2017 Presidents Cup

Golf match in New Jersey, US

2017 Presidents Cup

Dates| September 28 – October 1
Venue| Liberty National Golf Club
Location| Jersey City, New Jersey
Captains|

* Steve Stricker (USA)
* Nick Price (International)

| USA | 19 | 11 | International

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United States wins the Presidents Cup

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Jersey City

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Location in the United States

Liberty National
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Location in New Jersey

Liberty
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Location near New York City

The 2017 Presidents Cup was the 12th edition of the Presidents Cup golf competition, played at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey, from September 28 to October 1, 2017. Steve Stricker and Nick Price were the captains of the U.S. and the International teams, respectively.[1]

The United States were the defending champions and retained the trophy.[2][3]

President Trump presented U.S. Captain Steve Stricker with the trophy. He became the first incumbent U.S. president to do so.

## Course layout

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Liberty National Golf Club[4]

For this Presidents Cup only, the matches begin on what is normally the 5th hole at Liberty National. The order of the holes remain the same, culminating on what is normally the 4th hole.

Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total

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Yards | 427 | 538 | 467 | 611 | 474 | 496 | 225 | 431 | 563 | 4,232 | 150 | 481 | 325 | 445 | 490 | 398 | 219 | 395 | 193 | 3,096 | 7,328
Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 71

## Format

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The first two days consist of five matches of foursomes and five matches of fourball. The third day consists of four matches of foursomes and four matches of fourball. The host team captain decides the order, fourball vs. foursomes, on the first three days. On the fourth and final day, twelve singles matches will be played. Thirty matches will be played in all. All matches that are all-square after 18 holes will score 1⁄2 point for each team.

## Team qualification and selection

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Both teams have 12 players.

Key  Top ten on points list

Two captain's picks
Not picked, in top 15 of points list

### United States team

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The United States team features the 10 players who earned the most official FedExCup points from the 2015 BMW Championship through to the 2017 Dell Technologies Championship, with points earned in the calendar year 2017 counting double, and two captain's picks. Points for events in the FedEx Cup Playoffs are weighted the same as WGC events. The captain's picks were announced on September 6, 2017.[5]

The final standings were:[6]

Position | Player | Points

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1 | Dustin Johnson | 10,455
2 | Jordan Spieth | 9,572
3 | Justin Thomas | 8,581
4 | Rickie Fowler | 5,324
5 | Daniel Berger | 5,232
6 | Brooks Koepka | 5,094
7 | Kevin Kisner | 5,007
8 | Patrick Reed | 4,599
9 | Matt Kuchar | 4,479
10 | Kevin Chappell | 4,369
11 | Charley Hoffman | 4,369
12 | Brian Harman | 3,955
13 | Jason Dufner | 3,897
14 | Gary Woodland | 3,524
15 | Phil Mickelson | 3,479

### International team

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The International team features the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking at the conclusion of the 2017 Dell Technologies Championship and two captain's picks. The captain's picks were announced on September 6, 2017.[5]

The final standings were:[7]

Position | Player | Average

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1 | Hideki Matsuyama | 9.21
2 | Jason Day | 6.35
3 | Adam Scott | 4.34
4 | Louis Oosthuizen | 4.26
5 | Marc Leishman | 3.89
6 | Charl Schwartzel | 3.64
7 | Branden Grace | 3.08
8 | Kim Si-woo | 3.03
9 | Jhonattan Vegas | 2.98
10 | Adam Hadwin | 2.60
11 | Emiliano Grillo | 2.38
12 | Hideto Tanihara | 2.37
13 | Yuta Ikeda | 2.16
14 | Li Haotong | 2.05
15 | An Byeong-hun | 2.00
16 | Anirban Lahiri | 1.89

## Teams

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### Captains

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Steve Stricker is captain of the U.S. team, and Nick Price is captain of the International team.

