2017 Presidents Cup
| Dates | September 28 – October 1 | ||||
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| Venue | Liberty National Golf Club | ||||
| Location | Jersey City, New Jersey | ||||
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The 2017 Presidents Cup was the 12th edition of the Presidents Cup golf competition, played at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey, from September 28 to October 1, 2017. Steve Stricker and Nick Price were the captains of the U.S. and the International teams, respectively.[1]
The United States were the defending champions and retained the trophy.[2][3]
President Trump presented U.S. Captain Steve Stricker with the trophy. He became the first incumbent U.S. president to do so.
Course layout[edit]
For this Presidents Cup only, the matches begin on what is normally the 5th hole at Liberty National. The order of the holes remain the same, culminating on what is normally the 4th hole.
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yards | 427 | 538 | 467 | 611 | 474 | 496 | 225 | 431 | 563 | 4,232 | 150 | 481 | 325 | 445 | 490 | 398 | 219 | 395 | 193 | 3,096 | 7,328 |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 71 |
Format[edit]
The first two days consist of five matches of foursomes and five matches of fourball. The third day consists of four matches of foursomes and four matches of fourball. The host team captain decides the order, fourball vs. foursomes, on the first three days. On the fourth and final day, twelve singles matches will be played. Thirty matches will be played in all. All matches that are all-square after 18 holes will score 1⁄2 point for each team.
Team qualification and selection[edit]
Both teams have 12 players.
United States team[edit]
The United States team features the 10 players who earned the most official FedExCup points from the 2015 BMW Championship through to the 2017 Dell Technologies Championship, with points earned in the calendar year 2017 counting double, and two captain's picks. Points for events in the FedEx Cup Playoffs are weighted the same as WGC events. The captain's picks were announced on September 6, 2017.[5]
The final standings were:[6]
| Position | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dustin Johnson | 10,455 |
| 2 | Jordan Spieth | 9,572 |
| 3 | Justin Thomas | 8,581 |
| 4 | Rickie Fowler | 5,324 |
| 5 | Daniel Berger | 5,232 |
| 6 | Brooks Koepka | 5,094 |
| 7 | Kevin Kisner | 5,007 |
| 8 | Patrick Reed | 4,599 |
| 9 | Matt Kuchar | 4,479 |
| 10 | Kevin Chappell | 4,369 |
| 11 | Charley Hoffman | 4,369 |
| 12 | Brian Harman | 3,955 |
| 13 | Jason Dufner | 3,897 |
| 14 | Gary Woodland | 3,524 |
| 15 | Phil Mickelson | 3,479 |
International team[edit]
The International team features the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking at the conclusion of the 2017 Dell Technologies Championship and two captain's picks. The captain's picks were announced on September 6, 2017.[5]
The final standings were:[7]
| Position | Player | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hideki Matsuyama | 9.21 |
| 2 | Jason Day | 6.35 |
| 3 | Adam Scott | 4.34 |
| 4 | Louis Oosthuizen | 4.26 |
| 5 | Marc Leishman | 3.89 |
| 6 | Charl Schwartzel | 3.64 |
| 7 | Branden Grace | 3.08 |
| 8 | Kim Si-woo | 3.03 |
| 9 | Jhonattan Vegas | 2.98 |
| 10 | Adam Hadwin | 2.60 |
| 11 | Emiliano Grillo | 2.38 |
| 12 | Hideto Tanihara | 2.37 |
| 13 | Yuta Ikeda | 2.16 |
| 14 | Li Haotong | 2.05 |
| 15 | An Byeong-hun | 2.00 |
| 16 | Anirban Lahiri | 1.89 |
Teams[edit]
Captains[edit]
Steve Stricker is captain of the U.S. team, and Nick Price is captain of the International team.
