1994 Presidents Cup: First One Goes to USA
Final Score: USA 20, International 12
Dates Played: Sept. 16-18, 1994
Location: Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia
Team Captains: David Graham (International) and Hale Irwin (USA)
Team Rosters: International — Steve Elkington, Vijay Singh, Fulton Allem, David Frost, Nick Price, Bradley Hughes, Craig Parry, Robert Allenby, Frank Nobilo, Peter Senior, Tsukasa Watanabe, Mark McNulty. USA — Fred Couples, Jim Gallagher Jr., Jay Haas, Scott Hoch, John Huston, Tom Lehman, Davis Love III, Jeff Maggert, Phil Mickelson, Corey Pavin, Loren Roberts
Notes: The first-ever Presidents Cup set the tone for the early part of the competition's history: An easy U.S. win. It started with a 5-0 American sweep of the first session. Fred Couples (3-0-0) and Davis Love (4-0-1) were both unbeaten for Team USA.
Day 1 Results
Four-Ball
- Corey Pavin/Jeff Maggert (U.S.) def. Steve Elkington/Vijay Singh, 2 and 1
- Jay Haas/Scott Hoch (U.S.) def. Fulton Allem/David Frost, 6 and 5
- Davis Love III /Fred Couples (U.S.) def. Nick Price/Bradley Hughes, 1-up
- John Huston/Jim Gallagher, Jr. (U.S.) def. Craig Parry/Robert Allenby, 4 and 2
- Tom Lehman/Phil Mickelson (U.S.) def. Frank Nobilo/Peter Senior, 3 and 2
Foursomes
- Hale Irwin/Loren Roberts (U.S.) def. Frost/Allem, 3 and 1
- Haas/Hoch (U.S.) def. Parry/Tsukasa Watanabe, 4 and 3
- Nobilo/Allenby (Int.) def. Pavin/Maggert, 2 and 1
- Elkington/Singh (Int.) def. Mickelson/Lehman, 2 and 1
- Price/Mark McNulty (Int.) halved with Love/Gallagher
Day 2 Results
Four-Ball
- Allem/McNulty (Int.) def. Gallagher/Huston, 4 and 3
- Watanabe/Singh (Int.) def. Haas/Hoch, 3 and 1
- Parry/Hughes (Int.) def. Roberts/Lehman, 4 and 3
- Couples/Love (U.S.) def. Nobilo/Allenby, 2-up
- Price/Elkington (Int.) halved with Mickelson/Pavin
Foursomes
- Frost/Senior (Int.) def. Irwin/Haas, 6 and 5
- Pavin/Roberts (U.S.) def. Parry/Allem, 1-up
- Singh/Elkington (Int.) def. Maggert/Huston, 3 and 2
- Love/Gallagher (U.S.) def. Nobilo/Allenby, 7 and 5
- Mickelson/Lehman (U.S.) def. Hughes/McNulty, 3 and 2
Day 3 Results
Singles
- Irwin (U.S.) def. Allenby, 1-up
- Haas (U.S.) def. McNulty, 4 and 3
- Gallagher (U.S.) def. Watanabe, 4 and 3
- Mickelson (U.S.) halved with Allem
- Singh (Int.) halved with Lehman
- Senior (Int.) def. Huston, 3 and 2
- Hoch (U.S.) halved with Frost
- Maggert (U.S.) def. Hughes, 2 and 1
- Nobilo (Int.) halved with Roberts
- Couples (U.S.) def. Price, 1-up
- Love (U.S.) def. Elkington, 1-up
- Parry (Int.) def. Pavin, 1-up
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