The 2005 Presidents Cup was held between September 22 and 25, 2005. It was played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, United States. The United States team won the competition by a margin of 1812–1512. The honorary chairmen was former President of the United States George H. W. Bush.

2005 Presidents Cup
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DatesSeptember 22–25, 2005
VenueRobert Trent Jones Golf Club
LocationGainesville, Virginia, U.S.
Captains
USA 1812 1512 International
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Format

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Both teams had 12 players plus a non-playing captain. The competition was four days long with 34 total matches worth a single point each. Although the number and type of matches played was the same as in previous events, the schedule was slightly altered. Six foursome matches were played on the first day and six four-ball matches were played on the second. On the third day, five four-ball matches were played in the morning and five foursome matches were played in the afternoon. The competition concluded with twelve singles matches on the final day. Because of the unresolved outcome in the previous President's Cup, an additional change was made to the structure. Under the new format, the singles matches would go to extra holes if at the conclusion of the 18 hole round the match was all-square and the Cup had not been decided.

Teams

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Ernie Els, who was the second ranked player in the International team, did not play because of a knee injury.

  United States team
Player Age Points
rank
OWGR Previous
appearances
Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Jack Nicklaus 65 Non-playing captain
Jeff Sluman 48 Non-playing assistant captain
Tiger Woods 29 1 1 3 15 8–7–0 53.33
Phil Mickelson 35 2 3 5 23 6–12–5 36.96
David Toms 38 3 13 1 5 1–4–0 20.00
Kenny Perry 45 4 10 2 9 6–3–0 66.67
Chris DiMarco 37 5 8 1 5 2–3–0 40.00
Jim Furyk 35 6 9 3 13 7–6–0 53.85
Fred Funk 49 7 33 1 4 1–2–1 37.50
Stewart Cink 32 8 22 1 4 4–0–0 100.00
Davis Love III 41 9 16 5 23 14–6–3 67.39
Scott Verplank 41 10 25 0 Rookie
Justin Leonard 33 11 24 3 13 3–9–1 26.92
Fred Couples 45 17 20 3 12 8–3–1 70.83
International team
Player Country Age Points
rank
OWGR Previous
appearances
Matches W–L–H Winning
percentage
Gary Player   South Africa 69 Non-playing captain
Ian Baker-Finch   Australia 44 Non-playing assistant captain
Vijay Singh   Fiji 42 1 2 5 25 12–11–2 52.00
Retief Goosen   South Africa 36 3 5 2 10 5–5–0 50.00
Adam Scott   Australia 25 4 7 1 5 3–2–0 60.00
Ángel Cabrera   Argentina 36 5 11 0 Rookie
Tim Clark   South Africa 29 6 18 1 5 2–3–0 40.00
Michael Campbell   New Zealand 36 7 15 1 4 1–2–1 37.50
Stuart Appleby   Australia 34 8 26 3 11 3–7–1 31.82
Mike Weir   Canada 35 9 32 2 10 6–4–0 60.00
Nick O'Hern   Australia 33 10 30 0 Rookie
Mark Hensby   Australia 34 11 27 0 Rookie
Peter Lonard   Australia 38 12 38 1 4 2–2–0 50.00
Trevor Immelman   South Africa 25 22 55 0 Rookie
  • OWGR as of September 18, 2005, the last ranking before the Cup

Thursday's matches

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All matches played were foursomes.

International Results United States
Scott/Goosen 4 & 3 Woods/Couples
Singh/Hensby halved Funk/Furyk
O'Hern/Clark 1 up Mickelson/DiMarco
Lonard/Appleby 4 & 2 Leonard/Verplank
Campbell/Cabrera 2 & 1 Love/Perry
Immelman/Weir 6 & 5 Cink/Toms
312 Foursomes 212
312 Overall 212

Friday's matches

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All matches played were four-ball.

International Results United States
Campbell/Cabrera halved Mickelson/DiMarco
Scott/Goosen 3 & 1 Couples/Toms
Immelman/Weir 2 & 1 Leonard/Verplank
Singh/Clark halved Funk/Cink
Lonard/O'Hern 3 & 2 Love/Perry
Appleby/Hensby 3 & 2 Woods/Furyk
3 Four-Ball 3
612 Overall 512

Saturday's matches

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Morning foursomes

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International Results United States
Goosen/Scott halved Leonard/Verplank
Campbell/Cabrera 5 & 3 Mickelson/DiMarco
Singh/Appleby halved Woods/Furyk
Clark/O'Hern 2 & 1 Funk/Toms
Immelman/Weir 1 up Love/Cink
2 Foursomes 3
812 Overall 812

Afternoon four-ball

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International Results United States
Goosen/Scott 5 & 4 Leonard/Verplank
Lonard/O'Hern 6 & 5 Mickelson/DiMarco
Campbell/Cabrera halved Love/Couples
Hensby/Clark 5 & 3 Perry/Cink
Singh/Appleby 2 up Woods/Furyk
212 Four-Ball 212
11 Overall 11

Sunday's matches

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Singles

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International Results United States
Clark 4 & 3 Leonard
Immelman 2 & 1 Toms
Goosen 2 & 1 Woods
Hensby 4 & 3 Perry
Singh 1 up Couples
Weir 3 & 2 Verplank
Scott 3 & 2 Furyk
Lonard 3 & 2 Cink
Campbell 3 & 2 Funk
O'Hern 4 & 3 Love
Cabrera halved Mickelson
Appleby 1 up DiMarco
412 Singles 712
1512 Overall 1812

Individual player records

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

United States

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Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes Fourballs
Stewart Cink 1.5 1–3–1 0–1–0 1–1–0 0–1–1
Fred Couples 1.5 1–2–1 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–1–1
Chris DiMarco 4.5 4–0–1 1–0–0 2–0–0 1–0–1
Fred Funk 1 0–2–2 0–1–0 0–1–1 0–0–1
Jim Furyk 4 3–0–2 1–0–0 0–0–2 2–0–0
Justin Leonard 3.5 3–1–1 1–0–0 1–0–1 1–1–0
Davis Love III 2.5 2–2–1 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–1–1
Phil Mickelson 4 3–0–2 0–0–1 2–0–0 1–0–1
Kenny Perry 1 1–3–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–2–0
David Toms 1 1–3–0 1–0–0 0–2–0 0–1–0
Scott Verplank 2.5 2–2–1 0–1–0 1–0–1 1–1–0
Tiger Woods 2.5 2–2–1 0–1–0 0–1–1 2–0–0

International

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Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes Fourballs
Stuart Appleby 0.5 0–4–1 0–1–0 0–1–1 0–2–0
Ángel Cabrera 2.5 1–1–3 0–0–1 1–1–0 0–0–2
Michael Campbell 3 2–1–2 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–2
Tim Clark 2.5 2–2–1 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–0–1
Retief Goosen 4.5 4–0–1 1–0–0 1–0–1 2–0–0
Mark Hensby 1.5 1–2–1 0–1–0 0–0–1 1–1–0
Trevor Immelman 1 1–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 0–1–0
Peter Lonard 2 2–2–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0
Nick O'Hern 2 2–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–1–0
Adam Scott 3.5 3–1–1 0–1–0 1–0–1 2–0–0
Vijay Singh 1.5 0–2–3 0–1–0 0–0–2 0–1–1
Mike Weir 2 2–2–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–1–0
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