2007 Presidents Cup
Dates | September 27–30, 2007 | ||||
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Venue | Royal Montreal Golf Club | ||||
Location | Île Bizard, Quebec, Canada | ||||
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United States wins the Presidents Cup | |||||
The 2007 Presidents Cup was held in 2007 between September 27 and 30. It was played at the Royal Montreal Golf Club in Île Bizard, Quebec, Canada. The United States team won the competition by a margin of 191⁄2–141⁄2.
Format
[edit]On the first day six matches of foursomes were played. On the second day six matches of four-ball were played. On the third day five matches of foursomes were played in the morning and five matches of four-ball were played in the afternoon. On the fourth and final day, twelve singles matches were played. 34 matches were played in all.
Teams
[edit]Both teams have 12 players plus a non-playing captain. Members of the U.S. Team were selected based on earnings from the 2005 World Golf Championships - NEC Invitational through the 2007 PGA Championship. International Team players were chosen on the basis of the Official World Golf Ranking through the 2007 PGA Championship. The International Team does not include players eligible for the European Ryder Cup Team.
International team | ||||||||
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Player | Country | Age | Points rank |
OWGR | Previous appearances |
Matches | W–L–H | Winning percentage |
Gary Player | South Africa | 71 | Non-playing captain | |||||
Ian Baker-Finch | Australia | 46 | Non-playing assistant captain | |||||
Ernie Els | South Africa | 37 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 10–8–2 | 55.00 |
Adam Scott | Australia | 27 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 6–3–1 | 65.00 |
Vijay Singh | Fiji | 44 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 30 | 12–13–5 | 48.33 |
Geoff Ogilvy | Australia | 30 | 4 | 11 | 0 | Rookie | ||
K. J. Choi | South Korea | 37 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2–3–0 | 40.00 |
Rory Sabbatini | South Africa | 31 | 6 | 8 | 0 | Rookie | ||
Retief Goosen | South Africa | 38 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 9–5–1 | 63.33 |
Trevor Immelman | South Africa | 27 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1–3–0 | 25.00 |
Ángel Cabrera | Argentina | 38 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 1–1–3 | 50.00 |
Stuart Appleby | Australia | 36 | 10 | 34 | 4 | 16 | 3–11–2 | 25.00 |
Nick O'Hern | Australia | 35 | 11 | 36 | 1 | 5 | 2–3–0 | 40.00 |
Mike Weir | Canada | 37 | 20 | 46 | 3 | 14 | 8–6–0 | 57.14 |
United States team | |||||||
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Player | Age | Points rank |
OWGR | Previous appearances |
Matches | W–L–H | Winning percentage |
Jack Nicklaus | 67 | Non-playing captain | |||||
Jeff Sluman | 50 | Non-playing assistant captain | |||||
Tiger Woods | 31 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 10–9–1 | 52.50 |
Jim Furyk | 37 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 10–6–2 | 61.11 |
Phil Mickelson | 37 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 9–12–7 | 44.64 |
Zach Johnson | 31 | 4 | 14 | 0 | Rookie | ||
Charles Howell III | 28 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 3–2–0 | 60.00 |
Scott Verplank | 43 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 2–2–1 | 50.00 |
David Toms | 40 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 2–7–0 | 22.22 |
Steve Stricker | 40 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2–3–0 | 40.00 |
Stewart Cink | 34 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 5–3–1 | 61.11 |
Woody Austin | 43 | 10 | 31 | 0 | Rookie | ||
Lucas Glover | 27 | 11 | 61 | 0 | Rookie | ||
Hunter Mahan | 25 | 14 | 41 | 0 | Rookie |
- OWGR as of September 23, 2007, the last ranking before the Cup
Thursday's matches
[edit]All matches were foursomes.
International | Results | United States |
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Scott/Ogilvy | 3 & 2 | Mahan/Stricker |
Singh/Weir | halved | Mickelson/Austin |
Sabbatini/Immelman | 1 up | Cink/Johnson |
Els/Cabrera | 1 up | Toms/Furyk |
Appleby/Goosen | 2 up | Glover/Verplank |
Choi/O'Hern | 3 & 1 | Woods/Howell |
1⁄2 | Foursomes | 51⁄2 |
1⁄2 | Overall | 51⁄2 |
Friday's matches
[edit]All matches were in four-ball format.
