1996 Presidents Cup

The 2nd Presidents Cup was held between September 13 and 15, 1996. It was played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, USA. The United States team won the competition by a margin of 161⁄2–151⁄2, the narrowest margin of victory (later tied by the 2015 Presidents Cup's 151⁄2–141⁄2) in Presidents Cup history. The honorary chairman was former President of the United States George H. W. Bush.

1996 Presidents Cup

Dates	September 13–15, 1996
Venue	Robert Trent Jones Golf Club
Location	Gainesville, Virginia, U.S.
Captains	Arnold Palmer (USA) Peter Thomson (International)
USA 161⁄2 151⁄2 International
United States wins the Presidents Cup
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RTJ GC

Location in the United States

RTJ GC

Location in Virginia

Format

Both teams had 12 players plus a non-playing captain. On the first and second day four-ball was played in the morning and foursomes were played in the afternoon. On the third day only singles were played.

Teams

United States team
Player	Age	Points rank	OWGR	Previous appearances	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
Arnold Palmer	67	Non-playing captain
Phil Mickelson	26	1	9	1	5	2–1–2	60.00
Mark O'Meara	39	2	10	0	Rookie
Tom Lehman	37	3	5	1	5	2–2–1	50.00
Mark Brooks	35	4	23	0	Rookie
Davis Love III	32	5	13	1	5	4–0–1	90.00
Corey Pavin	36	6	8	1	5	2–2–1	50.00
Scott Hoch	40	7	20	1	4	2–1–1	62.50
Steve Stricker	29	8	19	0	Rookie
Fred Couples	36	9	7	1	3	3–0–0	100.00
Justin Leonard	24	10	28	0	Rookie
David Duval	24	11	17	0	Rookie
Kenny Perry	36	12	26	0	Rookie

International team
Player	Country	Age	Points rank	OWGR	Previous appearances	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
Peter Thomson	Australia	67	Non-playing captain
Ian Baker-Finch	Australia	35	Non-playing assistant captain
Greg Norman	Australia	41	1	1	0	Rookie
Ernie Els	South Africa	26	2	3	0	Rookie
Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki	Japan	49	3	6	0	Rookie
Nick Price	Zimbabwe	39	4	11	1	4	0–2–2	25.00
Steve Elkington	Australia	33	5	12	1	5	2–2–1	50.00
Vijay Singh	Fiji	33	6	18	1	5	3–1–1	70.00
Frank Nobilo	New Zealand	36	7	29	1	5	1–3–1	30.00
Mark McNulty	Zimbabwe	42	8	34	1	4	1–2–1	37.50
Craig Parry	Australia	30	9	32	1	5	2–3–0	40.00
David Frost	South Africa	37	10	41	1	4	1–2–1	37.50
Robert Allenby	Australia	25	11	37	1	5	1–4–0	20.00
Peter Senior	Australia	37	13	61	1	3	2–1–0	66.67

• OWGR as of September 8, 1996, the last ranking before the Cup

Friday's matches

Morning four-ball

International	Results	United States
Norman/Allenby	2 & 1	Couples/Love
Els/McNulty	2 up	Hoch/Brooks
Singh/Ozaki	2 & 1	Mickelson/Pavin
Elkington/Nobilo	3 & 2	O'Meara/Duval
Price/Senior	4 & 2	Lehman/Stricker
1	Four-Ball	4
1	Overall	4

Afternoon foursomes

International	Results	United States
Price/Frost	3 & 2	Perry/Leonard
Nobilo/Parry	2 & 1	O'Meara/Duval
Elkington/Singh	2 up	Lehman/Stricker
Els/McNulty	halved	Mickelson/Pavin
Norman/Allenby	1 up	Couples/Love
11⁄2	Foursomes	31⁄2
21⁄2	Overall	71⁄2

Saturday's matches

Morning four-ball

International	Results	United States
Price/Elkington	2 up	Leonard/Lehman
Norman/Allenby	1 up	Stricker/Pavin
Parry/Nobilo	2 & 1	Perry/Hoch
Ozaki/Singh	2 & 1	Love/Couples
Els/McNulty	4 & 3	O'Meara/Duval
3	Four-Ball	2
51⁄2	Overall	91⁄2

Afternoon foursomes

International	Results	United States
Senior/Frost	3 & 2	Pavin/Mickelson
Nobilo/Allenby	3 & 2	Love/Brooks
Price/McNulty	3 & 1	Perry/Leonard
Norman/Els	1 up	Lehman/Stricker
Elkington/Singh	1 up	O'Meara/Hoch
4	Foursomes	1
91⁄2	Overall	101⁄2

Sunday's matches

Singles

International	Results	United States
Parry	5 & 4	Brooks
Senior	3 & 2	Duval
Price	1 up	O'Meara
Frost	7 & 6	Perry
Allenby	6 & 5	Stricker
McNulty	1 up	Hoch
Ozaki	5 & 4	Love
Elkington	1 up	Leonard
Els	3 & 2	Mickelson
Norman	3 & 1	Pavin
Nobilo	3 & 2	Lehman
Singh	2 & 1	Couples
6	Singles	6
151⁄2	Overall	161⁄2

Individual player records

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

United States

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes	Fourballs
Mark Brooks	0	0–3–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Fred Couples	3	3–1–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	1–1–0
David Duval	4	4–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0
Scott Hoch	3	3–1–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	1–1–0
Tom Lehman	1	1–4–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	1–1–0
Justin Leonard	1	1–3–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	0–1–0
Davis Love III	3	3–2–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	1–1–0
Phil Mickelson	1.5	1–2–1	0–1–0	0–1–1	1–0–0
Mark O'Meara	5	5–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	2–0–0
Corey Pavin	1.5	1–3–1	0–1–0	0–1–1	1–1–0
Kenny Perry	2	2–2–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	1–0–0
Steve Stricker	2	2–3–0	1–0–0	0–2–0	1–1–0

International

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes	Fourballs
Robert Allenby	2	2–3–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	1–1–0
Steve Elkington	3	3–2–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	1–1–0
Ernie Els	3.5	3–1–1	1–0–0	1–0–1	1–1–0
David Frost	2	2–1–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	0–0–0
Mark McNulty	2.5	2–2–1	0–1–0	1–0–1	1–1–0
Frank Nobilo	2	2–3–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	0–2–0
Greg Norman	3	3–2–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	1–1–0
Masashi Ozaki	1	1–2–0	0–1–0	0–0–0	1–1–0
Craig Parry	1	1–2–0	1–0–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Nick Price	2	2–3–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	1–1–0
Peter Senior	1	1–2–0	0–1–0	1–0–0	0–1–0
Vijay Singh	2	2–3–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	1–1–0

External links

• Official scores in 2015 Media Guide

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