Fred Couples, Davis Love III, Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk are captain's assistants for the U.S. team, and Ernie Els, Tony Johnstone, Geoff Ogilvy and Mike Weir are captain's assistants for the International team.[8]
Players[edit]
 United States team
| |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Age | Points rank |
OWGR | Previous appearances |
Matches | W–L–H | Winning percentage |
| Dustin Johnson | 33 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4–4–1 | 50.00 |
| Jordan Spieth | 24 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5–4–0 | 55.56 |
| Justin Thomas | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Rickie Fowler | 28 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1–3–0 | 25.00 |
| Daniel Berger | 24 | 5 | 25 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Brooks Koepka | 27 | 6 | 11 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Kevin Kisner | 33 | 7 | 24 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Patrick Reed | 27 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1–2–1 | 37.50 |
| Matt Kuchar | 39 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 4–7–2 | 38.46 |
| Kevin Chappell | 31 | 10 | 26 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Charley Hoffman | 40 | 11 | 23 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Phil Mickelson | 47 | 15 | 30 | 11 | 51 | 23–16–12 | 56.86 |
| International team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Country | Age | Points rank |
OWGR | Previous appearances |
Matches | W–L–H | Winning percentage |
| Hideki Matsuyama |  Japan |
25 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3–4–2 | 44.44 |
| Jason Day |  Australia |
29 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 4–8–3 | 36.67 |
| Adam Scott | Australia |
37 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 35 | 13–17–5 | 44.29 |
| Louis Oosthuizen |  South Africa |
34 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 5–3–2 | 60.00 |
| Marc Leishman | Australia |
33 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 3–4–1 | 43.75 |
| Charl Schwartzel | South Africa |
33 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 14 | 6–7–1 | 46.43 |
| Branden Grace | South Africa |
29 | 7 | 42 | 2 | 9 | 5–4–0 | 55.56 |
| Kim Si-woo |  South Korea |
22 | 8 | 39 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Jhonattan Vegas |  Venezuela |
33 | 9 | 38 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Adam Hadwin |  Canada |
29 | 10 | 47 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Emiliano Grillo |  Argentina |
25 | 11 | 60 | 0 | Rookie | ||
| Anirban Lahiri |  India |
30 | 16 | 68 | 1 | 3 | 0–3–0 | 0.00 |
- Captain's picks shown in yellow
- Ages as of September 28; OWGR as of September 25, the last ranking before the Cup
Notables[edit]
Jhonattan Vegas became the first Venezuelan to play in the Presidents Cup. Phil Mickelson has played in all twelve Presidents Cups.
Thursday's foursomes matches[edit]
Rickie Fowler and Justin Thomas won the first point of the day in convincing fashion, winning 8 out of the 14 holes they played. Patrick Reed and Jordan Spieth continued their dominating play as teammates, winning 5 & 4. Matt Kuchar and Dustin Johnson followed up by winning their match 1 up, the first to reach the full 18 holes and the third American point of the day, guaranteeing a United States lead after day one. The International team gained their first point of the day with the South African duo of Branden Grace and Louis Oosthuizen beating Americans Brooks Koepka and Daniel Berger, 3 & 1. The final match, between Americans Kevin Kisner and Phil Mickelson and Australians Jason Day and Marc Leishman, was halved, giving the Americans a 31⁄2 to 11⁄2 lead heading into the second day of competition.[9][10]
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Matsuyama/Schwartzel | 6 & 4 | Fowler/Thomas |
| Scott/Vegas | 1 up | Johnson/Kuchar |
| Kim/Grillo | 5 & 4 | Spieth/Reed |
| Oosthuizen/Grace | 3 & 1 | Koepka/Berger |
| Day/Leishman | halved | Mickelson/Kisner |
| 11⁄2 | Foursomes | 31⁄2 |
| 11⁄2 | Overall | 31⁄2 |
Friday's fourball matches[edit]
The Americans started the day leading 31⁄2 to 11⁄2. Both the American and International squads kept three of the same groupings from Thursday foursomes: Oosthuizen/Grace, Day/Leishman, Scott/Vegas, Spieth/Reed, Fowler/Thomas, and Mickelson/Kisner with one match being a rematch of Day/Leishman versus Mickelson/Kisner from day 1. All four players who sat out Thursday played on Friday. Kevin Chappell and Charley Hoffman were paired together, while the International squad put Adam Hadwin with Matsuyama and Anirban Lahiri with Schwartzel.
