2007 Presidents Cup
{{Short description|Golf match in Canada}}
{{Infobox team golf tournament
| name = Presidents Cup
| year = 2007
| venue = Royal Montreal Golf Club
| location = Île Bizard, Quebec, Canada
| dates = September 27–30, 2007
| logo =
| logowidth =
| home = International
| away = USA
| homecaptain = Gary Player
| awaycaptain = Jack Nicklaus
| homescore = 14{{1/2}}
| awayscore = 19{{1/2}}
| result = {{USA}} wins
}}
{{Location map
| Canada
| relief = yes
| width = 240
| caption = Location in Canada
| lat = 45.493
| long = -73.902
| label = Royal Montreal
| marksize = 5
}}
{{Location map
| Canada Quebec
| relief = yes
| width = 200
| caption = Location in Quebec
| lat = 45.493
| long = -73.902
| label = Royal Montreal
| position = top
| marksize = 5
}}
{{Location map
| Canada Greater Montreal
| relief = yes
| width = 200
| caption = Location in greater Montreal
| lat = 45.493
| long = -73.902
| label = Royal Montreal
| marksize = 5
}}
The 2007 Presidents Cup was held in 2007 between September 27 and 30. It was played at the Royal Montreal Golf Club in Île Bizard, Quebec, Canada. The United States team won the competition by a margin of 19{{1/2}}–14{{1/2}}.
Format
On the first day six matches of foursomes were played. On the second day six matches of four-ball were played. On the third day five matches of foursomes were played in the morning and five matches of four-ball were played in the afternoon. On the fourth and final day, twelve singles matches were played. 34 matches were played in all.
Teams
Both teams have 12 players plus a non-playing captain. Members of the U.S. Team were selected based on earnings from the 2005 World Golf Championships - NEC Invitational through the 2007 PGA Championship. International Team players were chosen on the basis of the Official World Golf Ranking through the 2007 PGA Championship. The International Team does not include players eligible for the European Ryder Cup Team.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=9|International team | |||||||||
| Player | Country | Age | data-sort-type="number"|Points rank | data-sort-type="number"|OWGR | data-sort-type="number"|Previous appearances | data-sort-type="number"|Matches | data-sort-type="number"|W–L–H | data-sort-type="number"|Winning percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left|{{sortname|Gary|Player}} | align=left|{{ZAF}} | 71 | colspan=6|Non-playing captain | ||||||
| align=left|{{sortname|Ian|Baker-Finch}} | align=left|{{AUS}} | 46 | colspan=6|Non-playing assistant captain | ||||||
| align=left|{{sortname|Ernie|Els}} | align=left|{{ZAF}} | 37 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 10–8–2 | 55.00 | |
| align=left|{{sortname|Adam|Scott|dab=golfer}} | align=left|{{AUS}} | 27 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 6–3–1 | 65.00 | |
| align=left|{{sortname|Vijay|Singh}} | align=left|{{FJI}} | 44 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 30 | 12–13–5 | 48.33 | |
| align=left|{{sortname|Geoff|Ogilvy}} | align=left|{{AUS}} | 30 | 4 | 11 | 0 | colspan=3|Rookie | |||
| align=left|{{sortname|K. J.|Choi}} | align=left|{{flagcountry|KOR|1997}} | 37 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2–3–0 | 40.00 | |
| align=left|{{sortname|Rory|Sabbatini}} | align=left|{{ZAF}} | 31 | 6 | 8 | 0 | colspan=3|Rookie | |||
| align=left|{{sortname|Retief|Goosen}} | align=left|{{ZAF}} | 38 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 9–5–1 | 63.33 | |
| align=left|{{sortname|Trevor|Immelman}} | align=left|{{ZAF}} | 27 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1–3–0 | 25.00 | |
| align=left|{{sortname|Ángel|Cabrera}} | align=left|{{ARG}} | 38 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 1–1–3 | 50.00 | |
| align=left|{{sortname|Stuart|Appleby}} | align=left|{{AUS}} | 36 | 10 | 34 | 4 | 16 | 3–11–2 | 25.00 | |
| style="background:#ffa;"
| align=left|{{sortname|Nick|O'Hern | Ohern, Nick}} | align=left|{{AUS}} | 35 | 11 | 36 | 1 | 5 | 2–3–0 | 40.00 |
| style="background:#ffa;"
| align=left|{{sortname|Mike|Weir}} | align=left|{{CAN}} | 37 | 20 | 46 | 3 | 14 | 8–6–0 | 57.14 |
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=8|{{flagicon|USA}} United States team | |||||||
