2003 Presidents Cup

The 5th Presidents Cup was held 20–23 November 2003 at the Links Course at Fancourt Hotel and Country Club in George, Western Cape, South Africa. The United States and International team tied the competition 17–17, and after three tied playoff holes between Tiger Woods and Ernie Els, it was decided that the Cup would be shared by agreement of the captains and players. The honorary chairman was South African President Thabo Mbeki. The event was originally scheduled to be held in autumn 2002 before the 2001 Ryder Cup was postponed to 2002 due to the September 11 attacks.

2003 Presidents Cup
Dates20–23 November 2003
VenueFancourt Hotel and Country Club
Links Course
LocationGeorge, Western Cape,
South Africa
Captains
International 17 17 USA
A Tie in the Presidents Cup
Fancourt Hotel
Location in South Africa

Format

Both teams had 12 players and a non-playing captain. The competition was four days long with 34 matches worth a single point each. Six foursome matches were played on the first day. On the second day, five four-ball matches were played in the morning and five foursome matches were played in the afternoon. On the third day, six four-ball matches were played. The competition concluded with twelve singles matches on the final day.

Teams
International team
PlayerCountryAgePoints
rank		OWGRPrevious
appearances		MatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Gary Player South Africa68Non-playing captain
Ian Baker-Finch Australia43Non-playing assistant captain
Ernie Els South Africa34133156–7–246.67
Vijay Singh Fiji40224209–9–250.00
Mike Weir Canada3336153–2–060.00
Nick Price Zimbabwe464124196–9–442.11
Retief Goosen South Africa3457152–3–040.00
Robert Allenby Australia326183144–10–028.57
Stephen Leaney Australia347350Rookie
Peter Lonard Australia368400Rookie
Adam Scott Australia239220Rookie
Stuart Appleby Australia321015272–4–135.71
K. J. Choi South Korea3311190Rookie
Tim Clark South Africa2716700Rookie
United States team
PlayerAgePoints
rank		OWGRPrevious
appearances		MatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Jack Nicklaus63Non-playing captain
Jeff Sluman46Non-playing assistant captain
Tiger Woods27112105–5–050.00
Davis Love III392441912–5–268.42
Jim Furyk3335284–4–050.00
David Toms36490Rookie
Kenny Perry4358142–2–050.00
Phil Mickelson336134186–7–547.22
Justin Leonard31716281–6–118.75
Chris DiMarco358280Rookie
Jerry Kelly369300Rookie
Charles Howell III2410210Rookie
Fred Funk4711340Rookie
Jay Haas491226153–2–060.00
  • OWGR as of 16 November 2003, the last ranking before the Cup

Thursday's matches

All matches played were foursomes.

International Results United States
Price/Weir 1 up Toms/Mickelson
Goosen/Singh 3 & 2 DiMarco/Kelly
Lonard/Clark 4 & 2 Love/Perry
Els/Scott 1 up Leonard/Furyk
Allenby/Leaney halved Haas/Funk
Appleby/Choi 4 & 3 Woods/Howell
3​1⁄2 Foursomes 2​1⁄2
3​1⁄2 Overall 2​1⁄2

Friday's matches

Morning four-ball
International Results United States
Allenby/Weir 3 & 1 Mickelson/Toms
Goosen/Choi 2 & 1 Perry/Love
Appleby/Scott 6 & 5 Furyk/Haas
Singh/Price 1 up DiMarco/Leonard
Els/Clark 5 & 3 Woods/Howell
2 Four-Ball 3
5​1⁄2 Overall 5​1⁄2

Afternoon foursomes
International Results United States
Choi/Lonard 2 & 1 Perry/Kelly
Allenby/Leaney 4 & 3 Funk/Toms
Clark/Goosen 1 up Woods/Howell
Els/Scott 1 up DiMarco/Mickelson
Singh/Weir 5 & 4 Furyk/Leonard
1 Foursomes 4
6​1⁄2 Overall 9​1⁄2

Saturday's matches

All matches played were four-ball.

International Results United States
Lonard/Leaney 2 & 1 Funk/Mickelson
Els/Clark 3 & 2 Furyk/Haas
Scott/Choi 5 & 4 Perry/Kelly
Singh/Goosen 2 & 1 Woods/Howell
Weir/Allenby 1 up DiMarco/Leonard
Price/Appleby 2 & 1 Love/Toms
6 Four-Ball 0
12​1⁄2 Overall 9​1⁄2

Sunday's matches

Singles
International Results United States
Weir 3 & 1 Furyk
Clark 1 up Kelly
Price 1 up Perry
Choi 4 & 2 Leonard
Scott 5 & 4 Howell
Leaney 4 & 3 Haas
Goosen 2 & 1 Mickelson
Lonard 4 & 3 Funk
Appleby 1 up DiMarco
Singh 4 & 3 Toms
Els 4 & 3 Woods
Allenby halved Love
4​1⁄2 Singles 7​1⁄2
17 Overall 17

Individual player records

Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.

International
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Robert Allenby32–1–20–0–10–1–12–0–0
Stuart Appleby11–3–00–1–00–1–01–1–0
K. J. Choi22–3–01–0–00–2–01–1–0
Tim Clark22–3–00–1–00–2–02–0–0
Ernie Els44–1–00–1–02–0–02–0–0
Retief Goosen33–2–01–0–01–1–01–1–0
Stephen Leaney1.51–2–10–1–00–1–11–0–0
Peter Lonard22–2–01–0–00–2–01–0–0
Nick Price22–2–00–1–01–0–01–1–0
Adam Scott33–2–00–1–02–0–01–1–0
Vijay Singh33–2–01–0–01–1–01–1–0
Mike Weir33–2–00–1–01–1–02–0–0

United States
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Chris DiMarco22–3–01–0–00–2–01–1–0
Fred Funk1.51–2–10–1–01–0–10–1–0
Jim Furyk33–2–01–0–01–1–01–1–0
Jay Haas2.52–1–11–0–00–0–11–1–0
Charles Howell III33–2–01–0–02–0–00–2–0
Jerry Kelly22–2–01–0–01–1–00–1–0
Justin Leonard22–3–00–1–01–1–01–1–0
Davis Love III2.52–1–10–0–11–0–01–1–0
Phil Mickelson00–5–00–1–00–2–00–2–0
Kenny Perry44–1–01–0–02–0–01–1–0
David Toms11–4–00–1–01–1–00–2–0
Tiger Woods33–2–01–0–02–0–00–2–0

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