1998 Presidents Cup

The 1998 Presidents Cup was held 11–13 December in Australia at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Black Rock, Victoria, a suburb southeast of Melbourne. The International team won the competition by a margin of 201⁄2–111⁄2. This was the first time the International team won the competition, and through 2022, is their sole victory. The honorary chairman was Australian Prime Minister John Howard. It was the third Presidents Cup competition and the first held outside the United States. The competition returned to Royal Melbourne in 2011 and 2019

1998 Presidents Cup

Dates	11–13 December 1998
Venue	Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Location	Black Rock, Victoria, Australia
Captains	Peter Thomson (International) Jack Nicklaus (USA)
International 201⁄2 111⁄2 USA
The International team wins the Presidents Cup

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Melbourne Golf Club

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Location in Australia

Royal Melbourne Golf Club

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Location in Victoria

Royal Melbourne Golf Club

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Location in greater Melbourne

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

Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki, who was aged 51, decided not to play in the event. He finished fourth in the International team rankings. This meant that his brother, Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki, who finished 11th in the rankings, made the team automatically. Hal Sutton finished 8th in the United States rankings but withdrew in early December following the death of his father-in-law. He was replaced by Lee Janzen who was the highest ranked player not already in the team.

International team
Player	Country	Age	Points rank	OWGR	Previous appearances	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
Peter Thomson	Australia	69	Non-playing captain
Wayne Grady	Australia	41	Non-playing assistant captain
Ernie Els	South Africa	29	1	5	1	5	3–1–1	70.00
Nick Price	Zimbabwe	41	2	6	2	9	2–5–2	33.33
Vijay Singh	Fiji	35	3	9	2	10	5–4–1	55.00
Greg Norman	Australia	43	5	18	1	5	3–2–0	60.00
Steve Elkington	Australia	36	6	16	2	10	5–4–1	55.00
Stuart Appleby	Australia	27	7	33	0	Rookie
Carlos Franco	Paraguay	33	8	39	0	Rookie
Shigeki Maruyama	Japan	29	9	43	0	Rookie
Craig Parry	Australia	32	10	53	2	8	3–5–0	37.50
Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki	Japan	42	11	55	0	Rookie
Frank Nobilo	New Zealand	38	13	60	2	10	3–6–1	35.00
Greg Turner	New Zealand	35	15	62	0	Rookie

United States team
Player	Age	Points rank	OWGR	Previous appearances	Matches	W–L–H	Winning percentage
Jack Nicklaus	58	Non-playing captain
Jack Nicklaus II	37	Non-playing assistant captain
David Duval	27	1	3	1	4	4–0–0	100.00
Tiger Woods	22	2	1	0	Rookie
Jim Furyk	28	3	12	0	Rookie
Justin Leonard	26	4	15	1	4	1–3–0	25.00
Phil Mickelson	28	5	10	2	9	3–3–3	50.00
Davis Love III	34	6	4	2	10	7–2–1	75.00
Mark O'Meara	41	7	2	1	5	5–0–0	100.00
Scott Hoch	43	9	20	2	8	5–2–1	68.75
Mark Calcavecchia	38	10	21	0	Rookie
Fred Couples	39	11	11	2	7	6–1–0	85.71
John Huston	37	12	29	1	4	1–3–0	25.00
Lee Janzen	34	13	23	0	Rookie

• OWGR as of 6 December 1998, the last ranking before the Cup

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 & 2	Janzen/Hoch
Els/Singh	5 & 4	Woods/Couples
Appleby/Price	halved	Love/Leonard
31⁄2	Foursomes	11⁄2
31⁄2	Overall	11⁄2

Afternoon four-ball

International	Results	United States
Norman/Elkington	2 & 1	O'Meara/Furyk
Maruyama/Ozaki	4 & 3	Calcavecchia/Huston
Els/Price	halved	Duval/Mickelson
Parry/Franco	1 up	Couples/Love
Appleby/Singh	2 & 1	Leonard/Woods
31⁄2	Four-Ball	11⁄2
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 & 4	Hoch/Furyk
41⁄2	Foursomes	1⁄2
111⁄2	Overall	31⁄2

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 & 2	Janzen/Calcavecchia
Norman/Elkington	2 & 1	Couples/Love
3	Four-Ball	2
141⁄2	Overall	51⁄2

Sunday's matches

Singles

International	Results	United States
Parry	5 & 3	Leonard
Price	2 & 1	Duval
Nobilo	4 & 2	Furyk
Franco	halved	Mickelson
Maruyama	3 & 2	Huston
Ozaki	4 & 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
201⁄2	Overall	111⁄2

Individual player records

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

International

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes	Fourballs
Stuart Appleby	2.5	2–1–1	0–1–0	1–0–1	1–0–0
Steve Elkington	4	3–0–2	0–0–1	1–0–1	2–0–0
Ernie Els	3.5	3–1–1	1–0–0	1–1–0	1–0–1
Carlos Franco	0.5	0–2–1	0–0–1	0–0–0	0–2–0
Shigeki Maruyama	5	5–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	2–0–0
Frank Nobilo	2	2–2–0	0–1–0	2–0–0	0–1–0
Greg Norman	3.5	3–1–1	0–1–0	1–0–1	2–0–0
Naomichi Ozaki	2	2–1–0	0–1–0	0–0–0	2–0–0
Craig Parry	3	3–1–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	0–1–0
Nick Price	3	2–1–2	1–0–0	1–0–1	0–1–1
Vijay Singh	3.5	3–1–1	0–0–1	1–1–0	2–0–0
Greg Turner	2.5	2–1–1	0–0–1	2–0–0	0–1–0

United States

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes	Fourballs
Mark Calcavecchia	2	1–1–2	0–0–1	0–0–1	1–1–0
Fred Couples	2.5	2–2–1	0–0–1	1–1–0	1–1–0
David Duval	0.5	0–4–1	0–1–0	0–2–0	0–1–1
Jim Furyk	1	1–3–0	1–0–0	0–2–0	0–1–0
Scott Hoch	2	2–2–0	1–0–0	0–2–0	1–0–0
John Huston	0	0–4–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0
Lee Janzen	2	1–1–2	0–0–1	0–1–1	1–0–0
Justin Leonard	0.5	0–3–1	0–1–0	0–1–1	0–1–0
Davis Love III	1.5	1–3–1	0–1–0	0–1–1	1–1–0
Phil Mickelson	1	0–2–2	0–0–1	0–1–0	0–1–1
Mark O'Meara	2	2–2–0	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0
Tiger Woods	2	2–3–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	0–2–0

External links

• Official scores
• Royal Melbourne Golf Club