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2000 Presidents Cup

2000 Presidents Cup
DatesOctober 19–22, 2000
VenueRobert Trent Jones Golf Club
LocationGainesville, Virginia, U.S.
Captains
USA 2112 1012 International
BERJAYA United States wins the Presidents Cup
 1998
2003 
RTJ GC is located in the United States
RTJ GC
RTJ GC
Location in the United States
RTJ GC is located in Virginia
RTJ GC
RTJ GC
Location in Virginia

The 2000 Presidents Cup was held between October 19 and 22, 2000. It was played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, U.S. The United States team won the competition by a margin of 2112–1012. The honorary chairman was American President Bill Clinton.

Format

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Both teams had 12 players plus a non-playing captain. The competition was four days long unlike the past three tournaments where there were three days of competition. The same number of matches were still played though. On the first day foursomes were played. On the second day four-ball and foursomes was played. On the third day four-ball was played. On the fourth and final day singles were played.

Teams

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United States United States team
PlayerAgePoints
rank
OWGRPrevious
appearances
MatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Ken Venturi69Non-playing captain
Paul Marchand42Non-playing assistant captain
Tiger Woods2411152–3–040.00
Phil Mickelson30253133–5–542.31
Hal Sutton42380Rookie
David Duval2843294–4–150.00
Davis Love III36573158–5–260.00
Tom Lehman416122103–6–135.00
Jim Furyk30713141–3–025.00
Notah Begay III288320Rookie
Kirk Triplett389280Rookie
Stewart Cink2710190Rookie
Loren Roberts451123142–1–162.50
Paul Azinger4024310Rookie
International team
PlayerCountryAgePoints
rank
OWGRPrevious
appearances
MatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Peter ThomsonBERJAYA Australia71Non-playing captain
Wayne GradyBERJAYA Australia43Non-playing assistant captain
Ernie ElsBERJAYA South Africa31122106–2–270.00
Vijay SinghBERJAYA Fiji37293158–5–260.00
Nick PriceBERJAYA Zimbabwe433143144–6–442.86
Carlos FrancoBERJAYA Paraguay35424130–2–116.67
Stuart ApplebyBERJAYA Australia29533142–1–162.50
Michael CampbellBERJAYA New Zealand316180Rookie
Mike WeirBERJAYA Canada307360Rookie
Shigeki MaruyamaBERJAYA Japan31842155–0–0100.00
Greg NormanBERJAYA Australia459412106–3–165.00
Retief GoosenBERJAYA South Africa3110340Rookie
Robert AllenbyBERJAYA Australia2911432103–7–030.00
Steve ElkingtonBERJAYA Australia3717923158–4–363.33
  • OWGR as of October 15, 2000, the last ranking before the Cup

Thursday's matches

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All matches played were foursomes.

International Results United States
Elkington/Norman 5 & 4 Mickelson/Lehman
Allenby/Appleby 1 up Sutton/Furyk
Weir/Goosen 3 & 2 Cink/Triplett
Singh/Els 1 up Woods/Begay
Price/Franco 1 up Duval/Love
0 Foursomes 5
0 Overall 5

Friday's matches

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Morning four-ball

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International Results United States
Campbell/Goosen 4 & 3 Sutton/Azinger
Weir/Elkington 3 & 2 Lehman/Roberts
Price/Norman 6 & 5 Furyk/Duval
Maruyama/Franco 3 & 2 Woods/Begay
Singh/Els 2 & 1 Mickelson/Love
4 Four-Ball 1
4 Overall 6

Afternoon foursomes

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International Results United States
Allenby/Appleby 2 & 1 Cink/Triplett
Franco/Maruyama 5 & 4 Roberts/Azinger
Singh/Els 6 & 5 Woods/Begay
Campbell/Goosen 4 & 2 Sutton/Lehman
Price/Weir 6 & 4 Mickelson/Duval
1 Foursomes 4
5 Overall 10

Saturday's matches

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All matches played were four-ball.

International Results United States
Campbell/Norman 6 & 5 Sutton/Furyk
Weir/Elkington 2 & 1 Lehman/Mickelson
Price/Els 3 & 2 Love/Duval
Allenby/Franco 1 up Triplett/Cink
Singh/Goosen 2 & 1 Woods/Begay
1 Four-Ball 4
6 Overall 14

Sunday's matches

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Singles

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International Results United States
Allenby 2 & 1 Azinger
Price 2 & 1 Duval
Appleby 3 & 2 Roberts
Weir 4 & 3 Mickelson
Els 4 & 3 Love
Elkington 1 up Lehman
Singh 2 & 1 Woods
Norman 2 & 1 Cink
Franco 6 & 5 Sutton
Maruyama 5 & 4 Furyk
Campbell halved Triplett
Goosen 1 up Begay
412 Singles 712
1012 Overall 2112

Individual player records

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

United States

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PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Paul Azinger11–2–00–1–01–0–00–1–0
Notah Begay III33–2–01–0–02–0–00–2–0
Stewart Cink44–0–01–0–02–0–01–0–0
David Duval33–2–01–0–01–1–01–1–0
Jim Furyk33–1–01–0–01–0–01–1–0
Tom Lehman33–2–00–1–02–0–01–1–0
Davis Love III44–0–01–0–01–0–02–0–0
Phil Mickelson33–2–00–1–01–1–02–0–0
Loren Roberts22–1–01–0–01–0–00–1–0
Hal Sutton33–2–00–1–02–0–01–1–0
Kirk Triplett3.53–0–10–0–12–0–01–0–0
Tiger Woods33–2–01–0–02–0–00–2–0

International

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PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Robert Allenby11–3–01–0–00–2–00–1–0
Stuart Appleby00–3–00–1–00–2–00–0–0
Michael Campbell1.51–2–10–0–10–1–01–1–0
Steve Elkington22–2–01–0–00–1–01–1–0
Ernie Els00–5–00–1–00–2–00–2–0
Carlos Franco22–3–01–0–00–2–01–1–0
Retief Goosen22–3–00–1–00–2–02–0–0
Shigeki Maruyama11–2–00–1–00–1–01–0–0
Greg Norman11–3–00–1–00–1–01–1–0
Nick Price22–3–00–1–01–1–01–1–0
Vijay Singh11–4–00–1–00–2–01–1–0
Mike Weir33–2–01–0–01–1–01–1–0
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