2015 Presidents Cup

The 2015 Presidents Cup was the 11th Presidents Cup, played at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Incheon, South Korea from 8–11 October. It was the first time the Presidents Cup was played in Asia.[1]

2015 Presidents Cup
Dates8–11 October 2015
VenueJack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea
LocationIncheon, South Korea
Captains
International 14​1⁄2 15​1⁄2 USA
USA wins the Presidents Cup
Jack Nicklaus Golf Club
Location in South Korea

The United States won for the sixth successive time with a 15​1⁄2–14​1⁄2 victory over the International team.[2][3]

Course layout

Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea[4]

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4264245913961704715602344523,7244354304632073615724772025423,6897,413
Par445434534364443454353672

Format

The format changed from previous Cup play. The first two days consisted of five matches of foursomes and five matches of fourball. The third day consisted of four matches of foursomes and four matches of fourball. The host team captain decided the order, fourball vs. foursomes, on the first three days. On the fourth and final day, twelve singles matches were played. 30 matches were played in all. All matches that are all-square after 18 holes scored ​1⁄2 point for each team.[5]

Each member of the teams had to play in a minimum of two matches in the first three days, a reduction from the three match minimum from 2003 to 2013.[6]

Team qualification and selection

Both teams had 12 players.

International team

The International team featured the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking at the conclusion of the 2015 Deutsche Bank Championship on 7 September and two captain's picks. The captain's picks were announced on 8 September 2015.[7]

The final standings were:[8]

PositionPlayerAverage
1Jason Day11.05
2Louis Oosthuizen4.69
3Adam Scott4.57
4Hideki Matsuyama4.26
5Branden Grace3.83
6Marc Leishman2.91
7Anirban Lahiri2.66
8Charl Schwartzel2.61
9Thongchai Jaidee2.58
10Danny Lee2.39
11Steven Bowditch2.38
12An Byeong-hun2.29
13John Senden2.26
14Matt Jones2.19
15George Coetzee2.19

United States team

The United States team featured the 10 players who earn the most official FedExCup points from the 2013 BMW Championship through to the 2015 Deutsche Bank Championship, with points earned in the calendar year 2015 counting double, and two captain's picks. The captain's picks were announced on 8 September 2015.[7]

On 2 October it was announced that Jim Furyk would not play in the Presidents Cup due to a wrist injury, and would be replaced by J. B. Holmes. Furyk served instead as an assistant captain.[9]

The final standings were:[10]

PositionPlayerPoints
1Jordan Spieth10,521
2Bubba Watson7,416
3Jimmy Walker6,609
4Zach Johnson5,838
5Jim Furyk5,778
6Rickie Fowler5,770
7Dustin Johnson5,532
8Patrick Reed5,148
9Matt Kuchar4,693
10Chris Kirk4,426
11Bill Haas4,140
12J. B. Holmes4,075
13Charley Hoffman4,004
14Billy Horschel3,956
15Brandt Snedeker3,913

Teams

Captains

Jay Haas captained the U.S. team, and Nick Price captained the International team. Haas served as the captain's assistant for the previous three U.S. teams. Price was the International team captain in 2013.[1]

Fred Couples was a captain's assistant for the U.S. team, and K. J. Choi was a vice-captain for the International team.[1]

Players
International team
PlayerCountryAgePoints
rank		OWGRPrevious
appearances		MatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Nick Price Zimbabwe58Non-playing captain
K. J. Choi South Korea45Non-playing assistant captain
Tony Johnstone Zimbabwe59Non-playing assistant captain
Mark McNulty Zimbabwe61Non-playing assistant captain
Jason Day Australia27122104–4–250.00
Louis Oosthuizen South Africa32213151–3–130.00
Adam Scott Australia3531463012–15–345.00
Hideki Matsuyama Japan23415151–3–130.00
Branden Grace South Africa27522140–4–00.00
Marc Leishman Australia31637142–2–050.00
Anirban Lahiri India287390Rookie
Charl Schwartzel South Africa318472105–4–155.00
Thongchai Jaidee Thailand459310Rookie
Danny Lee New Zealand2510360Rookie
Steven Bowditch Australia3211580Rookie
Bae Sang-moon South Korea2919880Rookie
United States team
PlayerAgePoints
rank		OWGRPrevious
appearances		MatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Jay Haas61Non-playing captain
Fred Couples56Non-playing assistant captain
Jim Furyk45Non-playing assistant captain
Davis Love III51Non-playing assistant captain
Steve Stricker48Non-playing assistant captain
Jordan Spieth2211142–2–050.00
Bubba Watson3624153–2–060.00
Jimmy Walker363170Rookie
Zach Johnson394103137–6–053.85
Rickie Fowler26650Rookie
Dustin Johnson3178151–3–130.00
Patrick Reed258190Rookie
Matt Kuchar379162104–5–145.00
Chris Kirk3010270Rookie
Bill Haas3311292103–5–240.00
J. B. Holmes3312180Rookie
Phil Mickelson453024104720–16–1154.26
  • Captain's picks shown in yellow
  • Ages as of 8 October; OWGR as of 5 October, the last ranking before the Cup

Notables

Anirban Lahiri (India) and Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) became the first representatives of their respective countries to play in the Presidents Cup. Phil Mickelson has appeared in all eleven Presidents Cups. Host country South Korea was represented with vice captain K. J. Choi, Danny Lee (who plays as a New Zealander, but was born in South Korea), and Bae Sang-moon in his last competition before his military obligation.

