1998 Presidents Cup: Internationals On the Board
Final Score: International 20.5, USA 11.5
Dates Played: Dec. 11-13, 1998
Location: Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australian
Team Captains: Jack Nicklaus (USA) and Peter Thomson (International)
Team Rosters: International — Stuart Appleby, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els, Carlos Franco, Shigeki Maruyama, Frank Nobilo, Greg Norman, Joe Ozaki, Craig Parry, Nick Price, Vijay Singh, Greg Turner. USA — Mark Calcavecchia, Fred Couples, David Duval, Jim Furyk, Scott Hoch, John Huston, Lee Janzen, Justin Leonard, Davis Love III, Phil Mickelson, Mark O'Meara, Tiger Woods.
Notes: The International team got its first win (and its only win in the first 10 times the tournament was played) behind a 5-0-0 performance from Shigeki Maruyama. The first two tournaments were played in the U.S.; this was the first one played at an International location.
Day 1 Results
Foursomes
- Frank Nobilo/Greg Turner (Int.) def. Mark O’Meara/David Duval, 1-up
- Greg Norman/Steve Elkington (Int.) def. Jim Furyk/John Huston, 2-up
- Shigeki Maruyama/Craig Parry (Int.) def Lee Janzen/Scott Hoch, 3 and 2
- Tiger Woods/Fred Couples (U.S.) def. Ernie Els/Vijay Singh, 5 and 4
- Davis Love III /Justin Leonard (U.S.) halved with Stuart Appleby/Nick Price
Four-Ball
- Norman/Elkington (Int.) def. O’Meara/Furyk, 2 and 1
- Maruyama/Joe Ozaki (Int.) def. Mark Calcavecchia/Huston, 4 and 3
- Duval/Phil Mickelson (U.S.) halved with Els/Price
- Couples/Love (U.S.) def. Parry/Carlos Franco, 1-up
- Appleby/Singh (Int.) def. Leonard/Woods, 2 and 1
Day 2 Results
Foursomes
- Nobilo/Turner (Int.) def. Leonard/Love, 2-up
- Janzen/Calcavecchia (U.S.) halved with Norman/Elkington
- Maruyama/Parry (Int.) def. Woods/Couples, 1-up
- Appleby/Price (Int.) def. Duval/Mickelson, 1-up
- Els/Singh (Int.) def. Hoch/Furyk, 6 and 4
Four-Ball
- O’Meara/Hoch (U.S.) def. Nobilo/Turner, 1-up
- Els/Singh (Int.) def. Woods/Huston, 1-up
- Maruyama/Ozaki (Int.) def. Duval/Mickelson, 1-up
- Janzen/Calcavecchia (U.S.) def. Price/Franco, 3 and 2
- Norman/Elkington (Int.) def. Couples/Love, 2 and 1
Day 3 Results
Singles
- Parry (Int.) def. Leonard, 5 and 3
- Price (Int.) def. Duval, 2 and 1
- Furyk (U.S.) def. Nobilo, 4 and 2
- Mickelson (U.S.) halved with Franco
- Maruyama (Int.) def. Huston, 3 and 2
- Hoch (U.S.) def. Ozaki, 4 and 3
- Calcavecchia (U.S.) halved with Turner
- Janzen (U.S.) halved with Elkington
- Els (Int.) def. Love, 1-up
- Couples (U.S.) halved with Singh
- Woods (U.S.) def. Norman, 1-up
- O’Meara (U.S.) def. Appleby, 1-up
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