Kalau baru baru ni kita telah hiburkan dengan pertandingan golf the FedExCup bersekali dengan the Tour Championship diEast Lake, Atlanta Geogia, kali ini kita akan dihiburkan pula dengan satu lagi pertandingan yang tidak kurang hebatnya, the President’s Cup. Piala ini adalah pertandingan diantara Tim USA dan Tim International. Ryder Cup ialah pertandingan antara Tim Usa dan Tim Europe. Jadi, President’s Cup ini akan mempertarungkan Tim USA dengan Tim the Rest of the World mula 8/10 hingga 11/10/09 diHarding Park Course diSan Francisco, Amerika Syarikat.Tim USA diketuai pleh Fred Couples, yes the man who wears no gloves dan Tim International diketuai oleh Greg Norman, the Great White Shark. Kalau melihat captains kedua dua tim ini memang lah hebat dan pertarungan dijangka akan hebat juga.
Peserta Tim USA didahului oleh Tiger Woods, the world’s no one player, diikuti oleh Phil Michelson, baru baru ini memenangi The Tours Championship, Steve Stricker, Kenny Perry, Zach Johnson. Senarai lengkap boleh dilihat dibawah
Peserta Tim International pula didahului oleh Geoff Ogilvy, Camilio Villegas (spiderman), Vijay Singh, Retief Goosen dan Ernie Ells. Senarai lengkap boleh dilihat dibawah.
Sekali imbas, nampak macam Tim Usa mempunyai a clear adavantage, tambahan pula pertandingan yang lepas Tim USA yang menang. Terakhir Tim International memenangi ialah pada tahun 1998. Walau bagaimana pun kita tak boleh beranggapan sedemikian kerana dalam golf bukan golfer bertentangan dengan golfer, tetapi golfer bertentangan dengan ‘ golf course’ yang dipilih. Kita lihat bagaimana Tim International berhadapan satu tim yang bagitu kukuh.
Dibawah ini diperturunkan penerangan yang lebih lanjut yang dimuat turun melalui web site Wikipedia Encyclopedia.
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The Presidents Cup is a series of men's golf matches between a team representing the United States and an International Team representing the rest of the world less Europe. Europe competes against the U.S. in a similar but considerably older event, the Ryder Cup. The Presidents Cup is held biennially. Initially it was held in even numbered years, with the Ryder Cup being held in odd numbered years. However, the cancellation of the 2001 Ryder Cup due to the September 11 attacks pushed both tournaments back a year, and the Presidents Cup is now held in odd numbered years. It is hosted alternately in the U.S. and in countries represented by the International Team.
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Format and strategy
Understanding the terminology
• Match play: Competition where the winner of holes is the determining factor as opposed to total strokes in medal play
• Four-ball: A match where two players play their own balls against the other twosome's two balls, with the better-ball score of each side winning the hole
• Foursomes: A match where two play against two, and each side plays one ball, with partners alternating shots from the tee until completion of the hole
• Singles: One-on-one competition using a match-play format.
The scoring system of the event is match play. The format is drawn from the Ryder Cup, consisting of twelve players per side and a non-playing captain, usually a highly respected golf figure. The captains are responsible for pairing the teams in the doubles events, which consist of both alternate shot and best ball formats (also known as "foursome" and "four ball" matches respectively) However, unlike the Ryder Cup, all twelve players must play foursome and four ball matches on Thursday and Friday (six matches per session, unlike the Ryder Cup with four matches), and only two players will sit out each session of Saturday matches (five matches per Saturday session, compared to four), and each player must play a one-on-one, singles match on Sunday.
Each match, whether it be a doubles or singles match, is worth one point. In the doubles matches a half-point is awarded to each team in the event of a tie. With 11 foursome doubles matches, 11 four ball doubles matches and 12 singles matches that represents a total of 34 points. To win the Presidents Cup a team must accrue a total of 17.5 points.
The format of the Presidents Cup differs from the Ryder Cup mainly in that it includes six extra matches, which prevents a team from hiding its weaknesses. By having all 24 players on the course for all three days there cannot be a situation such as in the 1999 Ryder Cup when Europe kept three players (Jarmo Sandelin, Jean Van de Velde and Andrew Coltart) on the bench for the sixteen four-ball and better-ball matches on the first two days. This use of twelve players on all three days arguably led to the United States' victory.