| Player | Age | data-sort-type="number"|Points rank | data-sort-type="number"|OWGR | data-sort-type="number"|Previous appearances | data-sort-type="number"|Matches | data-sort-type="number"|W–L–H | data-sort-type="number"|Winning percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left|{{sortname|Jack|Nicklaus}} | 67 | colspan=6|Non-playing captain | |||||
| align=left|{{sortname|Jeff|Sluman}} | 50 | colspan=6|Non-playing assistant captain | |||||
| align=left|{{sortname|Tiger|Woods}} | 31 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 10–9–1 | 52.50 |
| align=left|{{sortname|Jim|Furyk}} | 37 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 10–6–2 | 61.11 |
| align=left|{{sortname|Phil|Mickelson}} | 37 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 9–12–7 | 44.64 |
| align=left|{{sortname|Zach|Johnson}} | 31 | 4 | 14 | 0 | colspan=3|Rookie | ||
| align=left|{{sortname|Charles|Howell III}} | 28 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 3–2–0 | 60.00 |
| align=left|{{sortname|Scott|Verplank}} | 43 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 2–2–1 | 50.00 |
| align=left|{{sortname|David|Toms}} | 40 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 2–7–0 | 22.22 |
| align=left|{{sortname|Steve|Stricker}} | 40 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2–3–0 | 40.00 |
| align=left|{{sortname|Stewart|Cink}} | 34 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 5–3–1 | 61.11 |
| align=left|{{sortname|Woody|Austin}} | 43 | 10 | 31 | 0 | colspan=3|Rookie | ||
| style="background:#ffa;"
| align=left|{{sortname|Lucas|Glover}} | 27 | 11 | 61 | 0 | colspan=3|Rookie | ||
| style="background:#ffa;"
| align=left|{{sortname|Hunter|Mahan}} | 25 | 14 | 41 | 0 | colspan=3|Rookie |
- OWGR as of September 23, 2007, the last ranking before the Cup
Thursday's matches
All matches were foursomes.
| border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;" |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
! width=160| International ! Results ! width=160| United States |
| Scott/Ogilvy
|3 & 2 |Mahan/Stricker |
| Singh/Weir
|halved |Mickelson/Austin |
| Sabbatini/Immelman
|1 up |Cink/Johnson |
| Els/Cabrera
|1 up |Toms/Furyk |
| Appleby/Goosen
|2 up |Glover/Verplank |
| Choi/O'Hern
|3 & 1 |Woods/Howell |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
| {{1/2}} | Foursomes | 5{{1/2}} |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
! {{1/2}} ! Overall ! 5{{1/2}} |
Friday's matches
All matches were in four-ball format.
| border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;" |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
! width=160| International ! Results ! width=160| United States |
| Cabrera/Goosen
|1 up |Mickelson/Mahan |
| Singh/Appleby
|5 & 4 |Woods/Furyk |
| Els/Weir
|3 & 1 |Johnson /Howell |
| Scott/Choi
|2 & 1 |Stricker/Verplank |
| Ogilvy/O'Hern
|1 up |Cink/Glover |
| Immelman/Sabbatini
|halved |Austin/Toms |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
| 4{{1/2}} | Four-ball | 1{{1/2}} |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
! 5 ! Overall ! 7 |
Saturday's matches
=Morning foursomes=
| border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;" |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
! width=160| International ! Results ! width=160| United States |
| Immelman/Sabbatini
|2 up |Stricker/Mahan |
| Goosen/Appleby
|5 & 4 |Mickelson/Austin |
| Scott/Els
|4 & 3 |Woods/Furyk |
| Singh/Weir
|2 & 1 |Glover/Verplank |
| O'Hern/Ogilvy
|2 & 1 |Johnson/Toms |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
| 0 | Foursomes | 5 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
! 5 ! Overall ! 12 |
=Afternoon four-ball=
| border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;" |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
! width=160| International ! Results ! width=160| United States |
| Cabrera/Choi
|1 up |Cink/Furyk |
| Scott/Goosen
|halved |Mickelson/Austin |
| Weir/Els
|4 & 2 |Howell/Glover |
| Singh/Appleby
|1 up |Stricker/Mahan |
| O'Hern/Ogilvy
|5 & 3 |Woods/Toms |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
| 2{{1/2}} | Four-ball | 2{{1/2}} |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
! 7{{1/2}} ! Overall ! 14{{1/2}} |
Sunday's matches
All matches featured are in singles competition.