Fred Couples, Davis Love III, Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk are captain's assistants for the U.S. team, and Ernie Els, Tony Johnstone, Geoff Ogilvy and Mike Weir are captain's assistants for the International team.[8]

### Players

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United States team

Player | Age | Points
rank | OWGR | Previous
appearances | Matches | W–L–H | Winning
percentage
Dustin Johnson | 33 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4–4–1 | 50.00
Jordan Spieth | 24 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5–4–0 | 55.56
Justin Thomas | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | Rookie
Rickie Fowler | 28 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1–3–0 | 25.00
Daniel Berger | 24 | 5 | 25 | 0 | Rookie
Brooks Koepka | 27 | 6 | 11 | 0 | Rookie
Kevin Kisner | 33 | 7 | 24 | 0 | Rookie
Patrick Reed | 27 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1–2–1 | 37.50
Matt Kuchar | 39 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 4–7–2 | 38.46
Kevin Chappell | 31 | 10 | 26 | 0 | Rookie
Charley Hoffman | 40 | 11 | 23 | 0 | Rookie
Phil Mickelson | 47 | 15 | 30 | 11 | 51 | 23–16–12 | 56.86
International team

Player | Country | Age | Points
rank | OWGR | Previous
appearances | Matches | W–L–H | Winning
percentage
Hideki Matsuyama |  Japan | 25 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3–4–2 | 44.44
Jason Day |  Australia | 29 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 4–8–3 | 36.67
Adam Scott |  Australia | 37 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 35 | 13–17–5 | 44.29
Louis Oosthuizen |  South Africa | 34 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 5–3–2 | 60.00
Marc Leishman |  Australia | 33 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 3–4–1 | 43.75
Charl Schwartzel |  South Africa | 33 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 14 | 6–7–1 | 46.43
Branden Grace |  South Africa | 29 | 7 | 42 | 2 | 9 | 5–4–0 | 55.56
Kim Si-woo |  South Korea | 22 | 8 | 39 | 0 | Rookie
Jhonattan Vegas |  Venezuela | 33 | 9 | 38 | 0 | Rookie
Adam Hadwin |  Canada | 29 | 10 | 47 | 0 | Rookie
Emiliano Grillo |  Argentina | 25 | 11 | 60 | 0 | Rookie
Anirban Lahiri |  India | 30 | 16 | 68 | 1 | 3 | 0–3–0 | 0.00

* Captain's picks shown in yellow
* Ages as of September 28; OWGR as of September 25, the last ranking before the Cup

## Notables

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Jhonattan Vegas became the first Venezuelan to play in the Presidents Cup. Phil Mickelson has played in all twelve Presidents Cups.

## Thursday's foursomes matches

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Rickie Fowler and Justin Thomas won the first point of the day in convincing fashion, winning 8 out of the 14 holes they played. Patrick Reed and Jordan Spieth continued their dominating play as teammates, winning 5 & 4\. Matt Kuchar and Dustin Johnson followed up by winning their match 1 up, the first to reach the full 18 holes and the third American point of the day, guaranteeing a United States lead after day one. The International team gained their first point of the day with the South African duo of Branden Grace and Louis Oosthuizen beating Americans Brooks Koepka and Daniel Berger, 3 & 1\. The final match, between Americans Kevin Kisner and Phil Mickelson and Australians Jason Day and Marc Leishman, was halved, giving the Americans a 31⁄2 to 11⁄2 lead heading into the second day of competition.[9][10]

International  | Results  | United States

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Matsuyama/Schwartzel  | 6 & 4  | Fowler/Thomas
Scott/Vegas  | 1 up  | Johnson/Kuchar
Kim/Grillo  | 5 & 4  | Spieth/Reed
Oosthuizen/Grace | 3 & 1  | Koepka/Berger
Day/Leishman  | halved  | Mickelson/Kisner
11⁄2 | Foursomes  | 31⁄2
11⁄2 | Overall  | 31⁄2

## Friday's fourball matches

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The Americans started the day leading 31⁄2 to 11⁄2. Both the American and International squads kept three of the same groupings from Thursday foursomes: Oosthuizen/Grace, Day/Leishman, Scott/Vegas, Spieth/Reed, Fowler/Thomas, and Mickelson/Kisner with one match being a rematch of Day/Leishman versus Mickelson/Kisner from day 1. All four players who sat out Thursday played on Friday. Kevin Chappell and Charley Hoffman were paired together, while the International squad put Adam Hadwin with Matsuyama and Anirban Lahiri with Schwartzel.

