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James Kenneth Perry (born August 10, 1960) is an Americanprofessional golfer who currently plays on thePGA Tour Champions. He won 14PGA Tour events and has won nine PGA Tour Champions events including foursenior major championships: the 2013Constellation Senior Players Championship, the 2013U.S. Senior Open, the 2014Regions Tradition, and the 2017 U.S. Senior Open.

Early years

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Perry was born inElizabethtown, Kentucky to Ken and Mildred Perry, and raised inFranklin, Kentucky. He was introduced to the game of golf by his father at the age of seven.^[2] He started his high school golf career at Franklin-Simpson High School. Shortly thereafter, his father accepted a job opportunity inMcCracken County a few miles outsidePaducah, Kentucky. Kenny attended high school and played on the golf team at McCracken County'sLone Oak High School, near Paducah. After graduating from Lone Oak, he attendedWestern Kentucky University inBowling Green.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

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Perry has three children (Lesslye [Harris], Justin and Lindsey) with his wife, Sandy Perry. Justin played onWestern Kentucky University's golf team, and has alsocaddied for his father on several occasions.

His mother, Mildred, died on October 1, 2009, at the age of 79 at her home in Franklin while under Hospice care after a long battle withmultiple myeloma.^[2] Perry is a member and deacon of Franklin Church of Christ in Franklin, Kentucky.^[3]

Professional career

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Perry turned professional in 1982. He failed in his first two attempts to qualify for thePGA Tour atQ-school. He missed by 1 stroke one year and received word that his wife had gone into labor during the fourth round the next year. He had been sponsored by a group of about twenty individuals, many local citizens from Franklin, in his early play on the mini-tours and his first two attempts at Q-school.

In 1985, a Franklin businessman and David Lipscomb University (now simplyLipscomb University) graduate lent him $5000 for a last shot at Q-school. Rather than repay the loan, he was asked to give a percentage of his tour earnings to Lipscomb if he qualified. He tied for 40th at Q-school, earning his card with a two-shot cushion. Perry and his benefactor agreed on 5 percent, and he has maintained that commitment to Lipscomb ever since in the form of a scholarship for residents ofSimpson County, Kentucky.

In Perry's first few seasons, he struggled to retain his qualification status. He made his first big (for the time) check on the PGA Tour ($55,000) with a T-4 finish at thePanasonic Las Vegas Invitational in May 1987. Shortly after that tournament, Perry repaid all of the money put up by all of his original sponsors, even though he had no legal obligation to do so. Perry got his first win in 1991 at theMemorial Tournament. Two more wins followed in the mid-1990s, another in 2001, and three victories in 2003.

In 1996, Perry was in contention at thePGA Championship held atValhalla in his native Kentucky. He had a one shot lead on the last hole but took a bogey and proceeded to be beaten in the playoff byMark Brooks.^[4] Perry played in the2004 Ryder Cup atOakland Hills Country Club inBloomfield Township, Michigan. On the first day, Perry played in an afternoon foursome withStewart Cink and they lost toSergio García andLuke Donald (2 & 1). On the third day, Perry played in a singles match and lost toLee Westwood (1 up). Team Europe defeated Team USA 18½ to 9½.^[5] In 2005, Perry won at theBay Hill Invitational and theBank of America Colonial. The following year, he became the 10th man to reach $20 million in PGA Tour career earnings in addition to taking an 8-week break from the tour to recover from knee surgery. He was in the top-10 of theOfficial World Golf Ranking for over 100 weeks from 2003 to 2005 and 2009 to 2010.^[6]

After returning fromarthroscopic knee surgery in early 2006, Perry struggled to find the previous form he had from 2003 to 2005. However, in 2008, he had a steady start making 10 cuts in his first 11 tournaments, and beginning in the middle of May he had six top ten finishes in eight starts, including three victories in theMemorial Tournament, theBuick Open, and theJohn Deere Classic (in which he beatJay Williamson andBrad Adamonis in a playoff).^[7] He received some criticism for skipping major championships in 2008 in order to concentrate on qualifying for theRyder Cup team. He was eager to make the team as the event was being held in his native Kentucky, and he helped the USA win the cup for the first time since 1999.^[8]

Perry played in the2008 Ryder Cup at theValhalla Golf Club inLouisville, Kentucky. On the first day, Perry played a morning foursome withJim Furyk and they halved the match withSergio García andLee Westwood. On the second day, Perry played a morning foursome with Furyk and they defeatedPádraig Harrington andRobert Karlsson (3 & 1). Also on day two, Perry played an afternoon fourball with Furyk and they lost toIan Poulter andGraeme McDowell (1 up). On the third day, Perry played in a singles match and defeatedHenrik Stenson (3 & 2). Team USA defeated Team Europe 16½ to 11½.^[9]

Despite rumors that he would retire following Team USA'sRyder Cup victory, Perry confirmed at the start of the 2009PGA Tour season that he hoped to win at least eight more tournaments, which would take his career total to 20.^[10] Twenty wins ensures a lifetime PGA Tour membership.