| border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;" |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
! width=160| International ! Results ! width=160| United States |
| Sabbatini
|2 & 1 |Verplank |
| Els
|2 up |Glover |
| Singh
|5 & 4 |Mickelson |
| Weir
|1 up |Woods |
| Cabrera
|2 & 1 |Austin |
| Scott
|2 & 1 |Johnson |
| Immelman
|2 up |Toms |
| O'Hern
|6 & 4 |Cink |
| Ogilvy
|1 up |Stricker |
| Choi
|3 & 2 |Mahan |
| Appleby
|2 & 1 |Howell |
| Goosen
|2 & 1 |Furyk |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
| 7 | Singles | 5 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
! 14{{1/2}} ! Overall ! 19{{1/2}} |
Individual player records
Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.
=International=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Player !! Points !! Overall !! Singles !! Foursomes !! Fourballs | |||||
| align=left|Stuart Appleby | 2 | 2–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 2–0–0 |
| align=left|Ángel Cabrera | 2 | 2–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 |
| align=left|K. J. Choi | 1 | 1–3–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 |
| align=left|Ernie Els | 3 | 3–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 2–0–0 |
| align=left|Retief Goosen | 2.5 | 2–2–1 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–0–1 |
| align=left|Trevor Immelman | 0.5 | 0–3–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–0–1 |
| align=left|Geoff Ogilvy | 2 | 2–3–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–1–0 |
| align=left|Nick O'Hern | 1 | 1–4–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–1–0 |
| align=left|Rory Sabbatini | 0.5 | 0–3–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–0–1 |
| align=left|Adam Scott | 1.5 | 1–3–1 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–1–1 |
| align=left|Vijay Singh | 2.5 | 2–2–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–1 | 2–0–0 |
| align=left|Mike Weir | 3.5 | 3–1–1 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–1 | 2–0–0 |
=United States=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Player !! Points !! Overall !! Singles !! Foursomes !! Fourballs | |||||
| align=left|Woody Austin | 2.5 | 1–1–3 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–1 | 0–0–2 |
| align=left|Stewart Cink | 3 | 3–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| align=left|Jim Furyk | 3 | 3–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| align=left|Lucas Glover | 2 | 2–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–2–0 |
| align=left|Charles Howell III | 2 | 2–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 |
| align=left|Zach Johnson | 2 | 2–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–1–0 |
| align=left|Hunter Mahan | 2 | 2–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–2–0 |
| align=left|Phil Mickelson | 3 | 2–1–2 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–1 | 0–1–1 |
| align=left|Steve Stricker | 3 | 3–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| align=left|David Toms | 4.5 | 4–0–1 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–1 |
| align=left|Scott Verplank | 4 | 4–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–0 |
| align=left|Tiger Woods | 3 | 3–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
External links
- [https://archive.today/20130821151950/http://www.presidentscup.com/past-results/2007.html Official scores]
- [http://www.royalmontrealgolfclub.info Presidents Cup 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305081405/http://royalmontrealgolfclub.info/ |date=2016-03-05 }}
{{Presidents Cup|state=expanded}}
{{Golf on NBC}}
{{Golf on TNT}}
{{coord|45.493|-73.902|type:event|display=title}}
Category:Golf tournaments in Quebec