All the Golfers Who Went 0-5-0 in a Presidents Cup

The Presidents Cup is played every other year between Team International and Team USA. It uses a match-play format, with five matches being the maximum that any golfer can play during a single Cup. Elsewhere we told you about all the golfers with perfect 5-0-0 records. But have any golfers gone 0-5-0 in the Presidents Cup? Yes, two. And both were superstars.

With five matches the most that a golfer can play in any Presidents Cup, that makes the worst possible record a golfer can have in any Presidents Cup 0-5-0. Five matches, five losses. The Presidents Cup has been played since 1994, and in that time only two golfers have gone 0-5-0.

Ernie Els

Els was 0-5-0 in the 2000 Presidents Cup. On Day 1, Els, with partner Vijay Singh, lost in foursomes, to Tiger Woods/Notah Begay III, 1-down. On Day 2, Els/Singh lost in fourball to Phil Mickelson/Davis Love III, 2 and 1; and, in foursomes, fell again to the Woods/Begay team, 6 and 5. On Day 3, Els switched partners to Nick Price, but lost in fourball to Love/David Duval, 3 and 2. Finally, in Day 4 singles, Els lost to Love, 4 and 3.

Phil Mickelson

Mickelson was 0-5-0 in the 2003 Presidents Cup. In foursomes on the first day, Mickelson, with David Toms as his partner, lost to Nick Price/Mike Weir, 1-down. In Day 2 fourball, Mickelson/Toms fell to Weir/Robert Allenby, 3 and 1; and, in foursomes, Mickelson, re-partnered with Chris DiMarco, lost to the team of Els and Adam Scott, 1-down. On Day 3, playing fourball, Mickelson and new partner Fred Funk lost to Peter Lonard/Stephen Leaney, 2 and 1. Finally, in singles on the final day, Mickelson was beaten by Retief Goosen, 2 and 1.

Five matches, zero wins, zero halves, five losses. Not a list you want to be on. But good news for both Els and Mickelson: Overall, in their Presidents Cup careers, both had winning records. In fact, both Mickelson and Els also appear on the list of golfers with the most career wins in the Presidents Cup.