2000 Presidents Cup
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2000 Presidents Cup
United States 21½ - International 10½
The 4th Presidents Cup Matches were held in 2000 between October 19 and October 22. They were played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, USA. The United States team won the competition by a margin of 21½–10½. The honorary chairman was American President Bill Clinton.
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Format
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 amount 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
Team International
Captain: 
Peter Thomson
- Robert Allenby
- Stuart Appleby
Michael Campbell- Steve Elkington
Ernie Els
Carlos Franco- Retief Goosen
Shigeki Maruyama- Greg Norman
Nick Price
Vijay Singh
Mike Weir
Team United States
Captain: Ken Venturi
- Paul Azinger
- Notah Begay III
- Stewart Cink
- David Duval
- Jim Furyk
- Tom Lehman
- Davis Love III
- Phil Mickelson
- Loren Roberts
- Hal Sutton
- Kirk Triplett
- Tiger Woods
Thursday's matches
All matches played were foursomes.
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Elkington/Norman | 5 and 4 | Mickelson/Lehman |
| Allenby/Appleby | 1 up | Sutton/Furyk |
| Weir/Goosen | 3 and 2 | Cink/Triplett |
| Singh/Els | 1 up | Woods/Begay III |
| Price/Franco | 1 up | Duval/Love |
| 0 | Foursomes | 5 |
| 0 | Overall | 5 |
Friday's matches
Morning four-ball
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Campbell/Goosen | 4 and 3 | Sutton/Azinger |
| Weir/Elkington | 3 and 2 | Lehman/Roberts |
| Price/Norman | 6 and 5 | Furyk/Duval |
| Maruyama/Franco | 3 and 2 | Woods/Begay |
| Singh/Els | 2 and 1 | Mickelson/Love |
| 4 | Four-Ball | 1 |
| 4 | Overall | 6 |
Afternoon foursomes
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Allenby/Appleby | 2 and 1 | Cink/Triplett |
| Franco/Maruyama | 5 and 4 | Roberts/Azinger |
| Singh/Els | 6 and 5 | Woods/Begay |
| Campbell/Goosen | 4 and 2 | Sutton/Lehman |
| Price/Weir | 6 and 4 | Mickelson/Duval |
| 1 | Foursomes | 4 |
| 5 | Overall | 10 |
Saturday's matches
All matches played were four-ball.
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Campbell/Norman | 6 and 5 | Sutton/Furyk |
| Weir/Elkington | 2 and 1 | Lehman/Mickelson |
| Price/Els | 3 and 2 | Love/Duval |
| Allenby/Franco | 1 up | Triplett/Cink |
| Singh/Goosen | 2 and 1 | Woods/Begay |
| 1 | Four-Ball | 4 |
| 6 | Overall | 14 |
Sunday's matches
Singles
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Allenby | 2 and 1 | Azinger |
| Price | 2 and 1 | Duval |
| Appleby | 3 and 2 | Roberts |
| Weir | 4 and 3 | Mickelson |
| Els | 4 and 3 | Love |
| Elkington | 1 up | Lehman |
| Singh | 2 and 1 | Woods |
| Norman | 2 and 1 | Cink |
| Franco | 6 and 5 | Sutton |
| Maruyama | 5 and 4 | Furyk |
| Campbell | halved | Triplett |
| Goosen | 1 up | Begay |
| 4½ | Singles | 7½ |
| 10½ | Overall | 21½ |
External links
| 1998 Presidents Cup International 20½ USA 11½ |
2000 Presidents Cup USA 21½ International 10½ |
2003 Presidents Cup Tied at 17 |
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