2000 Presidents Cup Results

This was the fourth time the Presidents Cup was played, but the first one to use the now-familiar four-day schedule. After the American team's victory, the overall standings in the event's history was USA 3, International 1.

Final Score: USA 21.5, International 10.5

Dates Played: Sept. 22-25, 2000

Location: Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia

Team Captains: Peter Thomson (International) and Ken Venturi (USA)

Team Rosters:

  • International — Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby, Michael Campbell, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els, Carlos Franco, Retief Goosen, Shigeki Maruyama, Greg Norman, Nick Price, Vijay Singh, Mike Weir.
  • USA — Paul Azinger, Notah Begay III, Stewart Cink, David Duval, Jim Furyk, Tom Lehman, Davis Love III, Phil Mickelson, Loren Roberts, Hal Sutton, Kirk Triplett, Tiger Woods.

What Happened at the 2000 Presidents Cup

The 2000 Presidents Cup was the first one to use a 4-day schedule rather than a 3-day schedule. The same number of matches were played, they just played them over one more day.

The site, however, was familiar: Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Virginia was the location of a Presidents Cup for the third time. In fact, to this point in the event's history, all three Presidents Cups played in the United States took place at the same course.

The Internationals won the 1998 Presidents Cup by a score of 20.5 to 11.5. But this year, Team USA flipped that score, winning 21.5 to 10.5.

Day 1 was a disaster for Team International, losing all five matches played (foursomes). The Internationals began Day 2 winning four points from the morning fourball session, but that 6-4 deficit was the closest the International team would get. Team USA won the Day 2 afternoon foursomes session 4-1, and led 14-6 going into Sunday singles.

The biggest disappointments for Team International were Ernie Els and Vijay Singh, the side's two superstars. Els and Singh partnered one another three times, and lost all three matches. Els failed to earn any points for his side, first golfer in Presidents Cup history to go 0-5-0, while Singh posted a 1-4-0 record.

For the American side, Davis Love III and Stewart Cink both went 4-0-0.

2000 Presidents Cup Match Scores

Day 1 Results

Foursomes
  • Phil Mickelson/Tom Lehman (U.S.) def. Steve Elkington/Greg Norman, 5 and 4
  • Hal Sutton/Jim Furyk (U.S.) def. Robert Allenby/Stuart Appleby, 1-up
  • Stewart Cink/Kirk Triplett (U.S.) def. Mike Weir/Retief Goosen, 3 and 2
  • Tiger Woods/Notah Begay III (U.S.) def. Vijay Singh/Ernie Els, 1-up
  • David Duval/Davis Love III (U.S.) def. Nick Price/Carlos Franco, 1-up

Day 2 Results

Four-Ball
  • Michael Campbell/Retief Goosen (Int.) def. Hal Sutton/Paul Azinger, 4 and 3
  • Mike Weir/Steve Elkington (Int.) def. Tom Lehman/Loren Roberts, 3 and 2
  • Nick Price/Greg Norman (Int.) def. Jim Furyk/David Duval, 6 and 5
  • Shigeki Maruyama/Carlos Franco (Int.) def. Tiger Woods/Notah Begay, 3 and 2
  • Phil Mickelson/Davis Love III (U.S.) def. Vijay Singh/Ernie Els, 2 and 1

Foursomes

  • Stewart Cink/Kirk Triplett (U.S.) def. Robert Allenby/Stuart Appleby, 2 and 1
  • Loren Roberts/Paul Azinger (U.S.) def. Carlos Franco/Shigeki Maruyama, 5 and 4
  • Tiger Woods/Notah Begay (U.S.) def. Vijay Singh/Ernie Els, 6 and 5
  • Hal Sutton/Tom Lehman (U.S.) def. Michael Campbell/Retief Goosen, 4 and 2
  • Nick Price/Mike Weir (Int.) def. Phil Mickelson/David Duval, 6 and 4

Day 3 Results

Four-Ball
  • Hal Sutton/Jim Furyk (U.S.) def. Michael Campbell/Greg Norman, 6 and 5
  • Tom Lehman/Phil Mickelson (U.S.) def. Mike Weir/Steve Elkington, 2 and 1
  • Davis Love III/David Duval (U.S.) def. Nick Price/Ernie Els, 3 and 2
  • Kirk Triplett/Stewart Cink (U.S.) def. Robert Allenby/Carlos Franco, 1 up
  • Vijay Singh/Retief Goosen (Int.) def. Tiger Woods/Notah Begay, 2 and 1

Day 4 Results

Singles
  • Robert Allenby (Int.) def. Paul Azinger, 2 and 1
  • David Duval (U.S.) def. Nick Price, 2 and 1
  • Loren Roberts (U.S.) def. Stuart Appleby, 3 and 2
  • Mike Weir (Int.) def. Phil Mickelson, 4 and 3
  • Davis Love III (U.S.) def. Ernie Els, 4 and 3
  • Steve Elkington (Int.) def. Tom Lehman, 1 up
  • Tiger Woods (U.S.) def. Vijay Singh, 2 and 1
  • Stewart Cink (U.S.) def. Greg Norman, 2 and 1
  • Carlos Franco (Int.) def. Hal Sutton, 6 and 5
  • Jim Furyk (U.S.) def. Shigeki Maruyama, 5 and 4
  • Kirk Triplett (U.S.) halved with Michael Campbell
  • Notah Begay (U.S.) def. Retief Goosen, 1 up

Player Win-Loss Records

Wins-losses-ties for members of Team USA and Team International.

International
Steve Elkington, 2-2-0
Greg Norman, 1-3-0
Robert Allenby, 1-3-0
Stuart Appleby, 0-3-0
Mike Weir, 3-2-0
Retief Goosen, 2-3-0
Vijay Singh, 1-4-0
Ernie Els, 0-5-0
Nick Price, 2-3-0
Carlos Franco, 2-3-0
Michael Campbell, 1-2-1
Shigeki Maruyama, 1-2-0

United States
Phil Mickelson, 3-2-0
Tom Lehman, 3-2-0
Hal Sutton, 3-2-0
Jim Furyk, 3-1-0
Stewart Cink, 4-0-0
Kirk Triplett, 3-0-1
Tiger Woods, 3-2-0
Notah Begay III, 3-2-0
David Duval, 3-2-0
Davis Love III, 4-0-0
Paul Azinger, 1-2-0
Loren Roberts, 2-1-0

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