2–0 0.5 0–1–1 0–0–1 0–0–0 0–1–0 1.5 0–1–3 0–0–1 0–0–1 0–1–1 2.5 1–0–3 0–0–1 0–0–2 1–0–0 2 2–2–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–1–0 1.5 0–1–3 0–0–1 0–1–1 0–0–1 1 1–3–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 3 3–2–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 0–2–0 1 1–3–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 3.5 3–1–1 0–1–0 1–0–1 2–0–0 1.5 1–2–1 0–1–0 1–0–1 0–1–0 3 3–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0

References

External links

Presidents Cup Official Media Guide