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Sunday 13 December 1998Team cupsYear in Review
International wins Presidents Cup
Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Black Rock, Victoria, Australia · Friday 11 to Sunday 13 December 1998 · Hot northerly wind on the first day with temperatures over 100F (The Independent)
Headline from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
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The name over time
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The ones it got away from
- United States USA · 11½Trailed 7-3 after the first day and 14½-5½ after two; the Internationals needed two singles points and took them from the top two matches; singles shared 6-6 Golf: American misery is complete (The Independent)
24 started
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Team cup
Presidents Cup
Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Black Rock, Victoria, Australia
2 of 5 researched
Winner
International
To par and runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
14 December 1998
Until we win on American soil, we cannot crow too much. But this is beyond our dreams.
The Independent
12 December 1998
My guys feel they played decently, but it was not decent enough.
The Independent
14 December 1998
It never dawned on me we might lose. It is never fun to lose, but, if you are going to lose, it is better to lose to these guys than to the Europeans.
Top 10
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The golfer
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What’s in the bag
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