Perry won his first event in 2009 in his third start at theFBR Open, where he defeatedCharley Hoffman on the third playoff hole with a birdie.^[11]It was his 13th career tour win. He maintained a rich vein of form throughout the first few months of the 2009 season, making ten cuts in ten events and registering five top-10 finishes during this streak.

In April 2009, Perry was the 54-hole co-leader atThe Masters and held the lead by two strokes with two holes to go. However, he recorded two straight bogeys, after failing to find the green in regulation at both the 17th and 18th holes. This resulted in a sudden-death playoff withÁngel Cabrera andChad Campbell. Perry made par on the first extra hole, to match Cabrera, but Campbell was eliminated after he made bogey. At the second extra hole, Perry missed the green from the middle of the fairway and then ran his pitch well past the hole, resulting in a bogey. Cabrera then won the playoff and the tournament with a par. Perry would have become the oldest winner ofThe Masters at 48 years old, 8 months, and 2 days. He received over 700 letters and emails in the aftermath of his playoff defeat, including a note from former PresidentGeorge W. Bush.^[12]

Perry won his second event of 2009 at theTravelers Championship in June, coming from one stroke behindPaul Goydos. Perry shot a final round 63 and won his 14th tour event, one win closer to his goal of 20 career wins.^[13] He won the event by three strokes over Goydos and fellow AmericanDavid Toms. With the win he moved into a career high spot of four at theOfficial World Golf Ranking.^[14] Perry is among the winningest and highest all-time PGA Tour money winners without amajor championship, with fourteen wins and career earnings of over $32 million. His best major finishes are playoff losses at the1996 PGA Championship and2009 Masters Tournament. For his success in leading the US to victory in the Ryder Cup, he and fellow KentuckianJ. B. Holmes were named Kentuckians of the Year for 2008 byKentucky Monthly magazine. He is good friends with former World Number 1 playerVijay Singh, who calls him "Biggie".^[15]

Perry began playing on theChampions Tour after turning 50 in August 2010 while continuing to play on the PGA Tour. He won his first event in October 2011 at theSAS Championship. He nearly withdrew from the event after learning of his sister's death.^[16] In 2011, Perry split his time between the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. He finished 15th on the Champions Tour money list playing in ten events. Although his focus was on the Champions Tour, he also had status on the PGA Tour until 2014 due to multiple wins in 2008 and 2009.

Perry won for the second time on theChampions Tour early in 2012 at theACE Group Classic. He shot rounds of 64 and 62 on the first two days to break the 36 hole scoring record on the Champions Tour and after ending with a 2 under par round of 70, he tied the overall tournament scoring record at 20 under par.

Perry was given a special invitation from the PGA of America to compete in the2014 PGA Championship, held in his home state of Kentucky and site of his 1996 playoff loss; he finished T27.

In 2015, he used a one-time exemption for being the top 25 of the career money list. He said he intended to play 18 events on the PGA Tour and only about seven on the Champions Tour, mainly the major tournaments.^[17]

Honors

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In 1993, Perry was inducted into the Kentucky Golf Hall of Fame.^[18] In 1994, he was inducted in theWestern Kentucky University Hall of Fame.^[19] He was named the winner of the 2002 Charles Bartlett Award, given to a professional golfer for his unselfish contributions to the betterment of society, by the Golf Writers Association of America. In 2007, Perry was inducted into the Western Kentucky University Hall of Distinguished Alumni.^[20] On October 14, 2008, Perry was inducted into Lipscomb University's Athletics Hall of Fame.^[21] He won the 2009Payne Stewart Award.

On November 3, 2013, Perry clinched the 2013Charles Schwab Cup. He was also named 2013 Champions Tour Player of the Year.^[22]

Professional wins (27)

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PGA Tour wins (14)

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No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	May 19,1991	Memorial Tournament	−15 (70-63-69-71=273)	Playoff	Hale Irwin
2	Jul 24,1994	New England Classic	−16 (67-66-70-65=268)	1 stroke	David Feherty
3	Feb 19,1995	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic	−25 (63-71-64-67-70=335)	1 stroke	David Duval
4	Aug 12,2001	Buick Open	−25 (66-64-64-69=263)	2 strokes	Chris DiMarco,Jim Furyk
5	May 25,2003	Bank of America Colonial	−19 (68-64-61-68=261)	6 strokes	Justin Leonard
6	Jun 1, 2003	Memorial Tournament (2)	−13 (65-68-70-72=275)	2 strokes	Lee Janzen
7	Jul 13, 2003	Greater Milwaukee Open	−12 (69-67-66-66=268)	1 stroke	Stephen Allan,Heath Slocum
8	Mar 20,2005	Bay Hill Invitational	−12 (70-68-68-70=276)	2 strokes	Graeme McDowell,Vijay Singh
9	May 22, 2005	Bank of America Colonial (2)	−19 (65-63-64-69=261)	7 strokes	Billy Mayfair
10	Jun 1,2008	Memorial Tournament (3)	−8 (66-71-74-69=280)	2 strokes	Mathew Goggin,Jerry Kelly, Justin Rose,Mike Weir
11	Jun 29, 2008	Buick Open (2)	−19 (69-67-67-66=269)	1 stroke	Woody Austin,Bubba Watson
12	Jul 13, 2008	John Deere Classic	−16 (65-66-67-70=268)	Playoff	Brad Adamonis,Jay Williamson
13	Feb 1,2009	FBR Open	−14 (72-63-66-69=270)	Playoff	Charley Hoffman
14	Jun 28, 2009	Travelers Championship	−22 (61-68-66-63=258)	3 strokes	Paul Goydos,David Toms

PGA Tour playoff record (3–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1991	Memorial Tournament	Hale Irwin	Won with birdie on first extra hole
2	1996	PGA Championship	Mark Brooks	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3	2008	AT&T Classic	Ryuji Imada	Lost to par on first extra hole
4	2008	John Deere Classic	Brad Adamonis,Jay Williamson	Won with par on first extra hole
5	2009	FBR Open	Charley Hoffman	Won with birdie on third extra hole
6	2009	Masters Tournament	Ángel Cabrera,Chad Campbell	Cabrera won with par on second extra hole Campbell eliminated by par on first hole

Other wins (3)

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No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	Nov 13, 2005	Franklin Templeton Shootout (withJohn Huston)	−30 (64-63-59=186)	1 stroke	Fred Couples andAdam Scott
2	Dec 14, 2008	Merrill Lynch Shootout (2) (withScott Hoch)	−31 (65-60-60=185)	4 strokes	J. B. Holmes andBoo Weekley
3	Dec 9, 2012	Franklin Templeton Shootout (3) (withSean O'Hair)	−31 (64-61-60=185)	1 stroke	Charles Howell III andRory Sabbatini

PGA Tour Champions wins (10)

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Legend
PGA Tour Champions major championships (4)
Other PGA Tour Champions (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Oct 2,2011	SAS Championship	−11 (66-69-70=205)	1 stroke	John Huston,Jeff Sluman
2	Feb 19,2012	ACE Group Classic	−20 (64-62-70=196)	5 strokes	Bernhard Langer
3	Jun 30,2013	Constellation Senior Players Championship	−19 (71-63-63-64=261)	2 strokes	Fred Couples,Duffy Waldorf
4	Jul 14, 2013	U.S. Senior Open	−13 (67-73-64-63=267)	5 strokes	Fred Funk
5	Oct 27, 2013	AT&T Championship	−13 (65-71-67=203)	Playoff	Bernhard Langer
6	May 18,2014	Regions Tradition	−7 (72-68-69-72=281)	1 stroke	Mark Calcavecchia
7	Aug 3, 2014	3M Championship	−23 (65-63-65=193)	1 stroke	Bernhard Langer
8	Aug 2,2015	3M Championship (2)	−18 (69-61-68=198)	4 strokes	Scott Dunlap,Bernhard Langer, Kevin Sutherland
9	Jul 2,2017	U.S. Senior Open (2)	−16 (65-64-67-68=264)	2 strokes	Kirk Triplett
10	Aug 5,2018	3M Championship (3)	−21 (66-60-69=195)	3 strokes	Wes Short Jr.

