:Presidents Cup

The scoring system of the event is match play. The format is drawn from the Ryder Cup and consists of 12 players per side. Each team has a captain, usually a highly respected golf figure, who is responsible for choosing the pairs in the doubles events, which consist of both alternate shot and best ball formats (also known as "foursomes" and "fourball" matches respectively). Each match, whether it be a doubles or singles match, is worth one point with a half-point awarded to each team in the event of a halved match.

There have been frequent small changes to the format, although the final day has always consisted of 12 singles matches. The contest was extended from three days to four in 2000. In 2015, there were nine foursome doubles matches, nine fourball doubles matches, and 12 singles matches. With a total of 30 points, a team needed to get 15.5 points to win the Cup.

Until the 2005 event, prior to the start of the final day matches, the captains selected one player to play in a tie-breaker in the event of a tie at the end of the final match. Upon a tie, the captains would reveal the players who would play a sudden-death match to determine the winner. In 2003, however, the tiebreaker match ended after three holes because of darkness, and the captains, Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus, agreed that the Cup would be shared by both teams.{{cite news |last=Brennan |first=Christine |title=Els-Woods playoff unable to settle Presidents Cup |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/2003-11-23-presidents-cup-day4_x.htm |newspaper=USA Today |date=November 23, 2003 |access-date=November 19, 2011}}

From 2005 to 2013, singles matches ending level at the end of the regulation 18 holes were to be extended to extra holes until the match was won outright. All singles matches would continue in this format until one team reaches the required point total to win the Presidents Cup.{{cite web |url=http://www.presidentscup.com/format_faq.html |title=The Presidents Cup – Format |publisher=Presidents Cup |access-date=August 21, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926055322/http://www.presidentscup.com/format_faq.html |archive-date=September 26, 2013 }} Remaining singles matches were only to be played to the regulation 18 holes and could be halved.{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/story/8874758/ |title=Presidents Cup primer |publisher=PGA Tour |first=Dave |last=Shedloski |access-date=August 21, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622082050/http://www.pgatour.com/story/8874758/ |archive-date=June 22, 2011 }} Although this rule was in force for five Presidents Cup contests, no matches actually went beyond 18 holes.

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The event was created and is organized by the PGA Tour.

Each contest has an Honorary Chairman or Chairwoman, the head of state or head of government of the host nation.{{Cite web |url=https://www.oncoursegolf.com.au/promo/aust-prescup |title=Australia in the Presidents Cup |website=On Course Golf}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.presidentscup.com/history |title=The Presidents Cup: History |publisher=Presidents Cup}}

There is no prize money awarded at the Presidents Cup. The net proceeds are distributed to charities nominated by the players, captains, and captains' assistants. The first ten Presidents Cups raised over US$32 million for charities around the world.{{cite web |url=http://www.presidentscup.com/charity.html |title=The Presidents Cup Charity |publisher=PGA Tour |date=December 12, 2014}}

• 2026 Medinah Country Club, Medinah, Illinois, United States
• 2028 Kingston Heath Golf Club, Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/37919976/australia-kingston-heath-host-2028-presidents-cup |title=Australia's Kingston Heath to host 2028 Presidents Cup |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=June 26, 2023}}
• 2030 Bellerive Country Club, Town and Country, Missouri, United States{{cite web |url=https://www.presidentscup.com/news/2021/11/03/bellerive-country-club-named-host-venue-for-2030-presidents-cup.html |title=Bellerive Country Club will host 2030 Presidents Cup |publisher=PGA Tour |date=November 3, 2021}}

{{Main|List of Presidents Cup records}}

{{see also|List of American Presidents Cup golfers|List of International Presidents Cup golfers}}

• Most appearances on a team: 12
  ° Phil Mickelson (USA), 1994–2017
• Most points: 32{{1/2}}
  ° Phil Mickelson (USA) (26–16–13 record)
• Most singles points won: 7
  ° Tiger Woods (USA) (7–2–0 record)
• Most foursomes points won: 14
  ° Phil Mickelson (USA) (12–6–4 record)
• Most fourball points won: 13
  ° Phil Mickelson (USA) (10–5–6 record)
• Most points in a single contest: 5
  ° Mark O'Meara (USA) 1996
  ° Shigeki Maruyama (Int) 1998
  ° Tiger Woods (USA) 2009
  ° Jim Furyk (USA) 2011
  ° Branden Grace (Int) 2015
  ° Jordan Spieth (USA) 2022
• Youngest player: {{Age in years and days|1991|09|17|2009|10|08}}
  ° Ryo Ishikawa (Int) 2009
• Oldest player: {{Age in years and days|1953|12|02|2003|11|20}}
  ° Jay Haas (USA) 2003

Sources{{Cite web|url=http://www.presidentscup.com/history/record-book.html|title=Presidents Cup Record Book}}{{Cite news |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/golf/pga/2009-10-06-presidents-cup-intriguing-matchup_N.htm |title=Matchup for the ages? Perry at 49, Ishikawa at 18 |newspaper=USA Today |first=Douglas |last=Robson |date=October 6, 2009}}

• List of American Presidents Cup golfers
• List of International Presidents Cup golfers
• Junior Presidents Cup

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