1998 Presidents Cup

Golf tournament

1998 Presidents CupDates| 11–13 December 1998

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Venue| Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Location| Black Rock, Victoria, Australia
Captains|

* Peter Thomson (International)
* Jack Nicklaus (USA)

| International | 201⁄2 | 111⁄2 | USA

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The International team wins the Presidents Cup

← 1996

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Melbourne Golf Club

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Location in Australia

Royal Melbourne Golf Club

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Location in Victoria

Royal Melbourne Golf Club

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Location in greater Melbourne

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 201⁄2–111⁄2. This was the first time the International team won the competition, and through 2024, 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

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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

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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 | Points
rank | OWGR | Previous
appearances | Matches | W–L–H | Winning
percentage
Peter Thomson |  Australia | 69 | Non-playing captain
Wayne Grady |  Australia | 41 | Non-playing assistant captain
Ernie Els |  South Africa | 29 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3–1–1 | 70.00
Nick Price |  Zimbabwe | 41 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2–5–2 | 33.33
Vijay Singh |  Fiji | 35 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 5–4–1 | 55.00
Greg Norman |  Australia | 43 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 3–2–0 | 60.00
Steve Elkington |  Australia | 36 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 5–4–1 | 55.00
Stuart Appleby |  Australia | 27 | 7 | 33 | 0 | Rookie
Carlos Franco |  Paraguay | 33 | 8 | 39 | 0 | Rookie
Shigeki Maruyama |  Japan | 29 | 9 | 43 | 0 | Rookie
Craig Parry |  Australia | 32 | 10 | 53 | 2 | 8 | 3–5–0 | 37.50
Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki |  Japan | 42 | 11 | 55 | 0 | Rookie
Frank Nobilo |  New Zealand | 38 | 13 | 60 | 2 | 10 | 3–6–1 | 35.00
Greg Turner |  New Zealand | 35 | 15 | 62 | 0 | Rookie
United States team

Player | Age | Points
rank | OWGR | Previous
appearances | Matches | W–L–H | Winning
percentage
Jack Nicklaus | 58 | Non-playing captain
Jack Nicklaus II | 37 | Non-playing assistant captain
David Duval | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4–0–0 | 100.00
Tiger Woods | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Rookie
Jim Furyk | 28 | 3 | 12 | 0 | Rookie
Justin Leonard | 26 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1–3–0 | 25.00
Phil Mickelson | 28 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 3–3–3 | 50.00
Davis Love III | 34 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7–2–1 | 75.00
Mark O'Meara | 41 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5–0–0 | 100.00
Scott Hoch | 43 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 5–2–1 | 68.75
Mark Calcavecchia | 38 | 10 | 21 | 0 | Rookie
Fred Couples | 39 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 6–1–0 | 85.71
John Huston | 37 | 12 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 1–3–0 | 25.00
Lee Janzen | 34 | 13 | 23 | 0 | Rookie

* OWGR as of 6 December 1998, the last ranking before the Cup

## Friday's matches

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### Morning foursomes

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International  | Results  | United States

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Nobilo/Turner | 1 up  | O'Meara/Duval
Norman/Elkington | 2 up  | Furyk/Huston
Maruyama/Parry | 3 & 2  | Janzen/Hoch
Els/Singh  | 5 & 4  | Woods/Couples
Appleby/Price  | halved  | Love/Leonard
31⁄2 | Foursomes  | 11⁄2
31⁄2 | Overall  | 11⁄2

### Afternoon four-ball

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International  | Results  | United States

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Norman/Elkington | 2 & 1  | O'Meara/Furyk
Maruyama/Ozaki | 4 & 3  | Calcavecchia/Huston
Els/Price  | halved  | Duval/Mickelson
Parry/Franco  | 1 up  | Couples/Love
Appleby/Singh | 2 & 1  | Leonard/Woods
31⁄2 | Four-Ball  | 11⁄2
7  | Overall  | 3

## Saturday's matches

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### Morning foursomes

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International  | Results  | United States

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Nobilo/Turner | 2 up  | Leonard/Love
Norman/Elkington  | halved  | Janzen/Calcavecchia
Maruyama/Parry | 1 up  | Woods/Couples
Appleby/Price | 1 up  | Duval/Mickelson
Els/Singh | 6 & 4  | Hoch/Furyk
41⁄2 | Foursomes  | 1⁄2
111⁄2 | Overall  | 31⁄2

### Afternoon four-ball

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International  | Results  | United States

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Nobilo/Turner  | 1 up  | O'Meara/Hoch
Els/Singh | 1 up  | Woods/Huston
Maruyama/Ozaki | 1 up  | Duval/Mickelson
Price/Franco  | 3 & 2  | Janzen/Calcavecchia
Norman/Elkington | 2 & 1  | Couples/Love
3  | Four-Ball  | 2
141⁄2 | Overall  | 51⁄2

## Sunday's matches

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### Singles

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International  | Results  | United States

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Parry | 5 & 3  | Leonard
Price | 2 & 1  | Duval
Nobilo  | 4 & 2  | Furyk
Franco  | halved  | Mickelson
Maruyama | 3 & 2  | Huston
Ozaki  | 4 & 3  | Hoch
Turner  | halved  | Calcavecchia
Elkington  | halved  | Janzen
Els | 1 up  | Love
Singh  | halved  | Couples
Norman  | 1 up  | Woods
Appleby  | 1 up  | O'Meara
6  | Singles  | 6
201⁄2 | Overall  | 111⁄2

## Individual player records

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

### International

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Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs

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Stuart Appleby | 2.5 | 2–1–1 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–1 | 1–0–0
Steve Elkington | 4 | 3–0–2 | 0–0–1 | 1–0–1 | 2–0–0
Ernie Els | 3.5 | 3–1–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–0–1
Carlos Franco | 0.5 | 0–2–1 | 0–0–1 | 0–0–0 | 0–2–0
Shigeki Maruyama | 5 | 5–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 2–0–0
Frank Nobilo | 2 | 2–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–1–0
Greg Norman | 3.5 | 3–1–1 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–1 | 2–0–0
Naomichi Ozaki | 2 | 2–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 2–0–0
Craig Parry | 3 | 3–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–1–0
Nick Price | 3 | 2–1–2 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–1 | 0–1–1
Vijay Singh | 3.5 | 3–1–1 | 0–0–1 | 1–1–0 | 2–0–0
Greg Turner | 2.5 | 2–1–1 | 0–0–1 | 2–0–0 | 0–1–0

### United States

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Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs

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Mark Calcavecchia | 2 | 1–1–2 | 0–0–1 | 0–0–1 | 1–1–0
Fred Couples | 2.5 | 2–2–1 | 0–0–1 | 1–1–0 | 1–1–0
David Duval | 0.5 | 0–4–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–1–1
Jim Furyk | 1 | 1–3–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–1–0
Scott Hoch | 2 | 2–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–0–0
John Huston | 0 | 0–4–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0
Lee Janzen | 2 | 1–1–2 | 0–0–1 | 0–1–1 | 1–0–0
Justin Leonard | 0.5 | 0–3–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–1 | 0–1–0
Davis Love III | 1.5 | 1–3–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–1 | 1–1–0
Phil Mickelson | 1 | 0–2–2 | 0–0–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–1
Mark O'Meara | 2 | 2–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0
Tiger Woods | 2 | 2–3–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–2–0

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