PGA Tour Champions playoff record (1–4)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2011	Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (withScott Hoch)	David Eger andMark McNulty	Lost to par on second extra hole
2	2013	Montreal Championship	Esteban Toledo	Lost to birdie on third extra hole
3	2013	AT&T Championship	Bernhard Langer	Won with birdie on first extra hole
4	2015	Insperity Invitational	Tom Lehman,Ian Woosnam	Woosnam won with birdie on first extra hole
5	2020	Charles Schwab Series at Bass Pro Shops Big Cedar Lodge	Shane Bertsch,Glen Day, Bernhard Langer	Bertsch won with eagle on first extra hole

Results in major championships

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Tournament	1988	1989
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open	T54
The Open Championship
PGA Championship		T51

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament			CUT			T12	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open				T25		CUT	T50	CUT
The Open Championship		CUT
PGA Championship	T49	77			T55	T49	2	T23	T10	T34

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament			CUT	T39	CUT	T29				T2
U.S. Open			T45	T3	CUT	T23	58			44
The Open Championship				T8	T16	T11	CUT			T52
PGA Championship	T30	T44	T29	T10	CUT	T23	T49	T23	WD	T43

Tournament	2010	2014	2018
Masters Tournament	T26
U.S. Open	T33	T28	CUT
The Open Championship	CUT
PGA Championship	CUT	T27

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
WD = Withdrew

Summary

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Tournament	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	1	0	1	1	2	10	5
U.S. Open	0	1	1	1	3	14	10
The Open Championship	0	0	0	1	3	7	4
PGA Championship	1	0	1	3	6	21	18
Totals	2	1	3	6	14	52	37

Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (twice)
Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2003 U.S. Open – 2003 PGA)

Results in The Players Championship

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Tournament	1988	1989
The Players Championship	33	T21

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Players Championship	T56	T57	WD	T65	T62	T55	T4	CUT	CUT	WD

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
The Players Championship	T27	T18	T60	T32	T3	CUT		T58	T15	T22

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
The Players Championship	T22	T39			CUT

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Match Play	R64	R64	R64	R16	R32	R64			R64	R64
Championship	NT¹	22	T28		T32				T9	T45
Invitational		T24	T53	T27	T6	T27	T11	T66	T11	T19
Champions

¹Cancelled due to9/11

Top 10

Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Senior major championships

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Wins (4)

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Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner(s)-up
2013	Constellation Senior Players Championship	2 shot deficit	−19 (71-63-63-64=261)	2 strokes	Fred Couples,Duffy Waldorf
2013	U.S. Senior Open	2 shot deficit	−13 (67-73-64-63=267)	5 strokes	Fred Funk
2014	Regions Tradition	1 shot lead	−7 (72-68-69-72=281)	1 stroke	Mark Calcavecchia
2017	U.S. Senior Open(2)	1 shot deficit	−16 (65-64-67-68=264)	2 strokes	Kirk Triplett

Results timeline

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Results not in chronological order.

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2023	2024
The Tradition	T5	T13	T15	1	T5	T23	T20	T13	WD	NT	T56	T28	T8
Senior PGA Championship	T22	9	T2	T13		T22	T33	T38		NT	T16	T45	T11
U.S. Senior Open		CUT	1	T14	T12	WD	1	T40	WD	NT	CUT	T60	70
Senior Players Championship	T13	T8	1	4	T34	T13	T26	T6	T7	T19	T49	T23	6
Senior British Open Championship								T32		NT

Win

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due toCOVID-19 pandemic

U.S. national team appearances

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Professional

Presidents Cup:1996 (winners),2003 (tie),2005 (winners),2009 (winners)
Ryder Cup:2004,2008 (winners)
Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (representing Champions Tour): 2008 (PGA Tour), 2010, 2011 (winners), 2013