International  | Results  | United States

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Matsuyama/Hadwin  | halved  | Spieth/Reed
Oosthuizen/Grace  | 3 & 2  | Fowler/Thomas
Day/Leishman  | 1 up  | Mickelson/Kisner
Schwartzel/Lahiri  | 6 & 5  | Chappell/Hoffman
Scott/Vegas  | 3 & 2  | Johnson/Koepka
1⁄2 | Fourball  | 41⁄2
2  | Overall  | 8

## Saturday's matches

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### Morning foursomes

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International  | Results  | United States

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Day/Leishman  | 4 & 3  | Reed/Spieth
Scott/Hadwin  | 4 & 3  | Johnson/Kuchar
Vegas/Grillo  | 2 & 1  | Mickelson/Kisner
Oosthuizen/Grace  | halved  | Thomas/Fowler
1⁄2 | Foursomes  | 31⁄2
21⁄2 | Overall  | 111⁄2

### Afternoon fourball

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International  | Results  | United States

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Oosthuizen/Day  | 2 & 1  | Reed/Spieth
Vegas/Matsuyama  | 3 & 2  | Berger/Thomas
Lahiri/Kim | 1 up  | Chappell/Hoffman
Leishman/Grace  | 3 & 2  | Koepka/Johnson
1  | Fourball  | 3
31⁄2 | Overall  | 141⁄2

## Sunday's singles matches

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International  | Results  | United States  | Timetable

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Leishman  | halved  | Chappell  |
Day | 2 & 1  | Hoffman  |
Matsuyama | 3 & 1  | Thomas  |
Kim  | 2 & 1  | Berger |
Schwartzel | 1 up  | Kuchar  |
Oosthuizen | 1 up  | Reed  |
Grace  | halved  | Johnson  |
Scott | 3 & 2  | Koepka  |
Vegas | 2 & 1  | Spieth  |
Lahiri  | halved  | Kisner  |
Hadwin  | 2 & 1  | Mickelson |
Grillo  | 6 & 4  | Fowler |
71⁄2 | Singles  | 41⁄2 |
11  | Overall  | 19  |

## Individual player records

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

### United States

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Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs

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Daniel Berger | 2 | 2–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–0
Kevin Chappell | 1.5 | 1–1–1 | 0–0–1 | 0–0–0 | 1–1–0
Rickie Fowler | 3.5 | 3–0–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–1 | 1–0–0
Charley Hoffman | 1 | 1–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–1–0
Dustin Johnson | 4.5 | 4–0–1 | 0–0–1 | 2–0–0 | 2–0–0
Kevin Kisner | 3 | 2–0–2 | 0–0–1 | 1–0–1 | 1–0–0
Brooks Koepka | 2 | 2–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0
Matt Kuchar | 2 | 2–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–0–0
Phil Mickelson | 3.5 | 3–0–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–1 | 1–0–0
Patrick Reed | 3.5 | 3–1–1 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–1
Jordan Spieth | 3.5 | 3–1–1 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–1
Justin Thomas | 3.5 | 3–1–1 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–1 | 2–0–0

### International

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Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs

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Jason Day | 1.5 | 1–3–1 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–1 | 0–2–0
Branden Grace | 2 | 1–2–2 | 0–0–1 | 1–0–1 | 0–2–0
Emiliano Grillo | 0 | 0–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–0–0
Adam Hadwin | 0.5 | 0–2–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–1
Kim Si-woo | 1 | 1–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–0
Anirban Lahiri | 1.5 | 1–1–1 | 0–0–1 | 0–0–0 | 1–1–0
Marc Leishman | 1 | 0–3–2 | 0–0–1 | 0–1–1 | 0–2–0
Hideki Matsuyama | 1.5 | 1–2–1 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–1
Louis Oosthuizen | 2.5 | 2–2–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–1 | 0–2–0
Charl Schwartzel | 1 | 1–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0
Adam Scott | 1 | 1–3–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–1–0
Jhonattan Vegas | 1 | 1–4–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–2–0

## References

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1. ^ "Steve Stricker and Nick Price named Presidents Cup captains". ESPN. April 12, 2016.
2. ^ "Presidents Cup: United States win seventh successive title". BBC Sport. October 1, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
3. ^ "Americans' dominance leads to Presidents Cup victory". ESPN. Associated Press. October 1, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
4. ^ "President's Cup Course". Presidents Cup. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
5. ^ a b "2017 Presidents Cup Eligibility Criteria". Presidents Cup. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
6. ^ "Presidents Cup (United States)". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
7. ^ "Presidents Cup (International)". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
8. ^ "Weir, Furyk named 4th captains' assistants at 2017 Presidents Cup". PGA Tour. March 7, 2017.
9. ^ "Thursday Schedule". ESPN. September 27, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
10. ^ "Americans claim 3 1/2 of 5 points in opening foursomes". ESPN. Associated Press. September 27, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.

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