# 2005 Presidents Cup

The 2005 Presidents Cup was held between September 22 and 25, 2005. It was played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, United States. The United States team won the competition by a margin of 181⁄2–151⁄2. The honorary chairmen was former President of the United States George H. W. Bush.

## Format

Both teams had 12 players plus a non-playing captain. The competition was four days long with 34 total matches worth a single point each. Although the number and type of matches played was the same as in previous events, the schedule was slightly altered. Six foursome matches were played on the first day and six four-ball matches were played on the second. On the third day, five four-ball matches were played in the morning and five foursome matches were played in the afternoon. The competition concluded with twelve singles matches on the final day. Because of the unresolved outcome in the previous President's Cup, an additional change was made to the structure. Under the new format, the singles matches would go to extra holes if at the conclusion of the 18 hole round the match was all-square and the Cup had not been decided.

## Teams

Ernie Els, who was the second ranked player in the International team, did not play because of a knee injury.
United States team :
| Player | Age | Points rank | OWGR | Previous appearances | Matches | W–L–H | Winning percentage |
| Jack Nicklaus | 65 | Non-playing captain | Non-playing captain | Non-playing captain | Non-playing captain | Non-playing captain | Non-playing captain |
| Jeff Sluman | 48 | Non-playing assistant captain | Non-playing assistant captain | Non-playing assistant captain | Non-playing assistant captain | Non-playing assistant captain | Non-playing assistant captain |
| Tiger Woods | 29 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8–7–0 | 53.33 |
| Phil Mickelson | 35 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 6–12–5 | 36.96 |
| David Toms | 38 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1–4–0 | 20.00 |
| Kenny Perry | 45 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 6–3–0 | 66.67 |
| Chris DiMarco | 37 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2–3–0 | 40.00 |
| Jim Furyk | 35 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 7–6–0 | 53.85 |
| Fred Funk | 49 | 7 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 1–2–1 | 37.50 |
| Stewart Cink | 32 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 4–0–0 | 100.00 |
| Davis Love III | 41 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 14–6–3 | 67.39 |
| Scott Verplank | 41 | 10 | 25 | 0 | Rookie | Rookie | Rookie |
| Justin Leonard | 33 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 13 | 3–9–1 | 26.92 |
| Fred Couples | 45 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 8–3–1 | 70.83 |
International team :
| Player | Country | Age | Points rank | OWGR | Previous appearances | Matches | W–L–H | Winning percentage |
| Gary Player | South Africa | 69 | Non-playing captain | Non-playing captain | Non-playing captain | Non-playing captain | Non-playing captain | Non-playing captain |
| Ian Baker-Finch | Australia | 44 | Non-playing assistant captain | Non-playing assistant captain | Non-playing assistant captain | Non-playing assistant captain | Non-playing assistant captain | Non-playing assistant captain |
| Vijay Singh | Fiji | 42 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 12–11–2 | 52.00 |
| Retief Goosen | South Africa | 36 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5–5–0 | 50.00 |
| Adam Scott | Australia | 25 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3–2–0 | 60.00 |
| Ángel Cabrera | Argentina | 36 | 5 | 11 | 0 | Rookie | Rookie | Rookie |
| Tim Clark | South Africa | 29 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 2–3–0 | 40.00 |
| Michael Campbell | New Zealand | 36 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1–2–1 | 37.50 |
| Stuart Appleby | Australia | 34 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 11 | 3–7–1 | 31.82 |
| Mike Weir | Canada | 35 | 9 | 32 | 2 | 10 | 6–4–0 | 60.00 |
| Nick O'Hern | Australia | 33 | 10 | 30 | 0 | Rookie | Rookie | Rookie |
| Mark Hensby | Australia | 34 | 11 | 27 | 0 | Rookie | Rookie | Rookie |
| Peter Lonard | Australia | 38 | 12 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 2–2–0 | 50.00 |
| Trevor Immelman | South Africa | 25 | 22 | 55 | 0 | Rookie | Rookie | Rookie |
* OWGR as of September 18, 2005, the last ranking before the Cup

## Thursday's matches

All matches played were foursomes.
| International | Results | United States |
| Scott/Goosen | 4 & 3 | Woods/Couples |
| Singh/Hensby | halved | Funk/Furyk |
| O'Hern/Clark | 1 up | Mickelson/DiMarco |
| Lonard/Appleby | 4 & 2 | Leonard/Verplank |
| Campbell/Cabrera | 2 & 1 | Love/Perry |
| Immelman/Weir | 6 & 5 | Cink/Toms |
| 31⁄2 | Foursomes | 21⁄2 |
| 31⁄2 | Overall | 21⁄2 |

