The US vs. the World!

Qualifying: You qualify for the Presidents Cup (see the official site) by winning one of the 4 majors. Everyone competes in one group. There are no sections like in the majors.

Tournament Format: On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the Presidents Cup matches are foursomes and fourball matches each day (paired two man teams). On Sunday, there are 12 singles matches.

Your Picks: Pick either the US or International team. Then pick players ONLY on the team that you have selected. You have 12 points to apportion among your 12 man team anyway you want (using whole numbers). You select your players for the entire Presidents Cup tournament. Picks must be in by 11:30 p.m. on the Wednesday before the competition. (The competition is held on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.) Send your picks to the Commissioner.

Scoring: In the Thursday, Friday and Saturday matches (fourball and foursome matches), you win or lose your weighting on each player you have chosen for any matches won or lost by that player. In the Sunday matches (singles matches), you win or lose DOUBLE the weighting for a win or loss. If your player ties (halves) a match, or the player doesn’t play in a match, it is worth zero. In addition, if your team wins the Presidents Cup, you earn 6 points.

Tiebreaker Note: If the Presidents Cup ends in a tie, there is NO LONGER a sudden death playoff. If it's truly considered a tie (which is not clear to me under the new rules), then NO POINTS are awarded for the winning team. If one team is declared the winner in case of a tie, only 3 points will be awarded in our scoring system if you have that team.

Scoring example: You select David Toms for 5 points out of your total of 12 points, and Woods for the other 7 points (totalling 12 points).

On Thursday, Toms doesn't play (zero) and Woods halves his match (zero).

Toms wins his Friday morning match (+5), and halves his Friday afternoon match (zero). You earn a total of 5 for Toms on Friday. Meanwhile, Woods loses Friday morning (-7) and wins Friday afternoon (+7) for a zero for Woods on Friday.

Toms loses his Saturday match (-5). You lose a total of 5 for Toms on Saturday. Woods halves his Saturday match, which is worth zero.

Finally, Toms and Woods win their Sunday matches (+10 and +14).

Your total for Toms for the entire tournament is +10.
(Th = 0) + (Fri = 5 + 0) + (Sat = -5) + (Sun = 10) = +10

Your total for Woods is +14.
(Th = 0) + (Fri = -7 + 7) + (Sat = 0) + (Sun = 14)