1996 Presidents Cup

Golf match in Virginia, US Presidents Cup 1996 Robert Trent Jones Golf Club Gainesville, Virginia, U.S. September 13–15, 1996 USA International Arnold Palmer Peter Thomson 16 15 wins USA#Virginia 1 RTJ GC 38.776 -77.639 type:event title The 2nd Presidents Cup was held between September 13 and 15, 1996. It was played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, USA. The United States team won the competition by a margin of 16–15, the narrowest margin of victory (later tied by the 2015 Presidents Cup's 15–14) in Presidents Cup history, aside from the tie in 2003. The honorary chairman was former President of the United States George H. W. Bush. Format Both teams had 12 players plus a non-playing captain. On the first and second day four-ball was played in the morning and foursomes were played in the afternoon. On the third day only singles were played. Teams USA United States team Player Age Pointsrank OWGR Previousappearances Matches W–L–H WinningpercentageArnold Palmer 67 Non-playing captainPhil Mickelson 26 1 9 1 5 2–1–2 60.00Mark O'Meara 39 2 10 0 RookieTom Lehman 37 3 5 1 5 2–2–1 50.00Mark Brooks golfer 35 4 23 0 RookieDavis Love III 32 5 13 1 5 4–0–1 90.00Corey Pavin 36 6 8 1 5 2–2–1 50.00Scott Hoch 40 7 20 1 4 2–1–1 62.50Steve Stricker 29 8 19 0 RookieFred Couples 36 9 7 1 3 3–0–0 100.00Justin Leonard 24 10 28 0 RookieDavid Duval 24 11 17 0 RookieKenny Perry 36 12 26 0 Rookie International team Player Country Age Pointsrank OWGR Previousappearances Matches W–L–H WinningpercentagePeter Thomson golfer 67 Non-playing captainIan Baker-Finch 35 Non-playing assistant captainGreg Norman 41 1 1 0 RookieErnie Els 26 2 3 0 RookieMasashi "Jumbo" Ozaki JPN 1947 49 3 6 0 RookieNick Price 39 4 11 1 4 0–2–2 25.00Steve Elkington 33 5 12 1 5 2–2–1 50.00Vijay Singh 33 6 18 1 5 3–1–1 70.00Frank Nobilo 36 7 29 1 5 1–3–1 30.00Mark McNulty 42 8 34 1 4 1–2–1 37.50Craig Parry 30 9 32 1 5 2–3–0 40.00David Frost golfer 37 10 41 1 4 1–2–1 37.50Robert Allenby 25 11 37 1 5 1–4–0 20.00Peter Senior 37 13 61 1 3 2–1–0 66.67 OWGR as of September 8, 1996, the last ranking before the Cup Friday's matches Morning four-ball International Results United StatesNorman/Allenby2 & 1Couples/LoveEls/McNulty2 upHoch/BrooksSingh/Ozaki2 & 1Mickelson/PavinElkington/Nobilo3 & 2O'Meara/DuvalPrice/Senior4 & 2Lehman/Stricker 1 Four-Ball 4 1 Overall 4 Afternoon foursomes International Results United StatesPrice/Frost3 & 2Perry/LeonardNobilo/Parry2 & 1O'Meara/DuvalElkington/Singh2 upLehman/StrickerEls/McNultyhalvedMickelson/PavinNorman/Allenby1 upCouples/Love 1 Foursomes 3 2 Overall 7 Saturday's matches Morning four-ball International Results United StatesPrice/Elkington2 upLeonard/LehmanNorman/Allenby1 upStricker/PavinParry/Nobilo2 & 1Perry/HochOzaki/Singh2 & 1Love/CouplesEls/McNulty4 & 3O'Meara/Duval 3 Four-Ball 2 5 Overall 9 Afternoon foursomes International Results United StatesSenior/Frost3 & 2Pavin/MickelsonNobilo/Allenby3 & 2Love/BrooksPrice/McNulty3 & 1Perry/LeonardNorman/Els1 upLehman/StrickerElkington/Singh1 upO'Meara/Hoch 4 Foursomes 1 9 Overall 10 Sunday's matches Singles International Results United StatesParry5 & 4BrooksSenior3 & 2DuvalPrice1 upO'MearaFrost7 & 6PerryAllenby6 & 5StrickerMcNulty1 upHochOzaki5 & 4LoveElkington1 upLeonardEls3 & 2MickelsonNorman3 & 1PavinNobilo3 & 2LehmanSingh2 & 1Couples 6 Singles 6 15 Overall 16 Individual player records Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player. United States Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes FourballsMark Brooks 0 0–3–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–1–0Fred Couples 3 3–1–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 1–1–0David Duval 4 4–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0Scott Hoch 3 3–1–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 1–1–0Tom Lehman 1 1–4–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 1–1–0Justin Leonard 1 1–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 0–1–0Davis Love III 3 3–2–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 1–1–0Phil Mickelson 1.5 1–2–1 0–1–0 0–1–1 1–0–0Mark O'Meara 5 5–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 2–0–0Corey Pavin 1.5 1–3–1 0–1–0 0–1–1 1–1–0Kenny Perry 2 2–2–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–0–0Steve Stricker 2 2–3–0 1–0–0 0–2–0 1–1–0 International Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes FourballsRobert Allenby 2 2–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–1–0Steve Elkington 3 3–2–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 1–1–0Ernie Els 3.5 3–1–1 1–0–0 1–0–1 1–1–0David Frost 2 2–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–0Mark McNulty 2.5 2–2–1 0–1–0 1–0–1 1–1–0Frank Nobilo 2 2–3–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–2–0Greg Norman 3 3–2–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 1–1–0Masashi Ozaki 1 1–2–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 1–1–0Craig Parry 1 1–2–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–1–0Nick Price 2 2–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–1–0Peter Senior 1 1–2–0 0–1–0 1–0–0 0–1–0Vijay Singh 2 2–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–1–0 External links Official scores in 2015 Media Guide expanded Category:Presidents Cup Category:Golf tournaments in Virginia Presidents Cup Presidents Cup Presidents Cup