2013 Presidents Cup
The 2013 Presidents Cup was held October 3–6 at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb north of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus. It was the tenth Presidents Cup competition and the sixth played in the United States. The selection of Muirfield as the 2013 tournament site was taken as a tribute to golfing great Jack Nicklaus, who designed the course. Nicklaus has said that his involvement as tournament host for the 2013 Presidents Cup "probably will be my last involvement in anything significant in the game of golf". Muirfield was the third U.S. course to host the tournament, and the first course in the world to host Presidents Cup, Ryder Cup, and Solheim Cup international team competitions. In May 2012, Fred Couples and Nick Price were named captains of the U.S. and International teams, respectively. The United States won for the fifth successive time with an 18–15 victory over the International team. Format The first day consists of six matches of Four-ball go ...
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Muirfield Village Golf Club
Muirfield Village is an “upscale” golf-oriented community in the East North Central States, central United States, located in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb north of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus. Origins Founded by Jack Nicklaus, it is named after Muirfield, Scotland, where he won the first of his three The Open Championship, British Open titles in 1966 Open Championship, 1966 to complete the first of his three career Grand Slam (golf), grand slams. The village contains an eponymous golf course that hosts the Memorial Tournament, a PGA Tour event played each spring since its inception in 1976 PGA Tour, 1976. A bronze sculpture of Nicklaus mentoring a young golfer, unveiled in 1999, is located in the wide median of Muirfield Drive. Although the land for the Muirfield Village Golf Club was acquired in 1966, construction began six years later and the golf club officially opened in May 1974, the same year that homes began to be sold. Muirfield Village is one of the wealthiest and most notabl ...
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