2003 Presidents Cup

United States 17 - International 17

The 5th Presidents Cup Matches were held in 2003 between November 20 and November 23. They were played at the Links Course at Fancourt Hotel and Country Club Estate in George, Western Cape, South Africa. The United States and International team tied the competition 17-17 and shared the Cup by agreement of the captains and players. The honorary chairmen was South African President Thabo Mbeki.

Format

Both teams had 12 players and a non-playing captain. The competition was four days long with 34 matches worth a single point each. Six (6) foursome matches were played on the first day. On the second day, five (5) four-ball matches were played in the morning and five (5) foursome matches were played in the afternoon. On the third day, six (6) four-ball matches were played. The competition concluded with twelve (12) singles matches on the final day.

Teams

Team International

Captain: Gary Player

Team United States

Captain: Jack Nicklaus

Thursday's matches

All matches played were foursomes.

International	Results	United States
Price/Weir	1 up	Toms/Mickelson
Goosen/Singh	3 and 2	DiMarco/Kelly
Lonard/Clark	4 and 2	Love/Perry
Els/Scott	1 up	Leonard/Furyk
Allenby/Leaney	halved	Haas/Funk
Appleby/Choi	4 and 3	Woods/Howell III
3½	Foursomes	2½
3½	Overall	2½

Friday's matches

Morning Four-Ball

International	Results	United States
Allenby/Weir	3 and 1	Mickelson/Toms
Goosen/Choi	2 and 1	Perry/Love
Appleby/Scott	6 and 5	Furyk/Haas
Singh/Price	1 up	DiMarco/Leonard
Els/Clark	5 and 3	Woods/Howell III
2	Four-Ball	3
5½	Overall	5½

Afternoon Foursomes

International	Results	United States
Choi/Lonard	2 and 1	Perry/Kelly
Allenby/Leaney	4 and 3	Funk/Toms
Clark/Goosen	1 up	Woods/Howell III
Els/Scott	1 up	DiMarco/Mickelson
Singh/Weir	5 and 4	Furyk/Leonard
1	Foursomes	4
6½	Overall	9½

Saturday's matches

All matches played were four-ball.

International	Results	United States
Lonard/Leaney	2 and 1	Funk/Mickelson
Els/Clark	3 and 2	Furyk/Haas
Scott/Choi	5 and 4	Perry/Kelly
Singh/Goosen	2 and 1	Woods/Howell III
Weir/Allenby	1 up	DiMarco/Leonard
Price/Appleby	2 and 1	Love/Toms
6	Four-Ball	0
12½	Overall	9½

Sunday's matches

Singles

International	Results	United States
Weir	3 and 1	Furyk
Clark	1 up	Kelly
Price	1 up	Perry
Choi	4 and 2	Leonard
Scott	5 and 4	Howell III
Leaney	4 and 3	Haas
Goosen	2 and 1	Mickelson
Lonard	4 and 3	Funk
Appleby	1 up	DiMarco
Singh	4 and 3	Toms
Els	4 and 3	Woods
Allenby	halved	Love
4½	Singles	7½
17	Overall	17