Presidents Cup

The President's Cup is a series of golf matches between teams of professional players representing the United States and the rest of the world less Europe, which competes against the U.S. in a similar but considerably older event, the Ryder Cup. The President's Cup is held biennially in odd-numbered years (the Ryder Cup being held in even numbered years) and is hosted alternately in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world.

The format of the event is also drawn from the Ryder Cup, consisting of twelve players per side and a non-playing captain, usually a very highly repsected golf figure. The captains are repsonsible for pairing the teams in the doubles events, which consist of both alternate shot and best ball formats (sometimes called "foursome" and "four ball" matches).

Bill Clinton was President of the United States when the competition was implemented and appeared personally at the initial event; he is considered to be a fairly avid amateur golfer and thus in a sense the event is "named" for him, although he is not resposible for initiation of the idea, which came from the PGA Tour, a completely separate organization from the PGA of America that solely administers the Ryder Cup.