2003 Presidents Cup
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United States 17 - International 17
The 5th Presidents Cup
Matches were held in 2003 between November 20 and November 23. They were played at the Links Course at Fancourt Hotel and Country Club Estate in George, Western Cape
, South Africa
. The United States and International team tied the competition 17-17 and shared the Cup by agreement of the captains and players. The honorary chairmen was South African President Thabo Mbeki
.
Gary Player
Robert Allenby
Stuart Appleby
K.J. Choi Tim Clark Ernie Els
Retief Goosen
Stephen Leaney
Peter Lonard
Adam Scott Nick Price
Vijay Singh
Mike Weir
Captain: Jack Nicklaus
The 5th Presidents Cup
Presidents Cup
The Presidents Cup is a series of men's golf matches between a team representing the United States and an International Team representing the rest of the world less Europe. Europe competes against the U.S. in a similar but considerably older event, the Ryder Cup. The Presidents Cup is held biennially...
Matches were held in 2003 between November 20 and November 23. They were played at the Links Course at Fancourt Hotel and Country Club Estate in George, Western Cape
George, Western Cape
George is a city with 203,253 inhabitants in South Africa's Western Cape province. The city is a popular holiday and conference centre and the administrative and commercial hub of the Garden Route.- Location :...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. The United States and International team tied the competition 17-17 and shared the Cup by agreement of the captains and players. The honorary chairmen was South African President Thabo Mbeki
Thabo Mbeki
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki is a South African politician who served two terms as the second post-apartheid President of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008. He is also the brother of Moeletsi Mbeki...
.
Format
Both teams had 12 players and a non-playing captain. The competition was four days long with 34 matches worth a single point each. Six (6) foursome matches were played on the first day. On the second day, five (5) four-ball matches were played in the morning and five (5) foursome matches were played in the afternoon. On the third day, six (6) four-ball matches were played. The competition concluded with twelve (12) singles matches on the final day.Team International
Captain: Gary PlayerGary Player
Gary Player DMS; OIG is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six...
Robert Allenby
Robert Allenby
Robert Allenby is an Australian professional golfer.Allenby was born in Melbourne, Australia. His father was from Leeds, England and emigrated to Australia as a young man.-Professional career:...
Stuart Appleby
Stuart Appleby
Stuart Appleby is an Australian professional golfer.-Early life:Appleby was born in Cohuna in rural northern Victoria, and grew up on a nearby dairy farm. He began in golf by hitting balls from paddock to paddock after his farm chores were completed...
K.J. Choi Tim Clark Ernie Els
Ernie Els
Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els is a South African professional golfer, who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing...
Retief Goosen
Retief Goosen
Retief Goosen is a South African professional golfer who has been in the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for over 250 weeks between 2001 and 2007. His main achievements have been two U.S...
Stephen Leaney
Stephen Leaney
Stephen John Leaney is an Australian professional golfer.Leaney was born in Busselton, Western Australia. He turned professional in 1992 and won several tournaments in his home country in the 1990s, despite having two ribs cut removed in December 1993 after doctors diagnosed a blood clot in his...
Peter Lonard
Peter Lonard
Peter Lawrence Lonard is an Australian professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S. based PGA Tour. He credits fellow Australian Greg Norman as his inspiration....
Adam Scott Nick Price
Nick Price
Nicholas Raymond Leige Price is a South African-Zimbabwean Professional golfer and an inductee in the World Golf Hall of Fame. In the mid-1990s, Price reached number one in the Official World Golf Rankings.-Background:...
Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh, CF , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008...
Mike Weir
Mike Weir
Michael Richard Weir, CM, O.Ont is a Canadian professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 110 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 2001 and 2005. He is best known for winning the Masters in 2003....
Team United States
Captain: Jack NicklausJack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...
- Chris DiMarcoChris DiMarcoChristian Dean DiMarco is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. DiMarco has won seven tournaments as a pro, including three PGA Tour events.-Early years:...
- Fred FunkFred FunkFrederick Funk is an American professional golfer.Funk was born in Takoma Park, Maryland. He graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1980 with a degree in law enforcement. He turned professional in 1981, but worked as a golf coach at his alma mater from 1982 to 1988; he did not...
