1998 Presidents Cup
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1998 Presidents Cup
International 20½ - United States 11½
The 3rd Presidents Cup Matches were held in 1998 on 11-13 December. They were played at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia. The International team won the competition by a margin of 20½–11½. This was the first (and only) time the International team won the competition. The honorary chairman was Australian Prime Minister John Howard.
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Format
Both teams had 12 players plus a non-playing captain. On the first and second day foursomes were played in the morning and four-ball was played in the afternoon. On the third day only singles were played.
Teams
Team International
Captain: 
Peter Thomson
- Stuart Appleby
- Steve Elkington
Ernie Els
Carlos Franco
Shigeki Maruyama
Frank Nobilo- Greg Norman
- Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki
- Craig Parry
Nick Price
Vijay Singh- Greg Turner
Team United States
Captain: Jack Nicklaus
- Mark Calcavecchia
- Fred Couples
- David Duval
- Jim Furyk
- Scott Hoch
- John Huston
- Lee Janzen
- Justin Leonard
- Davis Love III
- Phil Mickelson
- Mark O'Meara
- Tiger Woods
Friday's matches
Morning foursomes
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Nobilo/Turner | 1 up | O'Meara/Duval |
| Norman/Elkington | 2 up | Furyk/Huston |
| Maruyama/Parry | 3 and 2 | Janzen/Hoch |
| Els/Singh | 5 and 4 | Woods/Couples |
| Appleby/Price | halved | Love/Leonard |
| 3½ | Foursomes | 1½ |
| 3½ | Overall | 1½ |
Afternoon four-ball
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Norman/Elkington | 2 and 1 | O'Meara/Furyk |
| Maruyama/Ozaki | 4 and 3 | Calcavecchia/Huston |
| Els/Price | halved | Duval/Phil Mickelson |
| Parry/Franco | 1 up | Couples/Love |
| Appleby/Singh | 2 and 1 | Leonard/Woods |
| 3½ | Four-Ball | 1½ |
| 7 | Overall | 3 |
Saturday's matches
Morning foursomes
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Nobilo/Turner | 2 up | Leonard/Love |
| Norman/Elkington | halved | Janzen/Calcavecchia |
| Maruyama/Parry | 1 up | Woods/Couples |
| Appleby/Price | 1 up | Duval/Mickelson |
| Els/Singh | 6 and 4 | Hoch/Furyk |
| 4½ | Foursomes | ½ |
| 11½ | Overall | 3½ |
Afternoon four-ball
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Nobilo/Turner | 1 up | O'Meara/Hoch |
| Els/Singh | 1 up | Woods/Huston |
| Maruyama/Ozaki | 1 up | Duval/Mickelson |
| Price/Franco | 3 and 2 | Janzen/Calcavecchia |
| Norman/Elkington | 2 and 1 | Couples/Love |
| 3 | Four-Ball | 2 |
| 14½ | Overall | 5½ |
Sunday's matches
Singles
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Parry | 5 and 3 | Leonard |
| Price | 2 and 1 | Duval |
| Nobilo | 4 and 2 | Furyk |
| Franco | halved | Mickelson |
| Maruyama | 3 and 2 | Huston |
| Ozaki | 4 and 3 | Hoch |
| Turner | halved | Calcavecchia |
| Elkington | halved | Janzen |
| Els | 1 up | Love |
| Singh | halved | Couples |
| Norman | 1 up | Woods |
| Appleby | 1 up | O'Meara |
| 6 | Singles | 6 |
| 20½ | Overall | 11½ |
External links
| 1996 Presidents Cup USA 16½ International 15½ |
1998 Presidents Cup International 20½ USA 11½ |
2000 Presidents Cup USA 21½ International 10½ |
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