The 1st Presidents Cup was held between September 16 and 18, 1994. It was played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, USA. The United States team won the competition by a margin of 20–12. The honorary chairman was former President of the United States Gerald R. Ford.
| Dates | September 16–18, 1994 | ||||
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| Venue | Robert Trent Jones Golf Club | ||||
| Location | Gainesville, Virginia, U.S. | ||||
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| USA wins the Presidents Cup | |||||
Format edit
The United States team had 12 players including a captain who participated in the event. The International team had 12 players plus a non-playing captain. On the first and second day four-ball was played in the morning and foursomes were played in the afternoon. On the third day only singles were played.
Teams edit
Greg Norman, ranked second in the International team, withdrew a few days before the event, because of illness. He was replaced by Bradley Hughes who was the highest ranked player available. A number of "international" players were unavailable because of other commitments. Ernie Els, ranked third, played in the Dunhill British Masters, while Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki and Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima, ranked fifth and ninth, played in the ANA Open the same week.
 United States team
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| Player | Age | Points rank |
OWGR | ||||
| Hale Irwin – captain | 49 | 7 | 28 | ||||
| Paul Azinger | 34 | Non-playing assistant captain | |||||
| Jeff Maggert | 30 | 1 | 26 | ||||
| Tom Lehman | 35 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| Corey Pavin | 34 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| John Huston | 33 | 4 | 34 | ||||
| Loren Roberts | 39 | 5 | 19 | ||||
| Jim Gallagher Jr. | 33 | 6 | 52 | ||||
| Scott Hoch | 38 | 8 | 38 | ||||
| Davis Love III | 30 | 9 | 17 | ||||
| Fred Couples | 34 | 10 | 6 | ||||
| Jay Haas | 40 | 11 | 39 | ||||
| Phil Mickelson | 24 | 14 | 22 | ||||
| International team | ||||||||
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| Player | Country | Age | Points rank |
OWGR | ||||
| David Graham |  Australia |
48 | Non-playing captain | |||||
| Nick Price |  Zimbabwe |
37 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| David Frost |  South Africa |
35 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| Mark McNulty | Zimbabwe |
40 | 6 | 15 | ||||
| Vijay Singh |  Fiji |
31 | 7 | 21 | ||||
| Frank Nobilo |  New Zealand |
34 | 8 | 36 | ||||
| Peter Senior | Australia |
35 | 10 | 41 | ||||
| Steve Elkington | Australia |
31 | 11 | 40 | ||||
| Craig Parry | Australia |
28 | 12 | 45 | ||||
| Robert Allenby | Australia |
23 | 14 | 55 | ||||
| Tsukasa Watanabe |  Japan |
37 | 20 | 82 | ||||
| Fulton Allem | South Africa |
37 | 22 | 87 | ||||
| Bradley Hughes | Australia |
27 | 27 | 117 | ||||
- OWGR as of September 11, 1994, the last ranking before the Cup
Friday's matches edit
Morning four-ball edit
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Elkington/Singh | 2 & 1 | Pavin/Maggert |
| Allem/Frost | 6 & 5 | Haas/Hoch |
| Price/Hughes | 1 up | Love/Couples |
| Parry/Allenby | 4 & 2 | Huston/Gallagher |
| Nobilo/Senior | 3 & 2 | Lehman/Mickelson |
| 0 | Four-Ball | 5 |
| 0 | Overall | 5 |
Afternoon foursomes edit
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Frost/Allem | 3 & 1 | Irwin/Roberts |
| Parry/Watanabe | 4 & 3 | Haas/Hoch |
| Nobilo/Allenby | 2 & 1 | Pavin/Maggert |
| Elkington/Singh | 2 & 1 | Mickelson/Lehman |
| Price/McNulty | halved | Love/Gallagher |
| 21⁄2 | Foursomes | 21⁄2 |
| 21⁄2 | Overall | 71⁄2 |
Saturday's matches edit
Morning four-ball edit
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Allem/McNulty | 4 & 3 | Gallagher/Huston |
| Watanabe/Singh | 3 & 1 | Haas/Hoch |
| Parry/Hughes | 4 & 3 | Roberts/Lehman |
| Nobilo/Allenby | 2 up | Couples/Love |
| Price/Elkington | halved | Mickelson/Pavin |
| 31⁄2 | Four-Ball | 11⁄2 |
| 6 | Overall | 9 |
Afternoon foursomes edit
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Frost/Senior | 6 & 5 | Irwin/Haas |
| Parry/Allem | 1 up | Pavin/Roberts |
| Singh/Elkington | 3 & 2 | Maggert/Huston |
| Nobilo/Allenby | 7 & 5 | Love/Gallagher |
| Hughes/McNulty | 3 & 2 | Mickelson/Lehman |
| 2 | Foursomes | 3 |
| 8 | Overall | 12 |
Sunday's matches edit
Singles edit
| International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Allenby | 1 up | Irwin |
| McNulty | 4 & 3 | Haas |
| Watanabe | 4 & 3 | Gallagher |
| Allem | halved | Mickelson |
| Singh | halved | Lehman |
| Senior | 3 & 2 | Huston |
| Frost | halved | Hoch |
| Hughes | 2 & 1 | Maggert |
| Nobilo | halved | Roberts |
| Price | 1 up | Couples |
| Elkington | 1 up | Love |
| Parry | 1 up | Pavin |
| 4 | Singles | 8 |
| 12 | Overall | 20 |
Individual player records edit
Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.
United States edit
| Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
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| Fred Couples | 3 | 3–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 2–0–0 |
| Jim Gallagher Jr. | 3.5 | 3–1–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–1 | 1–1–0 |
| Jay Haas | 3 | 3–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Scott Hoch | 2.5 | 2–1–1 | 0–0–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| John Huston | 1 | 1–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Hale Irwin | 2 | 2–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Tom Lehman | 2.5 | 2–2–1 | 0–0–1 | 1–1–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Davis Love III | 4.5 | 4–0–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–1 | 2–0–0 |
| Jeff Maggert | 2 | 2–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–0–0 |
| Phil Mickelson | 3 | 2–1–2 | 0–0–1 | 1–1–0 | 1–0–1 |
| Corey Pavin | 2.5 | 2–2–1 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–0–1 |
| Loren Roberts | 2.5 | 2–1–1 | 0–0–1 | 2–0–0 | 0–1–0 |
International edit
| Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton Allem | 1.5 | 1–3–1 | 0–0–1 | 0–2–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Robert Allenby | 1 | 1–4–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–2–0 |
| Steve Elkington | 2.5 | 2–2–1 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–1–1 |
| David Frost | 1.5 | 1–2–1 | 0–0–1 | 1–1–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Bradley Hughes | 1 | 1–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Mark McNulty | 1.5 | 1–2–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–1 | 1–0–0 |
| Frank Nobilo | 1.5 | 1–3–1 | 0–0–1 | 1–1–0 | 0–2–0 |
| Craig Parry | 2 | 2–3–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Nick Price | 1 | 0–2–2 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–1 | 0–1–1 |
| Peter Senior | 2 | 2–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Vijay Singh | 3.5 | 3–1–1 | 0–0–1 | 2–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Tsukasa Watanabe | 1 | 1–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–0 |