The 2000 Presidents Cup was held between October 19 and 22, 2000. It was played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, U.S. The United States team won the competition by a margin of 2112–1012. The honorary chairman was American President Bill Clinton.

2000 Presidents Cup
DatesOctober 19–22, 2000
VenueRobert Trent Jones Golf Club
LocationGainesville, Virginia, U.S.
Captains
USA 2112 1012 International
 United States wins the Presidents Cup
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Format

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Both teams had 12 players plus a non-playing captain. The competition was four days long unlike the past three tournaments where there were three days of competition. The same number of matches were still played though. On the first day foursomes were played. On the second day four-ball and foursomes was played. On the third day four-ball was played. On the fourth and final day singles were played.

Teams

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  United States team
Player Age Points
rank
OWGR Previous
appearances
Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Ken Venturi 69 Non-playing captain
Paul Marchand 42 Non-playing assistant captain
Tiger Woods 24 1 1 1 5 2–3–0 40.00
Phil Mickelson 30 2 5 3 13 3–5–5 42.31
Hal Sutton 42 3 8 0 Rookie
David Duval 28 4 3 2 9 4–4–1 50.00
Davis Love III 36 5 7 3 15 8–5–2 60.00
Tom Lehman 41 6 12 2 10 3–6–1 35.00
Jim Furyk 30 7 13 1 4 1–3–0 25.00
Notah Begay III 28 8 32 0 Rookie
Kirk Triplett 38 9 28 0 Rookie
Stewart Cink 27 10 19 0 Rookie
Loren Roberts 45 11 23 1 4 2–1–1 62.50
Paul Azinger 40 24 31 0 Rookie
International team
Player Country Age Points
rank
OWGR Previous
appearances
Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Peter Thomson   Australia 71 Non-playing captain
Wayne Grady   Australia 43 Non-playing assistant captain
Ernie Els   South Africa 31 1 2 2 10 6–2–2 70.00
Vijay Singh   Fiji 37 2 9 3 15 8–5–2 60.00
Nick Price   Zimbabwe 43 3 14 3 14 4–6–4 42.86
Carlos Franco   Paraguay 35 4 24 1 3 0–2–1 16.67
Stuart Appleby   Australia 29 5 33 1 4 2–1–1 62.50
Michael Campbell   New Zealand 31 6 18 0 Rookie
Mike Weir   Canada 30 7 36 0 Rookie
Shigeki Maruyama   Japan 31 8 42 1 5 5–0–0 100.00
Greg Norman   Australia 45 9 41 2 10 6–3–1 65.00
Retief Goosen   South Africa 31 10 34 0 Rookie
Robert Allenby   Australia 29 11 43 2 10 3–7–0 30.00
Steve Elkington   Australia 37 17 92 3 15 8–4–3 63.33
  • OWGR as of October 15, 2000, the last ranking before the Cup

Thursday's matches

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All matches played were foursomes.

International Results United States
Elkington/Norman 5 & 4 Mickelson/Lehman
Allenby/Appleby 1 up Sutton/Furyk
Weir/Goosen 3 & 2 Cink/Triplett
Singh/Els 1 up Woods/Begay
Price/Franco 1 up Duval/Love
0 Foursomes 5
0 Overall 5

Friday's matches

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Morning four-ball

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International Results United States
Campbell/Goosen 4 & 3 Sutton/Azinger
Weir/Elkington 3 & 2 Lehman/Roberts
Price/Norman 6 & 5 Furyk/Duval
Maruyama/Franco 3 & 2 Woods/Begay
Singh/Els 2 & 1 Mickelson/Love
4 Four-Ball 1
4 Overall 6

Afternoon foursomes

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International Results United States
Allenby/Appleby 2 & 1 Cink/Triplett
Franco/Maruyama 5 & 4 Roberts/Azinger
Singh/Els 6 & 5 Woods/Begay
Campbell/Goosen 4 & 2 Sutton/Lehman
Price/Weir 6 & 4 Mickelson/Duval
1 Foursomes 4
5 Overall 10

Saturday's matches

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All matches played were four-ball.

International Results United States
Campbell/Norman 6 & 5 Sutton/Furyk
Weir/Elkington 2 & 1 Lehman/Mickelson
Price/Els 3 & 2 Love/Duval
Allenby/Franco 1 up Triplett/Cink
Singh/Goosen 2 & 1 Woods/Begay
1 Four-Ball 4
6 Overall 14

Sunday's matches

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Singles

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International Results United States
Allenby 2 & 1 Azinger
Price 2 & 1 Duval
Appleby 3 & 2 Roberts
Weir 4 & 3 Mickelson
Els 4 & 3 Love
Elkington 1 up Lehman
Singh 2 & 1 Woods
Norman 2 & 1 Cink
Franco 6 & 5 Sutton
Maruyama 5 & 4 Furyk
Campbell halved Triplett
Goosen 1 up Begay
412 Singles 712
1012 Overall 2112

Individual player records

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

United States

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Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes Fourballs
Paul Azinger 1 1–2–0 0–1–0 1–0–0 0–1–0
Notah Begay III 3 3–2–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 0–2–0
Stewart Cink 4 4–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 1–0–0
David Duval 3 3–2–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 1–1–0
Jim Furyk 3 3–1–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 1–1–0
Tom Lehman 3 3–2–0 0–1–0 2–0–0 1–1–0
Davis Love III 4 4–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0
Phil Mickelson 3 3–2–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2–0–0
Loren Roberts 2 2–1–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 0–1–0
Hal Sutton 3 3–2–0 0–1–0 2–0–0 1–1–0
Kirk Triplett 3.5 3–0–1 0–0–1 2–0–0 1–0–0
Tiger Woods 3 3–2–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 0–2–0

International

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Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes Fourballs
Robert Allenby 1 1–3–0 1–0–0 0–2–0 0–1–0
Stuart Appleby 0 0–3–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0–0–0
Michael Campbell 1.5 1–2–1 0–0–1 0–1–0 1–1–0
Steve Elkington 2 2–2–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0
Ernie Els 0 0–5–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0–2–0
Carlos Franco 2 2–3–0 1–0–0 0–2–0 1–1–0
Retief Goosen 2 2–3–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 2–0–0
Shigeki Maruyama 1 1–2–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 1–0–0
Greg Norman 1 1–3–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 1–1–0
Nick Price 2 2–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–1–0
Vijay Singh 1 1–4–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 1–1–0
Mike Weir 3 3–2–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 1–1–0
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