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Sunday 15 September 1996Team cupsYear in Review
United States wins Presidents Cup
Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Gainesville, Virginia (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 13 to Sunday 15 September 1996 · 2nd Presidents Cup (Wikipedia; Las Vegas Sun 'the second Presidents Cup')
Headline from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 11 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- International · 15½Trailed 7½–2½ after day one, closed to 10½–9½ on Saturday and tied 15½–15½ in the singles before Singh lost the last match to Couples on the 17th Sports Briefs: Couples gives U.S. slim win (Las Vegas Sun, Sun staff and wire reports, 16 Sep 1996)
24 started
Same week
Team cup
Presidents Cup
Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Gainesville, Virginia
2 of 5 researched
Winner
United States
To par and runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 September 1996
Of course I'm very happy, but this is the longest week that I have had in a long time and this is the first time I've ever had a victory and drank water.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 September 1996
The last hour has been almost heart-stopping for us. So excuse me. But I'm very proud of my team. I'm very proud of those who won and I'm equally proud of those who lost.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 September 1996
And the putt I felt like was pretty straight, maybe a little bit to the left and then to the right and when I hit it, I knew it was great speed.
Top 10
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The golfer
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What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet