2017 Presidents Cup
The 2017 Presidents Cup was the 12th edition of the Presidents Cup golf competition, played at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey, from September 28 to October 1, 2017. Steve Stricker and Nick Price were the captains of the U.S. and the International teams, respectively.
The United States were the defending champions and retained the trophy.
President Trump presented U.S. Captain Steve Stricker with the trophy. He became the first incumbent U.S. president to do so.
Course layout
Liberty National Golf ClubFor this Presidents Cup only, the matches begin on what is normally the 5th hole at Liberty National. The order of the holes remain the same, culminating on what is normally the 4th hole.
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
| Yards | 427 | 538 | 467 | 611 | 474 | 496 | 225 | 431 | 563 | 4,232 | 150 | 481 | 325 | 445 | 490 | 398 | 219 | 395 | 193 | 3,096 | 7,328 |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 71 |
Format
The first two days consist of five matches of foursomes and five matches of fourball. The third day consists of four matches of foursomes and four matches of fourball. The host team captain decides the order, fourball vs. foursomes, on the first three days. On the fourth and final day, twelve singles matches will be played. Thirty matches will be played in all. All matches that are all-square after 18 holes will score point for each team.Team qualification and selection
Both teams have 12 players.| Top ten on points list |
| Two captain's picks |
| Not picked, in top 15 of points list |
United States team
The United States team features the 10 players who earned the most official FedExCup points from the 2015 BMW Championship through to the 2017 Dell Technologies Championship, with points earned in the calendar year 2017 counting double, and two captain's picks. Points for events in the FedEx Cup Playoffs are weighted the same as WGC events. The captain's picks were announced on September 6, 2017.The final standings were:
| Position | Player | Points |
| 1 | Dustin Johnson | 10,455 |
| 2 | Jordan Spieth | 9,572 |
| 3 | Justin Thomas | 8,581 |
| 4 | Rickie Fowler | 5,324 |
| 5 | Daniel Berger | 5,232 |
| 6 | Brooks Koepka | 5,094 |
| 7 | Kevin Kisner | 5,007 |
| 8 | Patrick Reed | 4,599 |
| 9 | Matt Kuchar | 4,479 |
| 10 | Kevin Chappell | 4,369 |
| 11 | Charley Hoffman | 4,369 |
| 12 | Brian Harman | 3,955 |
| 13 | Jason Dufner | 3,897 |
| 14 | Gary Woodland | 3,524 |
| 15 | Phil Mickelson | 3,479 |
International team
The International team features the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking at the conclusion of the 2017 Dell Technologies Championship and two captain's picks. The captain's picks were announced on September 6, 2017.The final standings were:
| Position | Player | Average |
| 1 | Hideki Matsuyama | 9.21 |
| 2 | Jason Day | 6.35 |
| 3 | Adam Scott | 4.34 |
| 4 | Louis Oosthuizen | 4.26 |
| 5 | Marc Leishman | 3.89 |
| 6 | Charl Schwartzel | 3.64 |
| 7 | Branden Grace | 3.08 |
| 8 | Kim Si-woo | 3.03 |
| 9 | Jhonattan Vegas | 2.98 |
| 10 | Adam Hadwin | 2.60 |
| 11 | Emiliano Grillo | 2.38 |
| 12 | Hideto Tanihara | 2.37 |
| 13 | Yuta Ikeda | 2.16 |
| 14 | Li Haotong | 2.05 |
| 15 | An Byeong-hun | 2.00 |
| 16 | Anirban Lahiri | 1.89 |
Teams
Captains
Steve Stricker is captain of the U.S. team, and Nick Price is captain of the International team.Fred Couples, Davis Love III, Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk are captain's assistants for the U.S. team, and Ernie Els, Tony Johnstone, Geoff Ogilvy and Mike Weir are captain's assistants for the International team.
Players
- Captain's picks shown in yellow
- ''Ages as of September 28; OWGR as of September 25, the last ranking before the Cup''