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/ 28 September 2005
Jack Nicklaus looked as though he wanted a club in his hand, not a radio. But he was Captain Jack at the Presidents Cup, and he stood beside the eighth green to watch his American team play the short par four during the first set of fourball matches. Tiger Woods had left himself a difficult shot from about 50 yards, over a bunker with only 20 feet of green to the hole, a steep ridge behind it.
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/ 27 September 2005
Tiger Woods and his fellow United States golfers proved they have passion for playing as a team, winning the Presidents Cup in dramatic fashion to boost the event’s status compared to the Ryder Cup. Chris DiMarco’s dramatic birdie putt on the 18th hole to beat Australian Stuart Appleby one-up on Sunday gave the US men an 18-and-a-half — 15 and-a-half victory, the first by a US PGA squad in a team event since the 2000 Presidents Cup.
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/ 26 September 2005
United States golfers reclaimed sole possession of the Presidents Cup, but South Africa’s Retief Goosen brought world number one Tiger Woods to his knees with a singles victory on Sunday. Fifth-ranked Goosen’s two and one triumph over the 10-time major champion gave the global squad its first singles victory, but it was not enough to rally the Internationals.
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/ 26 September 2005
Stuart Appleby was a dejected spectator as United States foe Chris DiMarco sank a 15-foot birdie on the 18th hole to win their match one-up and claim the Presidents Cup for the United States. But the 34-year-old Australian took some confidence from the Internationals’ effort in Sunday’s 18 and a half –15 and a half loss to the Americans, who improved to 4-1 with one drawn in the biennial team matches against a non-European squad.
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/ 24 September 2005
More great play from Retief Goosen and Adam Scott helped the International team keep their slim lead over the United States at 6-5 after better-ball matches in the Presidents Cup on Friday. Goosen and Scott remained perfect at 2-0, along with Justin Leonard and Scott Verplank who prevented the International team from an even larger lead by rallying to win their match 2 and 1.
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/ 22 September 2005
Phil Mickelson dearly wants a victory at the Presidents Cup after woeful showings at team events the past two years, but do not expect a repeat pairing with Tiger Woods to be the solution. Mickelson entered Thursday’s start of the biennial team matches against the Internationals having gone 0-5 at the 2003 Presidents Cup and 1-3 at the 2004 Ryder Cup, 0-2 with Woods in a duo that took the ‘fun’ out of dysfunctional.
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/ 22 September 2005
World number one Tiger Woods and handpicked partner Fred Couples face South African Retief Goosen and Australian Adam Scott in a crucial opening showdown on Thursday in Gainesville, Virginia, at the Presidents Cup. The sixth edition of the clash between 12-man International and United States squads begins with six foursomes matches.
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/ 21 September 2005
Tiger Woods is likely to receive the Presidents Cup pairings he seeks this week with Jim Furyk and Fred Couples and David Toms is fit and ready to play, United States captain Jack Nicklaus said on Tuesday. Woods, the Masters and British Open champion, played a practice round with Couples on Tuesday at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, where 12-man US and International squads begin their biennial matches on Thursday.
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/ 20 September 2005
Two years after Tiger Woods and Ernie Els staged an unresolved, tension-packed twilight play-off duel in South Africa, someone might finally take sole possession of the Presidents Cup. The sixth edition of the biennial golf showdown between United States and International 12-man squads begins in Gainesville, Virginia, on Thursday.