2015 Presidents Cup

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2015 Presidents Cup
Dates 8–11 October 2015
Venue Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea
Location Incheon, South Korea
Captains
International 14½ 15½ USA
USA wins the Presidents Cup
Jack Nicklaus Golf Club is located in South Korea
Jack Nicklaus Golf Club
Jack Nicklaus Golf Club
Location in South Korea

The 2015 Presidents Cup was the 11th Presidents Cup, played at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Incheon, South Korea from 8–11 October. This was the first time the Presidents Cup was played in Asia.[1]

The United States won for the sixth successive time with a 15½–14½ victory over the International team.[2][3]

Course layout

Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea[4]

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 426 424 591 396 170 471 560 234 452 3,724 435 430 463 207 361 572 477 202 542 3,689 7,413
Par 4 4 5 4 3 4 5 3 4 36 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 3 5 36 72

Format

The format changed from previous Cup play. The first two days consisted of five matches of fourball and five matches of foursomes. The third day consisted of four matches of fourball and four matches of foursomes. The host team captain decided the order, fourball vs. foursomes, on the first three days. On the fourth and final day, twelve singles matches were played. 30 matches were played in all. All matches that are all-square after 18 holes scored ½ point for each team.[5]

Each member of the teams had to play in a minimum of two matches in the first three days, a reduction from the three match minimum from 2003 to 2013.[6]

Team qualification and selection

Both teams have 12 players.

Team International

The International Team featured the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking at the conclusion of the 2015 Deutsche Bank Championship and two captain's picks. The captain's picks were announced on 8 September 2015.[7]

The final standings were:[8]

Position Player Average
1 Jason Day 11.05
2 Louis Oosthuizen 4.69
3 Adam Scott 4.57
4 Hideki Matsuyama 4.26
5 Branden Grace 3.83
6 Marc Leishman 2.91
7 Anirban Lahiri 2.66
8 Charl Schwartzel 2.61
9 Thongchai Jaidee 2.58
10 Danny Lee 2.39
11 Steven Bowditch 2.38
12 An Byeong-hun 2.29
13 John Senden 2.26
14 Matt Jones 2.19
15 George Coetzee 2.19

Team United States

The United States Team featured the 10 players who earn the most official FedExCup points from the 2013 BMW Championship through to the 2015 Deutsche Bank Championship, with points earned in the calendar year 2015 counting double, and two captain's picks. The captain's picks were announced on 8 September 2015.[7]

On 2 October it was announced that Jim Furyk would not play in the Presidents Cup due to a wrist injury, and would be replaced by J. B. Holmes. Furyk served instead as an assistant captain.[9]

The final standings were:[10]

Position Player Points
1 Jordan Spieth 10,521
2 Bubba Watson 7,416
3 Jimmy Walker 6,609
4 Zach Johnson 5,838
5 Jim Furyk 5,778
6 Rickie Fowler 5,770
7 Dustin Johnson 5,532
8 Patrick Reed 5,148
9 Matt Kuchar 4,693
10 Chris Kirk 4,426
11 Bill Haas 4,140
12 J. B. Holmes 4,075
13 Charley Hoffman 4,004
14 Billy Horschel 3,956
15 Brandt Snedeker 3,913

Teams

Captains

Jay Haas captained the U.S. team, and Nick Price captained the International team. Haas served as the captain's assistant for the previous three U.S. teams. Price was the International team captain in 2013.[1]

Fred Couples was a captain's assistant for the U.S. team, and K. J. Choi was a vice-captain for the International team.[1]

