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| Dates | September 28 – October 1 | ||||
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| Venue | Liberty National Golf Club | ||||
| Location | Jersey City, New Jersey | ||||
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 United States wins thePresidents Cup | |||||
The2017 Presidents Cup was the 12th edition of thePresidents Cup golf competition, played atLiberty National Golf Club inJersey City, New Jersey, from September 28 to October 1, 2017.Steve Stricker andNick 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]
PresidentTrump presented U.S. CaptainSteve Stricker with the trophy. He became the first incumbent U.S. president to do so.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
The first two days consist of five matches offoursomes and five matches offourball. 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 score1⁄2 point for each team.
Both teams have 12 players.
| Top ten on points list |
| Two captain's picks |
| Not picked, in top 15 of points list |
The United States team features the 10 players who earned the most official FedExCup points from the 2015BMW Championship through to the 2017Dell Technologies Championship, with points earned in the calendar year 2017 counting double, and two captain's picks. Points for events in theFedEx Cup Playoffs are weighted the same asWGC events. The captain's picks were announced on September 6, 2017.[5]
The final standings were:[6]
| Position | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
The International team features the top 10 players in theOfficial World Golf Ranking at the conclusion of the 2017Dell 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Steve Stricker is captain of the U.S. team, andNick Price is captain of the International team.
Fred Couples,Davis Love III,Tiger Woods andJim Furyk are captain's assistants for the U.S. team, andErnie Els,Tony Johnstone,Geoff Ogilvy andMike Weir are captain's assistants for the International team.[8]
 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 |
Jhonattan Vegas became the first Venezuelan to play in the Presidents Cup.Phil Mickelson has played in all twelve Presidents Cups.
Rickie Fowler andJustin Thomas won the first point of the day in convincing fashion, winning 8 out of the 14 holes they played.Patrick Reed andJordan Spieth continued their dominating play as teammates, winning 5 & 4.Matt Kuchar andDustin 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 ofBranden Grace andLouis Oosthuizen beating AmericansBrooks Koepka andDaniel Berger, 3 & 1. The final match, between AmericansKevin Kisner andPhil Mickelson and AustraliansJason Day andMarc 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| International | Results | United States | Timetable |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.
| Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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