2009 PRESIDENTS CUP EXPERIENCE:
First year played: 1994
Location: San Francisco, California
Course: Harding Park Golf Club
Most wins Presidents Cup: 4 wins - United States
The Presidents Cup is a golf competition played between a team of golfers from the US and a team of golfers representing the rest of the world, excluding Europe. Europe and the Unites States play a separate competition called the Ryder Cup. The Presidents Cup is held every two years alternating with the Ryder Cup. Played alternately in the United States and somewhere else in the world, the tournament was first played in 1994. The Presidents Cup is one of the rare occasions when fans can watch the best golfers in the world compete as teammates representing their country. The US has so far won 5 Cups, the International team has won one, and the teams have tied once. The excitement is always palpable and the locations are always stunning.
The Presidents Cup is played according to the rules of “match play” as opposed to “stroke play”. Each hole counts only as a point. If the golfers score the same score on a hole, the whole is halved and the golfers continue to the next hole. Each team has twelve players and one captain. The captains are usually legendary golf figures - Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus are two of the most recent captains. The Presidents Cup also includes an honorary chairman, often an American President or a leader from one of the competing countries. The proceeds of the cup are all donated to charities agreed upon by the players and captains.
The next two Presidents Cups, played in 2009 and 2011, will be played in San Francisco and Melbourne, Australia respectively. This event provides golf fans with the ultimate vacation. Watch your tour heroes compete as teammates in some of the most beautiful settings for golf in the whole world. Buy Presidents Cup tickets today and don’t miss any of the action and tradition that make up the Presidents Cup!