References

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^"Week 26 2009 Ending 28 Jun 2009"(pdf).OWGR. RetrievedDecember 20, 2018.
^^a ^bFerguson, Doug (October 2, 2009)."Kenny Perry's mother dies of cancer".USA Today. Associated Press.
^"Franklin Church of Christ".
^Dorman, Larry (August 12, 1996)."Birdies Bring Brooks His First Major".The New York Times.
^"Ryder Cup 2004". Ryder Cup. Archived fromthe original on June 12, 2017. RetrievedDecember 6, 2013.
^"69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking". Official World Golf Ranking. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on October 17, 2015. RetrievedDecember 6, 2013.
^"PGA Tour Season results – Kenny Perry". PGA Tour. RetrievedDecember 6, 2013.
^Kelley, Brent (August 7, 2008)."Kenny Perry Withdraws from PGA Championship". About.com. Archived fromthe original on August 7, 2011. RetrievedMay 29, 2011.
^"2008 Ryder Cup - Scoring". Ryder Cup. RetrievedDecember 6, 2013.
^"Perry's next PGA Tour goal? Getting to 20-win mark". PGA Tour. January 8, 2009. RetrievedDecember 6, 2013.
^"Perry holds nerve to win play-off".BBC Sport. February 2, 2009. RetrievedJune 29, 2009.
^Fortus, Bob (April 21, 2009)."Masters runner-up Kenny Perry buoyed by support as he comes to Zurich Classic of New Orleans".The Times-Picayune.
^"Perry seals win in Connecticut".BBC Sport. June 28, 2009. RetrievedJune 29, 2009.
^"Week 26 – Kenny Perry Claims Career Best 4th Spot in the Official World Golf Ranking with Victory at the Travelers Championship". Official World Golf Ranking. June 29, 2009. Archived fromthe original on December 12, 2013.
^Potter, Jerry (March 21, 2005)."Singh, Perry: Opposites are pals".USA Today.
^"Perry wins first Champions Tour title". PGA Tour. October 2, 2011.
^"Kenny Perry, 54, prepares for PGA Tour return".Golfweek. January 13, 2015.
^"Kentucky Golf Hall of Fame profile"(PDF). RetrievedDecember 6, 2013.
^"WKU Athletic Hall of Fame". Archived fromthe original on January 2, 2014. RetrievedDecember 6, 2013.
^"Mr. Kenny Perry (Inducted in 2007)". RetrievedDecember 6, 2013.
^"Kenny Perry, Ronnie Ferguson inducted into Lipscomb Athletics Hall of Fame". RetrievedDecember 6, 2013.
^"Perry named Player of the Year after winning back-to-back major titles". PGA Tour. December 4, 2013. RetrievedDecember 5, 2013.

External links

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Kenny Perry at thePGA Tour official site
Kenny Perry at theOfficial World Golf Ranking official site
Lipscomb University press release - on the occasion of the honoring of Perry's benefactor
Golf Today profile from 2003

Kenny Perry in thesenior major championships

The Tradition champions

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

Senior Players Championship champions

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

U.S. Senior Open champions

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

Kenny Perry in theRyder Cup

v t e United States Ryder Cup team –2004
Chad Campbell Stewart Cink Chris DiMarco Fred Funk Jim Furyk Jay Haas Davis Love III Phil Mickelson Kenny Perry Chris Riley David Toms Tiger Woods Hal Sutton (non-playing captain)
Lost: 9.5 – 18.5

v t e United States Ryder Cup team –2008
Chad Campbell Stewart Cink Ben Curtis Jim Furyk J. B. Holmes Anthony Kim Justin Leonard Hunter Mahan Phil Mickelson Kenny Perry Steve Stricker Boo Weekley Paul Azinger (non-playing captain)
Won: 16.5 – 11.5

Kenny Perry in thePresidents Cup

v t e United States Presidents Cup team –1996
Mark Brooks Fred Couples David Duval Scott Hoch Tom Lehman Justin Leonard Davis Love III Mark O'Meara Phil Mickelson Corey Pavin Kenny Perry Steve Stricker Arnold Palmer (non-playing captain)
Won: 16.5 – 15.5

v t e United States Presidents Cup team –2003
Chris DiMarco Fred Funk Jim Furyk Jay Haas Charles Howell III Jerry Kelly Justin Leonard Davis Love III Phil Mickelson Kenny Perry David Toms Tiger Woods Jack Nicklaus (non-playing captain)
Tied: 17 – 17

v t e United States Presidents Cup team –2005
Stewart Cink Fred Couples Chris DiMarco Fred Funk Jim Furyk Justin Leonard Davis Love III Phil Mickelson Kenny Perry David Toms Scott Verplank Tiger Woods Jack Nicklaus (non-playing captain)
Won: 18.5 – 15.5

v t e United States Presidents Cup team –2009
Stewart Cink Jim Furyk Lucas Glover Zach Johnson Anthony Kim Justin Leonard Hunter Mahan Phil Mickelson Sean O'Hair Kenny Perry Steve Stricker Tiger Woods Fred Couples (non-playing captain)
Won: 19.5 – 14.5