The 1998 Presidents Cup was held 11–13 December in Australia at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Black Rock, Victoria, a suburb southeast of Melbourne. The International team won the competition by a margin of 20–11. This was the first time the International team won the competition, and through 2026, is their sole victory. The honorary chairman was Australian Prime Minister John Howard. It was the third Presidents Cup competition and the first held outside the United States. The competition returned to Royal Melbourne in 2011 and 2019.

Format Both teams had 12 players plus a non-playing captain. On the first and second day foursomes were played in the morning and four-ball was played in the afternoon. On the third day only singles were played.

Teams Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki, who was aged 51, decided not to play in the event. He finished fourth in the International team rankings. This meant that his brother, Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki, who finished 11th in the rankings, made the team automatically. Hal Sutton finished 8th in the United States rankings but withdrew in early December following the death of his father-in-law. He was replaced by Lee Janzen who was the highest ranked player not already in the team. International team Player Country Age Pointsrank OWGR Previousappearances Matches W–L–H Winningpercentage 69 Non-playing captain 41 Non-playing assistant captain 29 1 5 1 5 3–1–1 70.00 41 2 6 2 9 2–5–2 33.33 35 3 9 2 10 5–4–1 55.00 43 5 18 1 5 3–2–0 60.00 36 6 16 2 10 5–4–1 55.00 27 7 33 0 Rookie 33 8 39 0 Rookie 29 9 43 0 Rookie 32 10 53 2 8 3–5–0 37.50 42 11 55 0 Rookie 38 13 60 2 10 3–6–1 35.00 35 15 62 0 Rookie

United States team Player Age Pointsrank OWGR Previousappearances Matches W–L–H Winningpercentage 58 Non-playing captain 37 Non-playing assistant captain 27 1 3 1 4 4–0–0 100.00 22 2 1 0 Rookie 28 3 12 0 Rookie 26 4 15 1 4 1–3–0 25.00 28 5 10 2 9 3–3–3 50.00 34 6 4 2 10 7–2–1 75.00 41 7 2 1 5 5–0–0 100.00 43 9 20 2 8 5–2–1 68.75 38 10 21 0 Rookie 39 11 11 2 7 6–1–0 85.71 37 12 29 1 4 1–3–0 25.00 34 13 23 0 Rookie OWGR as of 6 December 1998, the last ranking before the Cup

Friday's matches

Morning foursomes International Results United StatesNobilo/Turner1 upO'Meara/DuvalNorman/Elkington2 upFuryk/HustonMaruyama/Parry3 & 2Janzen/HochEls/Singh5 & 4Woods/CouplesAppleby/PricehalvedLove/Leonard 3 Foursomes 1 3 Overall 1

Afternoon four-ball International Results United StatesNorman/Elkington2 & 1O'Meara/FurykMaruyama/Ozaki4 & 3Calcavecchia/HustonEls/PricehalvedDuval/MickelsonParry/Franco1 upCouples/LoveAppleby/Singh2 & 1Leonard/Woods 3 Four-Ball 1 7 Overall 3

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes International Results United StatesNobilo/Turner2 upLeonard/LoveNorman/ElkingtonhalvedJanzen/CalcavecchiaMaruyama/Parry1 upWoods/CouplesAppleby/Price1 upDuval/MickelsonEls/Singh6 & 4Hoch/Furyk 4 Foursomes 11 Overall 3

Afternoon four-ball International Results United StatesNobilo/Turner1 upO'Meara/HochEls/Singh1 upWoods/HustonMaruyama/Ozaki1 upDuval/MickelsonPrice/Franco3 & 2Janzen/CalcavecchiaNorman/Elkington2 & 1Couples/Love 3 Four-Ball 2 14 Overall 5

Sunday's matches

Singles International Results United StatesParry5 & 3LeonardPrice2 & 1DuvalNobilo4 & 2FurykFrancohalvedMickelsonMaruyama3 & 2HustonOzaki4 & 3HochTurnerhalvedCalcavecchiaElkingtonhalvedJanzenEls1 upLoveSinghhalvedCouplesNorman1 upWoodsAppleby1 upO'Meara 6 Singles 6 20 Overall 11

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

International Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes FourballsStuart Appleby 2.5 2–1–1 0–1–0 1–0–1 1–0–0Steve Elkington 4 3–0–2 0–0–1 1–0–1 2–0–0Ernie Els 3.5 3–1–1 1–0–0 1–1–0 1–0–1Carlos Franco 0.5 0–2–1 0–0–1 0–0–0 0–2–0Shigeki Maruyama 5 5–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 2–0–0Frank Nobilo 2 2–2–0 0–1–0 2–0–0 0–1–0Greg Norman 3.5 3–1–1 0–1–0 1–0–1 2–0–0Naomichi Ozaki 2 2–1–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 2–0–0Craig Parry 3 3–1–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 0–1–0Nick Price 3 2–1–2 1–0–0 1–0–1 0–1–1Vijay Singh 3.5 3–1–1 0–0–1 1–1–0 2–0–0Greg Turner 2.5 2–1–1 0–0–1 2–0–0 0–1–0

United States Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes FourballsMark Calcavecchia 2 1–1–2 0–0–1 0–0–1 1–1–0Fred Couples 2.5 2–2–1 0–0–1 1–1–0 1–1–0David Duval 0.5 0–4–1 0–1–0 0–2–0 0–1–1Jim Furyk 1 1–3–0 1–0–0 0–2–0 0–1–0Scott Hoch 2 2–2–0 1–0–0 0–2–0 1–0–0John Huston 0 0–4–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0Lee Janzen 2 1–1–2 0–0–1 0–1–1 1–0–0Justin Leonard 0.5 0–3–1 0–1–0 0–1–1 0–1–0Davis Love III 1.5 1–3–1 0–1–0 0–1–1 1–1–0Phil Mickelson 1 0–2–2 0–0–1 0–1–0 0–1–1Mark O'Meara 2 2–2–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0Tiger Woods 2 2–3–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–2–0

External links Official scores Royal Melbourne Golf Club