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Matsuyama/Hadwin | halved | Spieth/Reed |
| Oosthuizen/Grace | 3 & 2 | Fowler/Thomas |
| Day/Leishman | 1 up | Mickelson/Kisner |
| Schwartzel/Lahiri | 6 & 5 | Chappell/Hoffman |
| Scott/Vegas | 3 & 2 | Johnson/Koepka |
| 1⁄2 | Fourball | 41⁄2 |
| 2 | Overall | 8 |
Saturday's matches[edit]
Morning foursomes[edit]
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Day/Leishman | 4 & 3 | Reed/Spieth |
| Scott/Hadwin | 4 & 3 | Johnson/Kuchar |
| Vegas/Grillo | 2 & 1 | Mickelson/Kisner |
| Oosthuizen/Grace | halved | Thomas/Fowler |
| 1⁄2 | Foursomes | 31⁄2 |
| 21⁄2 | Overall | 111⁄2 |
Afternoon fourball[edit]
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Oosthuizen/Day | 2 & 1 | Reed/Spieth |
| Vegas/Matsuyama | 3 & 2 | Berger/Thomas |
| Lahiri/Kim | 1 up | Chappell/Hoffman |
| Leishman/Grace | 3 & 2 | Koepka/Johnson |
| 1 | Fourball | 3 |
| 31⁄2 | Overall | 141⁄2 |
Sunday's singles matches[edit]
| International | Results | United States | Timetable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leishman | halved | Chappell | |
| Day | 2 & 1 | Hoffman | |
| Matsuyama | 3 & 1 | Thomas | |
| Kim | 2 & 1 | Berger | |
| Schwartzel | 1 up | Kuchar | |
| Oosthuizen | 1 up | Reed | |
| Grace | halved | Johnson | |
| Scott | 3 & 2 | Koepka | |
| Vegas | 2 & 1 | Spieth | |
| Lahiri | halved | Kisner | |
| Hadwin | 2 & 1 | Mickelson | |
| Grillo | 6 & 4 | Fowler | |
| 71⁄2 | Singles | 41⁄2 | |
| 11 | Overall | 19 |
Individual player records[edit]
Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.
United States[edit]
| Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Berger | 2 | 2–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–0 |
| Kevin Chappell | 1.5 | 1–1–1 | 0–0–1 | 0–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Rickie Fowler | 3.5 | 3–0–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–1 | 1–0–0 |
| Charley Hoffman | 1 | 1–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Dustin Johnson | 4.5 | 4–0–1 | 0–0–1 | 2–0–0 | 2–0–0 |
| Kevin Kisner | 3 | 2–0–2 | 0–0–1 | 1–0–1 | 1–0–0 |
| Brooks Koepka | 2 | 2–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 |
| Matt Kuchar | 2 | 2–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Phil Mickelson | 3.5 | 3–0–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–1 | 1–0–0 |
| Patrick Reed | 3.5 | 3–1–1 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–1 |
| Jordan Spieth | 3.5 | 3–1–1 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–1 |
| Justin Thomas | 3.5 | 3–1–1 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–1 | 2–0–0 |
International[edit]
| Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Day | 1.5 | 1–3–1 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–1 | 0–2–0 |
| Branden Grace | 2 | 1–2–2 | 0–0–1 | 1–0–1 | 0–2–0 |
| Emiliano Grillo | 0 | 0–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Adam Hadwin | 0.5 | 0–2–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–1 |
| Kim Si-woo | 1 | 1–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–0 |
| Anirban Lahiri | 1.5 | 1–1–1 | 0–0–1 | 0–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Marc Leishman | 1 | 0–3–2 | 0–0–1 | 0–1–1 | 0–2–0 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 1.5 | 1–2–1 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–1 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | 2.5 | 2–2–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–1 | 0–2–0 |
| Charl Schwartzel | 1 | 1–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Adam Scott | 1 | 1–3–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Jhonattan Vegas | 1 | 1–4–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–2–0 |
References[edit]
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- ^ "Presidents Cup (International)". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
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