## Friday's matches

All matches played were four-ball.
| International | Results | United States |
| Campbell/Cabrera | halved | Mickelson/DiMarco |
| Scott/Goosen | 3 & 1 | Couples/Toms |
| Immelman/Weir | 2 & 1 | Leonard/Verplank |
| Singh/Clark | halved | Funk/Cink |
| Lonard/O'Hern | 3 & 2 | Love/Perry |
| Appleby/Hensby | 3 & 2 | Woods/Furyk |
| 3 | Four-Ball | 3 |
| 61⁄2 | Overall | 51⁄2 |

## Saturday's matches
### Morning foursomes

| International | Results | United States |
| Goosen/Scott | halved | Leonard/Verplank |
| Campbell/Cabrera | 5 & 3 | Mickelson/DiMarco |
| Singh/Appleby | halved | Woods/Furyk |
| Clark/O'Hern | 2 & 1 | Funk/Toms |
| Immelman/Weir | 1 up | Love/Cink |
| 2 | Foursomes | 3 |
| 81⁄2 | Overall | 81⁄2 |

### Afternoon four-ball

| International | Results | United States |
| Goosen/Scott | 5 & 4 | Leonard/Verplank |
| Lonard/O'Hern | 6 & 5 | Mickelson/DiMarco |
| Campbell/Cabrera | halved | Love/Couples |
| Hensby/Clark | 5 & 3 | Perry/Cink |
| Singh/Appleby | 2 up | Woods/Furyk |
| 21⁄2 | Four-Ball | 21⁄2 |
| 11 | Overall | 11 |

## Sunday's matches
### Singles

| International | Results | United States |
| Clark | 4 & 3 | Leonard |
| Immelman | 2 & 1 | Toms |
| Goosen | 2 & 1 | Woods |
| Hensby | 4 & 3 | Perry |
| Singh | 1 up | Couples |
| Weir | 3 & 2 | Verplank |
| Scott | 3 & 2 | Furyk |
| Lonard | 3 & 2 | Cink |
| Campbell | 3 & 2 | Funk |
| O'Hern | 4 & 3 | Love |
| Cabrera | halved | Mickelson |
| Appleby | 1 up | DiMarco |
| 41⁄2 | Singles | 71⁄2 |
| 151⁄2 | Overall | 181⁄2 |

## Individual player records

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

### United States

| Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
| Stewart Cink | 1.5 | 1–3–1 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–1–1 |
| Fred Couples | 1.5 | 1–2–1 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–1 |
| Chris DiMarco | 4.5 | 4–0–1 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–1 |
| Fred Funk | 1 | 0–2–2 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–1 | 0–0–1 |
| Jim Furyk | 4 | 3–0–2 | 1–0–0 | 0–0–2 | 2–0–0 |
| Justin Leonard | 3.5 | 3–1–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–1 | 1–1–0 |
| Davis Love III | 2.5 | 2–2–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–1–1 |
| Phil Mickelson | 4 | 3–0–2 | 0–0–1 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–1 |
| Kenny Perry | 1 | 1–3–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 |
| David Toms | 1 | 1–3–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Scott Verplank | 2.5 | 2–2–1 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–1 | 1–1–0 |
| Tiger Woods | 2.5 | 2–2–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–1 | 2–0–0 |

### International

| Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
| Stuart Appleby | 0.5 | 0–4–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–1 | 0–2–0 |
| Ángel Cabrera | 2.5 | 1–1–3 | 0–0–1 | 1–1–0 | 0–0–2 |
| Michael Campbell | 3 | 2–1–2 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–0–2 |
| Tim Clark | 2.5 | 2–2–1 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–0–1 |
| Retief Goosen | 4.5 | 4–0–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–1 | 2–0–0 |
| Mark Hensby | 1.5 | 1–2–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–1 | 1–1–0 |
| Trevor Immelman | 1 | 1–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Peter Lonard | 2 | 2–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Nick O'Hern | 2 | 2–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Adam Scott | 3.5 | 3–1–1 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–1 | 2–0–0 |
| Vijay Singh | 1.5 | 0–2–3 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–2 | 0–1–1 |
| Mike Weir | 2 | 2–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–1–0 |