Nicklaus defends Cup share decision

US team captain Jack Nicklaus believes the joint decision to call off the President’s Cup match as a tie and share the trophy between the two teams would go down “as one of the best decisions in golfing history”.

Nicklaus, who was involved in one of the greatest acts of sportsmanship in the 1969 Ryder Cup, where he declined a winning putt rather than share the trophy with the European team, defied the rules to call off the play-off match between Ernie Els and Tiger Woods.