Thursday's foursomes matches

[11]

International Results United States
Scott/Matsuyama 3 & 2 Watson/Holmes
Oosthuizen/Grace 3 & 2 Kuchar/Reed
Lahiri/Jaidee 5 & 4 Fowler/Walker
Day/Bowditch 2 up Mickelson/Z. Johnson
Lee/Leishman 4 & 3 Spieth/D. Johnson
1 Foursomes 4
1 Overall 4

Friday's fourball matches

The American pairing of Zach Johnson and Phil Mickelson were penalised 1 hole after Mickelson played a harder ball at the par 5 7th hole, in contravention to a "one-ball condition". The one-ball condition states that a player must use the same type of ball throughout his round. The one-ball condition was in place for the fourball matches, although not for the foursomes. After his tee shot, Mickelson was incorrectly informed by a rules official that he was disqualified from the hole and Mickelson picked up his ball. The correct penalty was a loss of 1 hole, which was adjusted to the state of the match after the 7th hole. However, it was then too late for Mickelson, who could have played out the 7th hole. Jason Day won the 7th hole with a birdie 4. The match had been all square after 6 holes but, with the International pair winning the 7th hole and with the 1 hole penalty, the International pair became 2 up after 7 holes. The match ended up all square.[12]

International Results United States
Oosthuizen/Grace 4 & 3 D. Johnson/Spieth
Lee/Bae 1 up Fowler/Walker
Scott/Day halved Z. Johnson/Mickelson
Leishman/Bowditch 2 up Holmes/Watson
Jaidee/Schwartzel 2 & 1 Haas/Kirk
3​1⁄2 Fourball 1​1⁄2
4​1⁄2 Overall 5​1⁄2

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes
International Results United States
Oosthuizen/Grace 3 & 2 Reed/Fowler
Scott/Leishman halved Watson/Holmes
Bae/Matsuyama halved Haas/Kuchar
Day/Schwartzel 1 up D. Johnson/Spieth
2 Foursomes 2
6​1⁄2 Overall 7​1⁄2

Afternoon fourball

By winning their match, Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace became the first International pair to win four matches, playing together, in a Presidents Cup match. Steve Stricker and Tiger Woods, in 2009, were previously the only pair to have achieved this.

International Results United States
Oosthuizen/Grace 1 up Holmes/Watson
Scott/Lahiri 3 & 2 Mickelson/Z. Johnson
Bae/Matsuyama 6 & 5 Walker/Kirk
Day/Schwartzel 3 & 2 Reed/Spieth
2 Fourball 2
8​1⁄2 Overall 9​1⁄2

Sunday's singles matches

The United States won the Presidents Cup for the sixth straight time, defeating the International team 15​1⁄2 to 14​1⁄2. American Bill Haas, the son of team captain Jay Haas, clinched the victory on the final hole of the final match. With Haas 1 up, Bae needed to win the 18th to halve the match and the Presidents Cup. Bae mishit his third shot, a chip, and then missed his fourth shot. Haas then hit his third shot, from a bunker, to 6 feet and Bae conceded the match.[13] Earlier Branden Grace has won his singles match, becoming only the fifth player to win five matches in a Presidents Cup match. In the 2013 Presidents Cup he had lost all four of his matches.

International Results United States Timetable
Oosthuizen halved Reed 2nd: 10–10
Scott 6 & 5 Fowler 1st: 9​1⁄2–9​1⁄2
Lee 2 & 1 D. Johnson 3rd: 10–11
Matsuyama 1 up Holmes 5th: 11–12
Jaidee halved Watson 6th: 11​1⁄2–12​1⁄2
Bowditch 2 up Walker 7th: 12​1⁄2–12​1⁄2
Schwartzel 5 & 4 Mickelson 4th: 10–12
Lahiri 1 up Kirk 8th: 12​1⁄2–13​1⁄2
Leishman 1 up Spieth 10th: 13​1⁄2–14​1⁄2
Day 3 & 2 Z. Johnson 9th: 12​1⁄2–14​1⁄2
Grace 2 & 1 Kuchar 11th: 14​1⁄2–14​1⁄2
Bae 2 up Haas 12th: 14​1⁄2–15​1⁄2
6 Singles 6
14​1⁄2 Overall 15​1⁄2

Individual player records

Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.

International
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Bae Sang-moon2.52–1–10–1–00–0–12–0–0
Steven Bowditch11–2–01–0–00–1–00–1–0
Jason Day0.50–4–10–1–00–2–00–1–1
Branden Grace55–0–01–0–02–0–02–0–0
Thongchai Jaidee1.51–1–10–0–10–1–01–0–0
Anirban Lahiri00–3–00–1–00–1–00–1–0
Danny Lee11–2–00–1–00–1–01–0–0
Marc Leishman1.51–2–11–0–00–1–10–1–0
Hideki Matsuyama2.52–1–11–0–00–1–11–0–0
Louis Oosthuizen4.54–0–10–0–12–0–02–0–0
Charl Schwartzel11–3–00–1–00–1–01–1–0
Adam Scott21–2–21–0–00–1–10–1–1

United States
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Rickie Fowler11–3–00–1–01–1–00–1–0
Bill Haas1.51–1–11–0–00–0–10–1–0
J. B. Holmes2.52–2–10–1–01–0–11–1–0
Dustin Johnson33–1–01–0–02–0–00–1–0
Zach Johnson3.53–0–11–0–01–0–01–0–1
Chris Kirk11–2–01–0–00–0–00–2–0
Matt Kuchar0.50–2–10–1–00–1–10–0–0
Phil Mickelson3.53–0–11–0–01–0–01–0–1
Patrick Reed1.51–2–10–0–10–2–01–0–0
Jordan Spieth33–2–00–1–02–0–01–1–0
Jimmy Walker11–3–00–1–01–0–00–2–0
Bubba Watson32–1–20–0–11–0–11–1–0
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