The Presidents Cup 2011 Official Film now available

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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia -- The Presidents Cup 2011 Official Film, produced by PGA TOUR Entertainment, gives golf fans an exclusive behind-the-scenes ticket to this world-class competition and is now available for pre-order. The documentary follows all the action from Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and will allow fans to relive the intensity, passion and excitement of the ninth playing of The Presidents Cup.

Last month in Australia, the U.S. Team captured The Presidents Cup for the seventh time, led by Captain Fred Couples and a 5-0-0 performance by veteran Jim Furyk. Tiger Woods, one of Couples' two captain's picks, clinched the Cup for the United States with a 4-and-3 win over Australia's Aaron Baddeley in Sunday Singles. For Woods, it was the second consecutive time he had scored the winning point at The Presidents Cup, becoming only the second player to accomplish that feat (Couples, 1994, 1996) and the first captain's pick to do so. Greg Norman's International Team played well, but was undone by the Foursomes competition. The Internationals were outscored 8-3 in foursomes and eventually lost the Cup by four points (19-15).

The Presidents Cup Official Film will take fans inside the ropes for an exclusive look at of all the pageantry and competition that makes The Presidents Cup one of the premier team events in any sport. From the Teams' arrivals to the black-tie Gala Celebration featuring entertainment by Delta Goodrem and performances representing each country participating in the event; from the captains' press conferences to the pairings' process; from the Opening Ceremony to the final celebration, fans will experience first hand why The Presidents Cup has set the standard for sportsmanship and stellar competition.

The Presidents Cup Official Film can be pre-ordered now for $14.95 by visiting www.shop.pgatour.com. It will be shipped mid-February 2012.

The Presidents Cup, a team match play competition featuring 24 of the world's top golfers -- 12 from the United States and 12 from around the world, excluding Europe -- is held every two years, and since 1996 has alternated between United States and international venues. The Presidents Cup was developed to give the world's best non-European players an opportunity to compete in international team match-play competition. The U.S. Team has won seven of the nine previous Presidents Cups, and the only win by the International Team came at the 1998 event in Melbourne. The 2003 Presidents Cup ended in a tie.

Instead of playing for prize money, each Presidents Cup competitor designates charities or golf-related projects of his choice to receive a portion of the funds raised through the staging of each Presidents Cup. On behalf of the players, captains and captains' assistants, more than $4.2 million was distributed to charitable causes from The Presidents Cup 2009. Additional donations were made to The First Tee of San Francisco and the Victorian Bushfire Appeal in 2009 and to the Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal following the Queensland floods in March 2011. In total, more than $23 million has been raised for charity since the inception of The Presidents Cup in 1994.

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