{"id":862855,"date":"2026-09-27T21:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T21:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/862855\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T21:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T21:40:18","slug":"what-happens-if-the-presidents-cup-ends-in-a-tie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/862855\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens if the Presidents Cup ends in a tie?"},"content":{"rendered":"

For those following intently this week, it\u2019s probably been made clear that 15 1\/2 points is required to clinch a Presidents Cup victory.<\/p>\n

Five wins in the 12 Sunday singles<\/a> and the International team wins the competition. That\u2019s understood.<\/p>\n

But what happens if the matches end 15-15? Unlike the Ryder Cup<\/a>, the U.S. does not retain the cup in the event of a tie. <\/p>\n

A tie is a tie, and both teams share the cup.<\/p>\n

Oh, and in case you didn\u2019t want to do the math: The Americans needs to win eight of the 12 single matches <\/a>to avoid that scenario. <\/p>\n

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\"Presidents<\/p>\n

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Follow the action from the 12 singles matches at Medinah.<\/p>\n

Has the Presidents Cup ever ended in a tie?<\/p>\n

Yes, the 2003 Presidents Cup ended in a tie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In that competition, Jack Nicklaus\u2019 U.S. squad finished with 17 points. The problem is Nicklaus\u2019 team and Gary Player\u2019s Internationals were vying for 34 points back then.<\/p>\n

And yes, you guessed it: Player and the International team earned the same total (17) at the Links Course at Fancourt in South Africa. <\/p>\n

The tie in 2003 is important in understanding Sunday\u2019s potential outcome as prior to that moment the cup had never been shared. <\/p>\n

And that outcome only came because Tiger Woods and Ernie Els went toe-to-toe until darkness forced the hands of Nicklaus and Player who agreed on a split.<\/p>\n

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\"Presidents<\/p>\n

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The Internationals made Presidents Cup history at Medinah completing just the seventh session sweep during Friday\u2019s foursomes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For those following intently this week, it\u2019s probably been made clear that 15 1\/2 points is required to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-862855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}