2013 Presidents Cup

2013 Presidents Cup

Dates	October 3–6, 2013
Venue	Muirfield Village Golf Club
Location	Dublin, Ohio, U.S.
Captains	Fred Couples (USA) Nick Price (International)
USA 181⁄2 151⁄2 International
United States wins the Presidents Cup
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Muirfield Village

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Location in the United States

Muirfield Village

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Location in Ohio

The 2013 Presidents Cup was held October 3–6 at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb north of Columbus. It was the tenth Presidents Cup competition and the sixth played in the United States.

The selection of Muirfield as the 2013 tournament site was taken as a tribute to golfing great Jack Nicklaus, who designed the course. Nicklaus has said that his involvement as tournament host for the 2013 Presidents Cup "probably will be my last involvement in anything significant in the game of golf".^[1] Muirfield was the third U.S. course to host the tournament, and the first course in the world to host Presidents Cup, Ryder Cup, and Solheim Cup international team competitions.^[2][3]

In May 2012, Fred Couples and Nick Price were named captains of the U.S. and International teams, respectively.^[4][5]

The United States won for the fifth successive time with an 181⁄2–151⁄2 victory over the International team.^[6][7][8][9]

The first day consists of six matches of fourball. The second day consists of six matches of foursomes. The third day consists of five matches of fourball in the morning and five matches of foursomes in the afternoon. On the fourth and final day, twelve singles matches were played. 34 matches were played in all. All fourball and foursomes matches that are all-square after 18 holes will score 1⁄2 point for each team. All singles matches that are all-square after 18 holes will continue until a winner is determined.^[10] The fourball matches being played first is a change from the previous seven Cups.^[11]

Both teams had 12 players.

The United States team featured the top 10 in earnings from September 19, 2011 through September 2, 2013 (the Deutsche Bank Championship), with 2013 earnings weighted double, and two captain's picks.^[12] The captain's picks were announced on September 4, 2013.^[13]

The final standings were:^[14]

The International team featured the top 10 in the Official World Golf Ranking as of September 2, 2013 and two captain's picks.^[15] The captain's picks were announced on September 4, 2013.^[13]

The final standings were:^[16]

United States team
Player	Age	Points rank	OWGR	Previous appearances	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
Fred Couples	54	Non-playing captain
Jay Haas	59	Non-playing assistant captain
Davis Love III	49	Non-playing assistant captain
Tiger Woods	37	1	1	7	35	20–14–1	58.57
Brandt Snedeker	32	2	9	0	Rookie
Phil Mickelson	43	3	3	9	42	18–14–10	54.76
Matt Kuchar	35	4	8	1	5	1–3–1	30.00
Jason Dufner	36	5	10	0	Rookie
Keegan Bradley	27	6	15	0	Rookie
Steve Stricker	46	7	7	4	19	11–8–0	57.89
Bill Haas	31	8	28	1	5	1–3–1	30.00
Hunter Mahan	31	9	26	3	14	8–5–1	60.71
Zach Johnson	37	10	11	2	9	4–5–0	44.44
Webb Simpson	28	11	24	1	5	3–2–0	60.00
Jordan Spieth	20	22	21	0	Rookie

International team
Player	Country	Age	Points rank	OWGR	Previous appearances	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
Nick Price	Zimbabwe	56	Non-playing captain
Shigeki Maruyama	Japan	44	Non-playing assistant captain
Mark McNulty	Zimbabwe	59	Non-playing assistant captain
Tony Johnstone	Zimbabwe	57	Non-playing assistant captain
Adam Scott	Australia	33	1	2	5	25	10–13–2	44.00
Jason Day	Australia	25	2	16	1	5	1–3–1	30.00
Charl Schwartzel	South Africa	29	3	19	1	5	3–1–1	70.00
Ernie Els	South Africa	43	4	23	7	35	17–16–2	51.43
Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	30	5	29	0	Rookie
Hideki Matsuyama	Japan	21	6	30	0	Rookie
Branden Grace	South Africa	25	7	38	0	Rookie
Graham DeLaet	Canada	31	8	32	0	Rookie
Richard Sterne	South Africa	32	9	41	0	Rookie
Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	44	10	51	3	13	4–6–3	42.31
Marc Leishman	Australia	29	12	61	0	Rookie
Brendon de Jonge	Zimbabwe	33	14	63	0	Rookie

• OWGR as of September 29, 2013, the last ranking before the Cup.
• Age as of the start of the Cup on October 3, 2013.

The American team took a one-point lead after the first day of play, winning the final three matches and halving another. Play was delayed for 90 minutes due to rain but all matches were completed.^[17][18]

A nearly three-hour delay due to severe weather meant that only two of the six matches were completed on Friday. Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley defeated Jason Day and Graham DeLaet, 4 and 3, while Brendon de Jonge and Ernie Els defeated Hunter Mahan and Bill Hass, 4 and 3. The Americans led 41⁄2 to 31⁄2 at the close of play Friday.^[19] Matches resumed early Saturday morning with both sides winning two matches to tie the session at 3–3.^[18]

Rain interrupted play for the third straight day.^[20] The U.S. team won four of the five matches to open a four-point lead. The matches did not end until late afternoon.^[21][22]

Due to the mornings rain delay, the afternoon foursomes were not completed Saturday. Jason Dufner and Zach Johnson defeated Richard Sterne and Marc Leishman, 4 and 3, in the only match completed Saturday.^[22] The other four matches were complete through 9 to 13 holes when play was suspended.

The table below reflects the official order. Match 19 (Sterne/Leishman vs Dufner/Johnson) began first, followed by Match 18 (Mickelson/Bradley vs Day/DeLaet), Match 22 (Simpson/Snedeker vs Oosthuizen/Schwartzel), Match 20 (Haas/Stricker vs Scott/Matsuyama), and Match 21 (Woods/Kuchar vs Els/de Jonge).

The matches are listed in their official order but the first five matches were actually played in this order: Matsuyama/Mahan, Day/Snedeker, DeLaet/Spieth, Els/Stricker, de Jonge/Dufner.^[23]

Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.

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