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1998 Presidents Cup

Golf tournament

Golf tournament

FieldValue
namePresidents Cup
year1998
venueRoyal Melbourne Golf Club
locationBlack Rock, Victoria, Australia
dates11–13 December 1998
homeInternational
awayUSA
homecaptainPeter Thomson
awaycaptainJack Nicklaus
homescore20
awayscore11
resultThe International team wins

|Australia Melbourne Golf Club |Australia Victoria |Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne The 1998 Presidents Cup was held 11–13 December in Australia at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Black Rock, Victoria, a suburb southeast of Melbourne. The International team won the competition by a margin of 20–11. This was the first time the International team won the competition, and through 2024, is their sole victory. The honorary chairman was Australian Prime Minister John Howard. It was the third Presidents Cup competition and the first held outside the United States. The competition returned to Royal Melbourne in 2011 and 2019

Format

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

Teams

Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki, who was aged 51, decided not to play in the event. He finished fourth in the International team rankings. This meant that his brother, Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki, who finished 11th in the rankings, made the team automatically. Hal Sutton finished 8th in the United States rankings but withdrew in early December following the death of his father-in-law. He was replaced by Lee Janzen who was the highest ranked player not already in the team.

International teamPlayerCountryAgePoints
rankOWGRPrevious
appearancesMatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
69Non-playing captain
41Non-playing assistant captain
2915153–1–170.00
4126292–5–233.33
35392105–4–155.00
43518153–2–060.00
366162105–4–155.00
277330Rookie
PRY338390Rookie
JPN299430Rookie
321053283–5–037.50
JPN4211550Rookie
3813602103–6–135.00
3515620Rookie
USA United States teamPlayerAgePoints
rankOWGRPrevious
appearancesMatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
58Non-playing captain
37Non-playing assistant captain
2713144–0–0100.00
22210Rookie
283120Rookie
26415141–3–025.00
28510293–3–350.00
34642107–2–175.00
4172155–0–0100.00
43920285–2–168.75
3810210Rookie
391111276–1–085.71
371229141–3–025.00
3413230Rookie
  • OWGR as of 6 December 1998, the last ranking before the Cup

Friday's matches

Morning foursomes

InternationalResultsUnited States3Overall1
**Nobilo/Turner**1 upO'Meara/Duval
**Norman/Elkington**2 upFuryk/Huston
**Maruyama/Parry**3 & 2Janzen/Hoch
Els/Singh5 & 4**Woods/Couples**
Appleby/PricehalvedLove/Leonard
3Foursomes1

Afternoon four-ball

InternationalResultsUnited States7Overall3
**Norman/Elkington**2 & 1O'Meara/Furyk
**Maruyama/Ozaki**4 & 3Calcavecchia/Huston
Els/PricehalvedDuval/Mickelson
Parry/Franco1 up**Couples/Love**
**Appleby/Singh**2 & 1Leonard/Woods
3Four-Ball1

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

InternationalResultsUnited States11Overall3
**Nobilo/Turner**2 upLeonard/Love
Norman/ElkingtonhalvedJanzen/Calcavecchia
**Maruyama/Parry**1 upWoods/Couples
**Appleby/Price**1 upDuval/Mickelson
**Els/Singh**6 & 4Hoch/Furyk
4Foursomes

Afternoon four-ball

InternationalResultsUnited States14Overall5
Nobilo/Turner1 up**O'Meara/Hoch**
**Els/Singh**1 upWoods/Huston
**Maruyama/Ozaki**1 upDuval/Mickelson
Price/Franco3 & 2**Janzen/Calcavecchia**
**Norman/Elkington**2 & 1Couples/Love
3Four-Ball2

Sunday's matches

Singles

InternationalResultsUnited States20Overall11
**Parry**5 & 3Leonard
**Price**2 & 1Duval
Nobilo4 & 2**Furyk**
FrancohalvedMickelson
**Maruyama**3 & 2Huston
Ozaki4 & 3**Hoch**
TurnerhalvedCalcavecchia
ElkingtonhalvedJanzen
**Els**1 upLove
SinghhalvedCouples
Norman1 up**Woods**
Appleby1 up**O'Meara**
6Singles6

Individual player records

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

International

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Stuart Appleby2.52–1–10–1–01–0–11–0–0
Steve Elkington43–0–20–0–11–0–12–0–0
Ernie Els3.53–1–11–0–01–1–01–0–1
Carlos Franco0.50–2–10–0–10–0–00–2–0
Shigeki Maruyama55–0–01–0–02–0–02–0–0
Frank Nobilo22–2–00–1–02–0–00–1–0
Greg Norman3.53–1–10–1–01–0–12–0–0
Naomichi Ozaki22–1–00–1–00–0–02–0–0
Craig Parry33–1–01–0–02–0–00–1–0
Nick Price32–1–21–0–01–0–10–1–1
Vijay Singh3.53–1–10–0–11–1–02–0–0
Greg Turner2.52–1–10–0–12–0–00–1–0

United States

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Mark Calcavecchia21–1–20–0–10–0–11–1–0
Fred Couples2.52–2–10–0–11–1–01–1–0
David Duval0.50–4–10–1–00–2–00–1–1
Jim Furyk11–3–01–0–00–2–00–1–0
Scott Hoch22–2–01–0–00–2–01–0–0
John Huston00–4–00–1–00–1–00–2–0
Lee Janzen21–1–20–0–10–1–11–0–0
Justin Leonard0.50–3–10–1–00–1–10–1–0
Davis Love III1.51–3–10–1–00–1–11–1–0
Phil Mickelson10–2–20–0–10–1–00–1–1
Mark O'Meara22–2–01–0–00–1–01–1–0
Tiger Woods22–3–01–0–01–1–00–2–0
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