International | Results | United States |
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Cabrera/Goosen | 1 up | Mickelson/Mahan |
Singh/Appleby | 5 & 4 | Woods/Furyk |
Els/Weir | 3 & 1 | Johnson /Howell |
Scott/Choi | 2 & 1 | Stricker/Verplank |
Ogilvy/O'Hern | 1 up | Cink/Glover |
Immelman/Sabbatini | halved | Austin/Toms |
41⁄2 | Four-ball | 11⁄2 |
5 | Overall | 7 |
Saturday's matches
[edit]Morning foursomes
[edit]International | Results | United States |
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Immelman/Sabbatini | 2 up | Stricker/Mahan |
Goosen/Appleby | 5 & 4 | Mickelson/Austin |
Scott/Els | 4 & 3 | Woods/Furyk |
Singh/Weir | 2 & 1 | Glover/Verplank |
O'Hern/Ogilvy | 2 & 1 | Johnson/Toms |
0 | Foursomes | 5 |
5 | Overall | 12 |
Afternoon four-ball
[edit]International | Results | United States |
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Cabrera/Choi | 1 up | Cink/Furyk |
Scott/Goosen | halved | Mickelson/Austin |
Weir/Els | 4 & 2 | Howell/Glover |
Singh/Appleby | 1 up | Stricker/Mahan |
O'Hern/Ogilvy | 5 & 3 | Woods/Toms |
21⁄2 | Four-ball | 21⁄2 |
71⁄2 | Overall | 141⁄2 |
Sunday's matches
[edit]All matches featured are in singles competition.
International | Results | United States |
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Sabbatini | 2 & 1 | Verplank |
Els | 2 up | Glover |
Singh | 5 & 4 | Mickelson |
Weir | 1 up | Woods |
Cabrera | 2 & 1 | Austin |
Scott | 2 & 1 | Johnson |
Immelman | 2 up | Toms |
O'Hern | 6 & 4 | Cink |
Ogilvy | 1 up | Stricker |
Choi | 3 & 2 | Mahan |
Appleby | 2 & 1 | Howell |
Goosen | 2 & 1 | Furyk |
7 | Singles | 5 |
141⁄2 | Overall | 191⁄2 |
Individual player records
[edit]Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.
International
[edit]Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
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Stuart Appleby | 2 | 2–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 2–0–0 |
Ángel Cabrera | 2 | 2–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 |
K. J. Choi | 1 | 1–3–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 |
Ernie Els | 3 | 3–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 2–0–0 |
Retief Goosen | 2.5 | 2–2–1 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–0–1 |
Trevor Immelman | 0.5 | 0–3–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–0–1 |
Geoff Ogilvy | 2 | 2–3–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–1–0 |
Nick O'Hern | 1 | 1–4–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–1–0 |
Rory Sabbatini | 0.5 | 0–3–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–0–1 |
Adam Scott | 1.5 | 1–3–1 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–1–1 |
Vijay Singh | 2.5 | 2–2–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–1 | 2–0–0 |
Mike Weir | 3.5 | 3–1–1 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–1 | 2–0–0 |
United States
[edit]Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
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Woody Austin | 2.5 | 1–1–3 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–1 | 0–0–2 |
Stewart Cink | 3 | 3–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
Jim Furyk | 3 | 3–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
Lucas Glover | 2 | 2–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–2–0 |
Charles Howell III | 2 | 2–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 |
Zach Johnson | 2 | 2–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–1–0 |
Hunter Mahan | 2 | 2–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–2–0 |
Phil Mickelson | 3 | 2–1–2 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–1 | 0–1–1 |
Steve Stricker | 3 | 3–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
David Toms | 4.5 | 4–0–1 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–1 |
Scott Verplank | 4 | 4–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–0 |
Tiger Woods | 3 | 3–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
External links
[edit]- Official scores
- Presidents Cup 2007 Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine