THE PRESIDENTS CUP BY NUMBERS
The International Team has one victory in 12 Presidents Cups. That was in 1998 at Royal Melbourne. The Presidents Cup has also been tied once, at Fancourt, South Africa in 2003.
Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Virginia remains the only venue to have hosted the Presidents Cup twice in a row. RTJ hosted the first two chapters of the Presidents Cup in 1994 and 1996.
Royal Melbourne will stage the Presidents Cup for the third time. It was the first non-American venue to host the event, in 1998, and hosted again in 2011.
Jack Nickaus is the only man to have captained a Presidents Cup team four times. Nickaus skippered the US team in 1998, 2003, 2005 and 2007, although he had to wait until 2005 to lift the cup for the first time.
The first golfer to go 5-0 in the Presidents Cup was American Mark O’Meara, in 1996. O’Meara put up a perfect record on Arnold Palmer’s team that won 16 ½ - 15 ½.
Tiger Woods holds the record for the most singles points won in the Presidents Cup at six.
There have been 12 Presidents Cups, dating back to 1994, and only one golfer has payed in them all: Phil Mickelson.
The Presidents Cup trophy, made by Tiffany & Co., weighs 28 pounds and is made from sterling silver and 24-carat gold.