The 1st Presidents Cup was held between September 16 and 18, 1994. It was played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, USA. The United States team won the competition by a margin of 20–12. The honorary chairman was former President of the United States Gerald R. Ford.

Format The United States team had 12 players including a captain who participated in the event. The International team had 12 players plus a non-playing captain. On the first and second day four-ball was played in the morning and foursomes were played in the afternoon. On the third day only singles were played.

Teams Greg Norman, ranked second in the International team, withdrew a few days before the event, because of illness. He was replaced by Bradley Hughes who was the highest ranked player available. A number of "international" players were unavailable because of other commitments. Ernie Els, ranked third, played in the Dunhill British Masters, while Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki and Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima, ranked fifth and ninth, played in the ANA Open the same week. United States team Player Age Pointsrank OWGR – captain 49 7 28 34 Non-playing assistant captain 30 1 26 35 2 13 34 3 10 33 4 34 39 5 19 33 6 52 38 8 38 30 9 17 34 10 6 40 11 39 24 14 22

International team Player Country Age Pointsrank OWGR 48 Non-playing captain 37 1 1 35 4 9 40 6 15 31 7 21 34 8 36 35 10 41 31 11 40 28 12 45 23 14 55 37 20 82 37 22 87 27 27 117 OWGR as of September 11, 1994, the last ranking before the Cup

Friday's matches

Morning four-ball International Results United StatesElkington/Singh2 & 1Pavin/MaggertAllem/Frost6 & 5Haas/HochPrice/Hughes1 upLove/CouplesParry/Allenby4 & 2Huston/GallagherNobilo/Senior3 & 2Lehman/Mickelson 0 Four-Ball 5 0 Overall 5

Afternoon foursomes International Results United StatesFrost/Allem3 & 1Irwin/RobertsParry/Watanabe4 & 3Haas/HochNobilo/Allenby2 & 1Pavin/MaggertElkington/Singh2 & 1Mickelson/LehmanPrice/McNultyhalvedLove/Gallagher 2 Foursomes 2 2 Overall 7

Saturday's matches

Morning four-ball International Results United StatesAllem/McNulty4 & 3Gallagher/HustonWatanabe/Singh3 & 1Haas/HochParry/Hughes4 & 3Roberts/LehmanNobilo/Allenby2 upCouples/LovePrice/ElkingtonhalvedMickelson/Pavin 3 Four-Ball 1 6 Overall 9

Afternoon foursomes International Results United StatesFrost/Senior6 & 5Irwin/HaasParry/Allem1 upPavin/RobertsSingh/Elkington3 & 2Maggert/HustonNobilo/Allenby7 & 5Love/GallagherHughes/McNulty3 & 2Mickelson/Lehman 2 Foursomes 3 8 Overall 12

Sunday's matches

Singles International Results United StatesAllenby1 upIrwinMcNulty4 & 3HaasWatanabe4 & 3GallagherAllemhalvedMickelsonSinghhalvedLehmanSenior3 & 2HustonFrosthalvedHochHughes2 & 1MaggertNobilohalvedRobertsPrice1 upCouplesElkington1 upLoveParry1 upPavin 4 Singles 8 12 Overall 20

Individual player records Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.

United States Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes FourballsFred Couples 3 3–0–0 1–0–0 0–0–0 2–0–0Jim Gallagher Jr. 3.5 3–1–1 1–0–0 1–0–1 1–1–0Jay Haas 3 3–2–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 1–1–0Scott Hoch 2.5 2–1–1 0–0–1 1–0–0 1–1–0John Huston 1 1–3–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 1–1–0Hale Irwin 2 2–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–0Tom Lehman 2.5 2–2–1 0–0–1 1–1–0 1–1–0Davis Love III 4.5 4–0–1 1–0–0 1–0–1 2–0–0Jeff Maggert 2 2–2–0 1–0–0 0–2–0 1–0–0Phil Mickelson 3 2–1–2 0–0–1 1–1–0 1–0–1Corey Pavin 2.5 2–2–1 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–0–1Loren Roberts 2.5 2–1–1 0–0–1 2–0–0 0–1–0

International Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes FourballsFulton Allem 1.5 1–3–1 0–0–1 0–2–0 1–1–0Robert Allenby 1 1–4–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 0–2–0Steve Elkington 2.5 2–2–1 0–1–0 2–0–0 0–1–1David Frost 1.5 1–2–1 0–0–1 1–1–0 0–1–0Bradley Hughes 1 1–3–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 1–1–0Mark McNulty 1.5 1–2–1 0–1–0 0–1–1 1–0–0Frank Nobilo 1.5 1–3–1 0–0–1 1–1–0 0–2–0Craig Parry 2 2–3–0 1–0–0 0–2–0 1–1–0Nick Price 1 0–2–2 0–1–0 0–0–1 0–1–1Peter Senior 2 2–1–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 0–1–0Vijay Singh 3.5 3–1–1 0–0–1 2–0–0 1–1–0Tsukasa Watanabe 1 1–2–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 1–0–0

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