Presidents Cup 2015: Rules, Format and Points System Primer for Golf Tournament

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Published: October 6, 2015

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The 2015 edition of the Presidents Cup gets underway Thursday, as the USA's elite take on a best-of-the-rest International team over four days of intense match play action.

USA have been the competition's dominant force since the inaugural tournament in 1994, winning eight times out of 10 and not tasting defeat since 1998, but they face a tough test this time around.

All roads now lead to Incheon, South Korea, as the Presidents Cup touches down on Asian soil for the first time in its history; that's not the only competition first, as the 2015 format will differ from any other year.

 

Every Presidents Cup Point Matters More

For the first time ever in the Presidents Cup, 15.5 points will be enough to claim victory.

That comes after the total points changed from 34 to 30 ahead of 2015's competition, thus making the first three days shorter and that bit more intense.

Since the 2003 Presidents Cup, there have been six fourball matches and six foursome matches on both Thursday and Friday, with five fourballs and five foursomes on the Saturday. That was rounded off by 12 single matches Sunday to make up a total of 34 points.



This time around, though, there'll be five of each type of match over the first two days and four of each Saturday. The 12 singles will remain as they are for Sunday.

So the 30 points total will make every clash a little more interesting, yet captains Nick Price and Jay Haas will have more freedom, too.



Last time out, players needed to have made three appearances each before the singles, but that's now been reduced to two.

Plus, it's completely up to the host captain as to which order the fourballs and foursomes are played in over the first two days, and although Price is expected to opt for fourballs first of all, he could throw a curveball with foursomes.

Either way, points wil...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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