- Jim FurykJim FurykJames Michael Furyk is an American professional golfer, 2010 FedEx Cup champion, and 2010 PGA Tour Player of the Year. He has won one major championship, the 2003 U.S. Open. Furyk is known for consistently playing at the top level and for a visibly unconventional, looping golf swing...
- Jay HaasJay HaasJay Dean Haas is an American professional golfer.Haas was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Belleville, Illinois. He attended Wake Forest University and was a member of the NCAA Championship team of the middle 1970s with Curtis Strange and Bob Byman that Golf World has called "the...
- Charles Howell IIICharles Howell IIICharles Gordon Howell III is an American golfer. He has been featured in the top 15 of the Official World Golf Rankings.-Early years and amateur career:...
- Jerry KellyJerry KellyJerome Patrick Kelly is an American professional golfer.Kelly was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Hartford in 1989 and turned professional later that year, but didn't make it onto the PGA Tour until 1996. This followed a successful 1995 season on the second tier...
- Justin LeonardJustin LeonardJustin Charles Garrett Leonard is an American professional golfer.Leonard was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He was a two-time All-American...
- Davis Love IIIDavis Love IIIDavis Milton Love III is an American professional golfer.Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina before turning professional in 1985. He earned his PGA Tour card in the fall of 1985, on his first attempt. He quickly established himself on the PGA...
- Phil MickelsonPhil MickelsonPhilip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer. He has won four major championships and a total of 39 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. He is nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed...
- Kenny PerryKenny PerryJames Kenneth Perry is an American professional golfer who currently plays on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour, for which he became eligible following his 50th birthday.-Early years:...
- David TomsDavid TomsDavid Wayne Toms is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won a total of thirteen events on the PGA Tour including the 2001 PGA Championship...
- Tiger WoodsTiger WoodsEldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
Thursday's matches
All matches played were foursomes.| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Price/Weir | 1 up | Toms/Mickelson |
| Goosen/Singh | 3 and 2 | DiMarco/Kelly |
| Lonard/Clark | 4 and 2 | Love/Perry |
| Els/Scott | 1 up | Leonard/Furyk |
| Allenby/Leaney | halved | Haas/Funk |
| Appleby/Choi | 4 and 3 | Woods/Howell III |
| 3½ | Foursomes | 2½ |
| 3½ | Overall | 2½ |
Morning four-ball
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Allenby/Weir | 3 and 1 | Mickelson/Toms |
| Goosen/Choi | 2 and 1 | Perry/Love |
| Appleby/Scott | 6 and 5 | Furyk/Haas |
| Singh/Price | 1 up | DiMarco/Leonard |
| Els/Clark | 5 and 3 | Woods/Howell III |
| 2 | Four-Ball | 3 |
| 5½ | Overall | 5½ |
Afternoon foursomes
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Choi/Lonard | 2 and 1 | Perry/Kelly |
| Allenby/Leaney | 4 and 3 | Funk/Toms |
| Clark/Goosen | 1 up | Woods/Howell III |
| Els/Scott | 1 up | DiMarco/Mickelson |
| Singh/Weir | 5 and 4 | Furyk/Leonard |
| 1 | Foursomes | 4 |
| 6½ | Overall | 9½ |
Saturday's matches
All matches played were four-ball.| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Lonard/Leaney | 2 and 1 | Funk/Mickelson |
| Els/Clark | 3 and 2 | Furyk/Haas |
| Scott/Choi | 5 and 4 | Perry/Kelly |
| Singh/Goosen | 2 and 1 | Woods/Howell III |
| Weir/Allenby | 1 up | DiMarco/Leonard |
| Price/Appleby | 2 and 1 | Love/Toms |
| 6 | Four-Ball | 0 |
| 12½ | Overall | 9½ |
Singles
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Weir | 3 and 1 | Furyk |
| Clark | 1 up | Kelly |
| Price | 1 up | Perry |
| Choi | 4 and 2 | Leonard |
| Scott | 5 and 4 | Howell III |
| Leaney | 4 and 3 | Haas |
| Goosen | 2 and 1 | Mickelson |
| Lonard | 4 and 3 | Funk |
| Appleby | 1 up | DiMarco |
| Singh | 4 and 3 | Toms |
| Els | 4 and 3 | Woods |
| Allenby | halved | Love |
| 4½ | Singles | 7½ |
| 17 | Overall | 17 |
External links
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