President's Cup

[Kevin]

Class act by american players to agree to share the cup until next contest. Too dark to continue after three playoff holes between Tiger and Ernie. Best possible result.

[Dr. Sak]

I dont understand why they dont follow the same rules the Ryder Cup does. For a team to outright win the cup they need to defeat the other team. So a tie should have went to the Americans. The tie is very anticlimatic. But this is a fun format to watch. I really enjoy watching match play, and seeing the strategy the golfers use.

[Kevin]

In my opinion the Ryder Cup rule is horrible. The rules for the President's Cup were set up to ensure a winner through a playoff. Unfortunately, South Africa's time zone meant they pushed the matches late in the day to appease the money grubbing media. Otherwise there would have been lots of time to etablish a winner.

[Craptacular]

I think sharing the Cup is much better than retaining it with a tie. I don't mind a playoff, but I don't think it should be sudden death between two players.

[thealmighty]

If you watched the ending on TV, you heard Jack say that if they agreed to quit in a tie, the US would retain the Cup. At that point, Els and others, said that if that was the case, they choose not to quit. This change in attitude (entirely understandable, I should think) led to the further discussion and gesture from the US squad.