Players

Team International
Player Country Age Pts rank OWGR Previous
appearances
Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Nick Price  Zimbabwe 58 Non-playing captain
K. J. Choi  South Korea 45 Non-playing vice captain
Tony Johnstone  Zimbabwe 59 Non-playing assistant captain
Mark McNulty  Zimbabwe 61 Non-playing assistant captain
Jason Day  Australia 27 1 2 2 10 4–4–2 50.00
Louis Oosthuizen  South Africa 32 2 13 1 5 1–3–1 30.00
Adam Scott  Australia 35 3 14 6 30 12–15–3 45.00
Hideki Matsuyama  Japan 23 4 15 1 5 1–3–1 30.00
Branden Grace  South Africa 27 5 22 1 4 0–4–0 00.00
Marc Leishman  Australia 31 6 37 1 4 2–2–0 50.00
Anirban Lahiri  India 28 7 39 0 Rookie
Charl Schwartzel  South Africa 31 8 47 2 10 5–4–1 55.00
Thongchai Jaidee  Thailand 45 9 31 0 Rookie
Danny Lee  New Zealand 25 10 36 0 Rookie
Steven Bowditch  Australia 32 11 58 0 Rookie
Bae Sang-moon  South Korea 29 19 88 0 Rookie
United States Team United States
Player Age Pts rank OWGR Previous
appearances
Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Jay Haas 61 Non-playing captain
Fred Couples 56 Non-playing assistant captain
Jim Furyk 45 Non-playing assistant captain
Davis Love III 51 Non-playing assistant captain
Steve Stricker 48 Non-playing assistant captain
Jordan Spieth 22 1 1 1 4 2–2–0 50.00
Bubba Watson 36 2 4 1 5 3–2–0 60.00
Jimmy Walker 36 3 17 0 Rookie
Zach Johnson 39 4 10 3 13 7–6–0 53.85
Rickie Fowler 26 6 5 0 Rookie
Dustin Johnson 31 7 8 1 5 1–3–1 30.00
Patrick Reed 25 8 19 0 Rookie
Matt Kuchar 37 9 16 2 10 4–5–1 45.00
Chris Kirk 30 10 27 0 Rookie
Bill Haas 33 11 29 2 10 3–5–2 40.00
J. B. Holmes 33 12 18 0 Rookie
Phil Mickelson 45 30 24 10 47 20–16–11 54.26
  • Captain's picks shown in yellow
  • Ages as of 8 October; OWGR as of 5 October, the last ranking before the Cup

Notables

Anirban Lahiri (India) and Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) became the first representatives of their respective countries to play in the Presidents Cup. Phil Mickelson has appeared in all eleven Presidents Cups. Host country South Korea was represented with vice captain K. J. Choi, Danny Lee (who plays as a New Zealander, but was born in South Korea), and Bae Sang-moon in his last competition before his military obligation.

Thursday's foursomes matches

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United States Results International
Watson/Holmes 3 and 2 Scott/Matsuyama
Kuchar/Reed 3 and 2 Oosthuizen/Grace
Fowler/Walker 5 and 4 Lahiri/Jaidee
Mickelson/Z. Johnson 2 up Day/Bowditch
Spieth/D. Johnson 4 and 3 Lee/Leishman
4 Foursomes 1
4 Overall 1

Friday's fourball matches

The American pairing of Zach Johnson and Phil Mickelson were penalised 1 hole after Mickelson played a harder ball at the par 5 7th hole, in contravention to a "one-ball condition". The one-ball condition states that a player must use the same type of ball throughout his round. The one-ball condition was in place for the fourball matches, although not for the foursomes. After his tee shot, Mickelson was incorrectly informed by a rules official that he was disqualified from the hole and Mickelson picked up his ball. The correct penalty was a loss of 1 hole, which was adjusted to the state of the match after the 7th hole. However, it was then too late for Mickelson, who could have played out the 7th hole. Jason Day won the 7th hole with a birdie 4. The match had been all square after 6 holes but, with the International pair winning the 7th hole and with the 1 hole penalty, the International pair became 2 up after 7 holes. The match ended up all square.[12]

United States Results International
D. Johnson/Spieth 4 and 3 Oosthuizen/Grace
Fowler/Walker 1 up Lee/Bae
Z. Johnson/Mickelson halved Scott/Day
Holmes/Watson 2 up Leishman/Bowditch
Haas/Kirk 2 and 1 Jaidee/Schwartzel
Fourball
Overall

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

United States Results International
Reed/Fowler 3 and 2 Oosthuizen/Grace
Watson/Holmes halved Scott/Leishman
Haas/Kuchar halved Bae/Matsuyama
D. Johnson/Spieth 1 up Day/Schwartzel
2 Foursomes 2
Overall

Afternoon fourball

By winning their match, Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace became the first International pair to win four matches, playing together, in a Presidents Cup match. Steve Stricker and Tiger Woods, in 2009, were previously the only pair to have achieved this.

