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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
.
Format
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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
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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.
- OWGR
as of September 11, 1994, the last ranking before the Cup
Friday's matches
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Morning four-ball
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International
|
Results
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United States
|
Elkington/Singh
|
2 & 1
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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
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International
|
Results
|
United States
|
Frost/Allem
|
3 & 1
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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
|
2
1
⁄
2
|
Foursomes
|
2
1
⁄
2
|
2
1
⁄
2
|
Overall
|
7
1
⁄
2
|
Saturday's matches
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Morning four-ball
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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
|
3
1
⁄
2
|
Four-Ball
|
1
1
⁄
2
|
6
|
Overall
|
9
|
Afternoon foursomes
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International
|
Results
|
United States
|
Frost/Senior
|
6 & 5
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Irwin/Haas
|
Parry/Allem
|
1 up
|
Pavin/Roberts
|
Singh/Elkington
|
3 & 2
|
Maggert/Huston
|
Nobilo/Allenby
|
7 & 5
|
Love/Gallagher
|
Hughes/McNulty
|
3 & 2
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Mickelson/Lehman
|
2
|
Foursomes
|
3
|
8
|
Overall
|
12
|
Sunday's matches
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Singles
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International
|
Results
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United States
|
Allenby
|
1 up
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Irwin
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McNulty
|
4 & 3
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Haas
|
Watanabe
|
4 & 3
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Gallagher
|
Allem
|
halved
|
Mickelson
|
Singh
|
halved
|
Lehman
|
Senior
|
3 & 2
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Huston
|
Frost
|
halved
|
Hoch
|
Hughes
|
2 & 1
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Maggert
|
Nobilo
|
halved
|
Roberts
|
Price
|
1 up
|
Couples
|
Elkington
|
1 up
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Love
|
Parry
|
1 up
|
Pavin
|
4
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Singles
|
8
|
12
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Overall
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20
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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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International
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External links
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