Ties
Until the 2005 event, prior to the start of the final day matches, the captains selected one player to play in a tie-breaker in the event of a tie at the end of the final match. Upon a tie, the captains would reveal the players who would play a sudden-death match to determine the winner. In 2003, however, the tiebreaker match ended after three holes because of darkness, and it was decided that the Cup would be shared by both teams.[1]
To prevent a repeat of this situation a new format was adopted. Beginning in 2005, all doubles matches played Thursday through Saturday may end in a tie. However, on Sunday, all singles matches ending in a tie at the end of the regulation 18 holes will be extended to extra holes until that match is won outright. All singles matches will continue in this format until one team reaches the required 17.5 point total and wins The Presidents Cup. At that point, all remaining singles matches will only be played to the regulation 18 holes and may end in a tie. This is done to preserve the individual player points for the event.[2]
History
The event was created and is organized by the PGA Tour. At the inaugural Presidents Cup in 1994, former U.S. President Gerald Ford was Honorary Chairman. Subsequent events saw former President George H. W. Bush, former Australian Prime Minister John Howard, then-President Bill Clinton, the former President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki, George W. Bush and the Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper in the chair.[3]
Charity
There is no prize money awarded at the Presidents Cup. The net proceeds are distributed to charities nominated by the players, captains, and captains' assistants. The first six Presidents Cups raised over US$13 million for charities around the world.[4]
•
Format and strategy
Understanding the terminology
• Match play: Competition where the winner of holes is the determining factor as opposed to total strokes in medal play
• Four-ball: A match where two players play their own balls against the other twosome's two balls, with the better-ball score of each side winning the hole
• Foursomes: A match where two play against two, and each side plays one ball, with partners alternating shots from the tee until completion of the hole
• Singles: One-on-one competition using a match-play format.
The scoring system of the event is match play. The format is drawn from the Ryder Cup, consisting of twelve players per side and a non-playing captain, usually a highly respected golf figure. The captains are responsible for pairing the teams in the doubles events, which consist of both alternate shot and best ball formats (also known as "foursome" and "four ball" matches respectively) However, unlike the Ryder Cup, all twelve players must play foursome and four ball matches on Thursday and Friday (six matches per session, unlike the Ryder Cup with four matches), and only two players will sit out each session of Saturday matches (five matches per Saturday session, compared to four), and each player must play a one-on-one, singles match on Sunday.
Each match, whether it be a doubles or singles match, is worth one point. In the doubles matches a half-point is awarded to each team in the event of a tie. With 11 foursome doubles matches, 11 four ball doubles matches and 12 singles matches that represents a total of 34 points. To win the Presidents Cup a team must accrue a total of 17.5 points.
The format of the Presidents Cup differs from the Ryder Cup mainly in that it includes six extra matches, which prevents a team from hiding its weaknesses. By having all 24 players on the course for all three days there cannot be a situation such as in the 1999 Ryder Cup when Europe kept three players (Jarmo Sandelin, Jean Van de Velde and Andrew Coltart) on the bench for the sixteen four-ball and better-ball matches on the first two days. This use of twelve players on all three days arguably led to the United States' victory.
Ties
Until the 2005 event, prior to the start of the final day matches, the captains selected one player to play in a tie-breaker in the event of a tie at the end of the final match. Upon a tie, the captains would reveal the players who would play a sudden-death match to determine the winner. In 2003, however, the tiebreaker match ended after three holes because of darkness, and it was decided that the Cup would be shared by both teams.[1]
To prevent a repeat of this situation a new format was adopted. Beginning in 2005, all doubles matches played Thursday through Saturday may end in a tie. However, on Sunday, all singles matches ending in a tie at the end of the regulation 18 holes will be extended to extra holes until that match is won outright. All singles matches will continue in this format until one team reaches the required 17.5 point total and wins The Presidents Cup. At that point, all remaining singles matches will only be played to the regulation 18 holes and may end in a tie. This is done to preserve the individual player points for the event.[2]
History
The event was created and is organized by the PGA Tour. At the inaugural Presidents Cup in 1994, former U.S. President Gerald Ford was Honorary Chairman. Subsequent events saw former President George H. W. Bush, former Australian Prime Minister John Howard, then-President Bill Clinton, the former President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki, George W. Bush and the Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper in the chair.[3]
Charity
There is no prize money awarded at the Presidents Cup. The net proceeds are distributed to charities nominated by the players, captains, and captains' assistants. The first six Presidents Cups raised over US$13 million for charities around the world.[4]
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