United States Results International
Holmes/Watson 1 up Oosthuizen/Grace
Mickelson/Z. Johnson 3 and 2 Scott/Lahiri
Walker/Kirk 6 and 5 Bae/Matsuyama
Reed/Spieth 3 and 2 Day/Schwartzel
2 Fourball 2
Overall

Sunday's singles matches

The United States won the Presidents Cup for the sixth straight time, defeating the International team 15½ to 14½. American Bill Haas, the son of team captain Jay Haas, clinched the victory on the final hole of the final match. With Haas 1 up, Bae needed to win the 18th to halve the match and the Presidents Cup. Bae mishit his third shot, a chip, and then missed his fourth shot. Haas then hit his third shot, from a bunker, to 6 feet and Bae conceded the match.[13] Earlier Branden Grace has won his singles match, becoming only the fifth player to win five matches in a Presidents Cup match. In the 2013 Presidents Cup he had lost all four of his matches.

United States Results International Timetable
Reed halved Oosthuizen 2nd: 10–10
Fowler 6 and 5 Scott 1st: 9½–
D. Johnson 2 and 1 Lee 3rd: 11–10
Holmes 1 up Matsuyama 5th: 12–11
Watson halved Jaidee 6th: 12½–11½
Walker 2 up Bowditch 7th: 12½–12½
Mickelson 5 and 4 Schwartzel 4th: 12–10
Kirk 1 up Lahiri 8th: 13½–12½
Spieth 1 up Leishman 10th: 14½–13½
Z. Johnson 3 and 2 Day 9th: 14½–12½
Kuchar 2 and 1 Grace 11th: 14½–14½
Haas 2 up Bae 12th: 15½–14½
6 Singles 6
15½ Overall 14½

Individual player records

Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.

International

Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes Fourballs
Bae Sang-moon 2.5 2–1–1 0–1–0 0–0–1 2–0–0
Steven Bowditch 1 1–2–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–1–0
Jason Day 0.5 0–4–1 0–1–0 0–2–0 0–1–1
Branden Grace 5 5–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 2–0–0
Thongchai Jaidee 1.5 1–1–1 0–0–1 0–1–0 1–0–0
Anirban Lahiri 0 0–3–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–1–0
Danny Lee 1 1–2–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 1–0–0
Marc Leishman 1.5 1–2–1 1–0–0 0–1–1 0–1–0
Hideki Matsuyama 2.5 2–1–1 1–0–0 0–1–1 1–0–0
Louis Oosthuizen 4.5 4–0–1 0–0–1 2–0–0 2–0–0
Charl Schwartzel 1 1–3–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 1–1–0
Adam Scott 2 1–2–2 1–0–0 0–1–1 0–1–1

United States

Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes Fourballs
Rickie Fowler 1 1–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 0–1–0
Bill Haas 1.5 1–1–1 1–0–0 0–0–1 0–1–0
J. B. Holmes 2.5 2–2–1 0–1–0 1–0–1 1–1–0
Dustin Johnson 3 3–1–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 0–1–0
Zach Johnson 3.5 3–0–1 1–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–1
Chris Kirk 1 1–2–0 1–0–0 0–0–0 0–2–0
Matt Kuchar 0.5 0–2–1 0–1–0 0–1–1 0–0–0
Phil Mickelson 3.5 3–0–1 1–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–1
Patrick Reed 1.5 1–2–1 0–0–1 0–2–0 1–0–0
Jordan Spieth 3 3–2–0 0–1–0 2–0–0 1–1–0
Jimmy Walker 1 1–3–0 0–1–0 1–0–0 0–2–0
Bubba Watson 3 2–1–2 0–0–1 1–0–1 1–1–0

See also

References

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External links

2013 Presidents Cup
USA 18½ International 15½
2015 Presidents Cup
USA 15½ International 14½
2017 Presidents Cup

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