1998 Presidents Cup

Golf tournament April 2023 January 2012 Presidents Cup 1998 Royal Melbourne Golf Club Black Rock, Victoria, Australia 11–13 December 1998 International USA Peter Thomson Jack Nicklaus 20 11 The International team wins Australia#Australia Victoria#Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 1 Royal Melbourne Golf Club -37.97 145.03 type:event title The 1998 Presidents Cup was held 11–13 December in Australia at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Black Rock, Victoria, a suburb southeast of Melbourne. The International team won the competition by a margin of 20–11. This was the first time the International team won the competition, and through 2026, is their sole victory. The honorary chairman was Australian Prime Minister John Howard. It was the third Presidents Cup competition and the first held outside the United States. The competition returned to Royal Melbourne in 2011 and 2019. Format Both teams had 12 players plus a non-playing captain. On the first and second day foursomes were played in the morning and four-ball was played in the afternoon. On the third day only singles were played. Teams Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki, who was aged 51, decided not to play in the event. He finished fourth in the International team rankings. This meant that his brother, Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki, who finished 11th in the rankings, made the team automatically. Hal Sutton finished 8th in the United States rankings but withdrew in early December following the death of his father-in-law. He was replaced by Lee Janzen who was the highest ranked player not already in the team. International team Player Country Age Pointsrank OWGR Previousappearances Matches W–L–H WinningpercentagePeter Thomson golfer 69 Non-playing captainWayne Grady 41 Non-playing assistant captainErnie Els 29 1 5 1 5 3–1–1 70.00Nick Price 41 2 6 2 9 2–5–2 33.33Vijay Singh 35 3 9 2 10 5–4–1 55.00Greg Norman 43 5 18 1 5 3–2–0 60.00Steve Elkington 36 6 16 2 10 5–4–1 55.00Stuart Appleby 27 7 33 0 RookieCarlos Franco PRY 1990 33 8 39 0 RookieShigeki Maruyama JPN 1947 29 9 43 0 RookieCraig Parry 32 10 53 2 8 3–5–0 37.50Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki JPN 1947 42 11 55 0 RookieFrank Nobilo 38 13 60 2 10 3–6–1 35.00Greg Turner 35 15 62 0 Rookie USA United States team Player Age Pointsrank OWGR Previousappearances Matches W–L–H WinningpercentageJack Nicklaus 58 Non-playing captainJack Nicklaus II 37 Non-playing assistant captainDavid Duval 27 1 3 1 4 4–0–0 100.00Tiger Woods 22 2 1 0 RookieJim Furyk 28 3 12 0 RookieJustin Leonard 26 4 15 1 4 1–3–0 25.00Phil Mickelson 28 5 10 2 9 3–3–3 50.00Davis Love III 34 6 4 2 10 7–2–1 75.00Mark O'Meara 41 7 2 1 5 5–0–0 100.00Scott Hoch 43 9 20 2 8 5–2–1 68.75Mark Calcavecchia 38 10 21 0 RookieFred Couples 39 11 11 2 7 6–1–0 85.71John Huston golfer 37 12 29 1 4 1–3–0 25.00Lee Janzen 34 13 23 0 Rookie OWGR as of 6 December 1998, the last ranking before the Cup Friday's matches Morning foursomes International Results United StatesNobilo/Turner1 upO'Meara/DuvalNorman/Elkington2 upFuryk/HustonMaruyama/Parry3 & 2Janzen/HochEls/Singh5 & 4Woods/CouplesAppleby/PricehalvedLove/Leonard 3 Foursomes 1 3 Overall 1 Afternoon four-ball International Results United StatesNorman/Elkington2 & 1O'Meara/FurykMaruyama/Ozaki4 & 3Calcavecchia/HustonEls/PricehalvedDuval/MickelsonParry/Franco1 upCouples/LoveAppleby/Singh2 & 1Leonard/Woods 3 Four-Ball 1 7 Overall 3 Saturday's matches Morning foursomes International Results United StatesNobilo/Turner2 upLeonard/LoveNorman/ElkingtonhalvedJanzen/CalcavecchiaMaruyama/Parry1 upWoods/CouplesAppleby/Price1 upDuval/MickelsonEls/Singh6 & 4Hoch/Furyk 4 Foursomes 11 Overall 3 Afternoon four-ball International Results United StatesNobilo/Turner1 upO'Meara/HochEls/Singh1 upWoods/HustonMaruyama/Ozaki1 upDuval/MickelsonPrice/Franco3 & 2Janzen/CalcavecchiaNorman/Elkington2 & 1Couples/Love 3 Four-Ball 2 14 Overall 5 Sunday's matches Singles International Results United StatesParry5 & 3LeonardPrice2 & 1DuvalNobilo4 & 2FurykFrancohalvedMickelsonMaruyama3 & 2HustonOzaki4 & 3HochTurnerhalvedCalcavecchiaElkingtonhalvedJanzenEls1 upLoveSinghhalvedCouplesNorman1 upWoodsAppleby1 upO'Meara 6 Singles 6 20 Overall 11 Individual player records Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player. International Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes FourballsStuart Appleby 2.5 2–1–1 0–1–0 1–0–1 1–0–0Steve Elkington 4 3–0–2 0–0–1 1–0–1 2–0–0Ernie Els 3.5 3–1–1 1–0–0 1–1–0 1–0–1Carlos Franco 0.5 0–2–1 0–0–1 0–0–0 0–2–0Shigeki Maruyama 5 5–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 2–0–0Frank Nobilo 2 2–2–0 0–1–0 2–0–0 0–1–0Greg Norman 3.5 3–1–1 0–1–0 1–0–1 2–0–0Naomichi Ozaki 2 2–1–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 2–0–0Craig Parry 3 3–1–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 0–1–0Nick Price 3 2–1–2 1–0–0 1–0–1 0–1–1Vijay Singh 3.5 3–1–1 0–0–1 1–1–0 2–0–0Greg Turner 2.5 2–1–1 0–0–1 2–0–0 0–1–0 United States Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes FourballsMark Calcavecchia 2 1–1–2 0–0–1 0–0–1 1–1–0Fred Couples 2.5 2–2–1 0–0–1 1–1–0 1–1–0David Duval 0.5 0–4–1 0–1–0 0–2–0 0–1–1Jim Furyk 1 1–3–0 1–0–0 0–2–0 0–1–0Scott Hoch 2 2–2–0 1–0–0 0–2–0 1–0–0John Huston 0 0–4–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0Lee Janzen 2 1–1–2 0–0–1 0–1–1 1–0–0Justin Leonard 0.5 0–3–1 0–1–0 0–1–1 0–1–0Davis Love III 1.5 1–3–1 0–1–0 0–1–1 1–1–0Phil Mickelson 1 0–2–2 0–0–1 0–1–0 0–1–1Mark O'Meara 2 2–2–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0Tiger Woods 2 2–3–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–2–0 External links Official scores Royal Melbourne Golf Club expanded Category:Presidents Cup Category:Golf tournaments in Australia Category:Sports competitions in Melbourne Presidents Cup Presidents Cup Presidents Cup