1996 Presidents Cup
DatesSeptember 13–15, 1996
VenueRobert Trent Jones Golf Club
LocationGainesville, Virginia, U.S.
Captains
USA 161⁄2 151⁄2 International
USA wins the Presidents Cup
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The 2nd Presidents Cup was held between September 13 and 15, 1996. It was played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, USA. The United States team won the competition by a margin of 161⁄2–151⁄2. The honorary chairman was former President of the United States George H. W. Bush.

Format

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

Teams

United States United States team
Player Age Points
rank		 OWGR Previous
appearances		 Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Arnold Palmer 67 Non-playing captain
Phil Mickelson 26 1 9 1 5 2–1–2 60.00
Mark O'Meara 39 2 10 0 Rookie
Tom Lehman 37 3 5 1 5 2–2–1 50.00
Mark Brooks 35 4 23 0 Rookie
Davis Love III 32 5 13 1 5 4–0–1 90.00
Corey Pavin 36 6 8 1 5 2–2–1 50.00
Scott Hoch 40 7 20 1 4 2–1–1 62.50
Steve Stricker 29 8 19 0 Rookie
Fred Couples 36 9 7 1 3 3–0–0 100.00
Justin Leonard 24 10 28 0 Rookie
David Duval 24 11 17 0 Rookie
Kenny Perry 36 12 26 0 Rookie
International team
Player Country Age Points
rank		 OWGR Previous
appearances		 Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Peter Thomson  Australia 67 Non-playing captain
Ian Baker-Finch  Australia 35 Non-playing assistant captain
Greg Norman  Australia 41 1 1 0 Rookie
Ernie Els  South Africa 26 2 3 0 Rookie
Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki  Japan 49 3 6 0 Rookie
Nick Price  Zimbabwe 39 4 11 1 4 0–2–2 25.00
Steve Elkington  Australia 33 5 12 1 5 2–2–1 50.00
Vijay Singh  Fiji 33 6 18 1 5 3–1–1 70.00
Frank Nobilo  New Zealand 36 7 29 1 5 1–3–1 30.00
Mark McNulty  Zimbabwe 42 8 34 1 4 1–2–1 37.50
Craig Parry  Australia 30 9 32 1 5 2–3–0 40.00
David Frost  South Africa 37 10 41 1 4 1–2–1 37.50
Robert Allenby  Australia 25 11 37 1 5 1–4–0 20.00
Peter Senior  Australia 37 13 61 1 3 2–1–0 66.67

Friday's matches

Morning four-ball

International Results United States
Norman/Allenby 2 & 1 Couples/Love
Els/McNulty 2 up Hoch/Brooks
Singh/Ozaki 2 & 1 Mickelson/Pavin
Elkington/Nobilo 3 & 2 O'Meara/Duval
Price/Senior 4 & 2 Lehman/Stricker
1 Four-Ball 4
1 Overall 4

Afternoon foursomes

International Results United States
Price/Frost 3 & 2 Perry/Leonard
Nobilo/Parry 2 & 1 O'Meara/Duval
Elkington/Singh 2 up Lehman/Stricker
Els/McNulty halved Mickelson/Pavin
Norman/Allenby 1 up Couples/Love
11⁄2 Foursomes 31⁄2
21⁄2 Overall 71⁄2

Saturday's matches

Morning four-ball

International Results United States
Price/Elkington 2 up Leonard/Lehman
Norman/Allenby 1 up Stricker/Pavin
Parry/Nobilo 2 & 1 Perry/Hoch
Ozaki/Singh 2 & 1 Love/Couples
Els/McNulty 4 & 3 O'Meara/Duval
3 Four-Ball 2
51⁄2 Overall 91⁄2

Afternoon foursomes

International Results United States
Senior/Frost 3 & 2 Pavin/Mickelson
Nobilo/Allenby 3 & 2 Love/Brooks
Price/McNulty 3 & 1 Perry/Leonard
Norman/Els 1 up Lehman/Stricker
Elkington/Singh 1 up O'Meara/Hoch
4 Foursomes 1
91⁄2 Overall 101⁄2

Sunday's matches

Singles

International Results United States
Parry 5 & 4 Brooks
Senior 3 & 2 Duval
Price 1 up O'Meara
Frost 7 & 6 Perry
Allenby 6 & 5 Stricker
McNulty 1 up Hoch
Ozaki 5 & 4 Love
Elkington 1 up Leonard
Els 3 & 2 Mickelson
Norman 3 & 1 Pavin
Nobilo 3 & 2 Lehman
Singh 2 & 1 Couples
6 Singles 6
151⁄2 Overall 161⁄2

Individual player records

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

United States

Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes Fourballs
Mark Brooks 0 0–3–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–1–0
Fred Couples 3 3–1–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 1–1–0
David Duval 4 4–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0
Scott Hoch 3 3–1–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 1–1–0
Tom Lehman 1 1–4–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 1–1–0
Justin Leonard 1 1–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 0–1–0
Davis Love III 3 3–2–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 1–1–0
Phil Mickelson 1.5 1–2–1 0–1–0 0–1–1 1–0–0
Mark O'Meara 5 5–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 2–0–0
Corey Pavin 1.5 1–3–1 0–1–0 0–1–1 1–1–0
Kenny Perry 2 2–2–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–0–0
Steve Stricker 2 2–3–0 1–0–0 0–2–0 1–1–0

International

Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes Fourballs
Robert Allenby 2 2–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–1–0
Steve Elkington 3 3–2–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 1–1–0
Ernie Els 3.5 3–1–1 1–0–0 1–0–1 1–1–0
David Frost 2 2–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–0
Mark McNulty 2.5 2–2–1 0–1–0 1–0–1 1–1–0
Frank Nobilo 2 2–3–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–2–0
Greg Norman 3 3–2–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 1–1–0
Masashi Ozaki 1 1–2–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 1–1–0
Craig Parry 1 1–2–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–1–0
Nick Price 2 2–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–1–0
Peter Senior 1 1–2–0 0–1–0 1–0–0 0–1–0
Vijay Singh 2 2–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–1–0

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