The millennium will see The Presidents
Cup return to the United States and
Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Oct. 20-22.
Ken Venturi will captain the United
States Team. Peter Thomson will again
captain the International Team.
The 36th President of the United
States, Gerald R. Ford, presided over
the first playing of The Presidents
Cup as Honorary Chairman. Forty-first
President George H.W. Bush, like Ford,
an avid golfer, served as Honorary
Chairman for The Presidents Cup in
1996. Prime Minister John Howard of
Australia was
Honorary Chairman for the 1998 event.
Bill Clinton, President of the United
States, will be the honorary chairman
for the 2000 event.
Members of the 2000 United States
Team will be selected based on official
PGA TOUR earnings from the start of
the 1999 season through the 2000 PGA
Championship, which concludes August
20. All money earned in 2000 will
be doubled.
International Team members for The
Presidents Cup in 2000 will be chosen
on the basis of the Official World
Golf Ranking at the conclusion of
all worldwide events ending on Sunday,
August 20, 2000. The International
Team does not include players who
are eligible for the European Ryder
Cup Team.
All 12 players compete in singles
matches on the final day. Each singles
match is played to conclusion as needed.
No singles matches will be halved
until one team has won 16 1/2 points
and the Cup outright, after which
the remaining singles matches may
be halved after 18 holes and result
in one-half point for each team.
If, at any time, The Presidents Cup
is deadlocked at the end of singles
play on the final day, there will
be a sudden-death playoff between
two players designated in advance
by the respective captains.
As is the case with virtually all
activity involving the PGA TOUR, charity
is the ultimate winner of The Presidents
Cup. |
