Presidents Cup Hole Numbers at Medinah: How the Routing Differs From Normal Play

Watching this week’s Presidents Cup at Medinah and the hole numbers on screen don’t match what you remember from the course? That’s intentional — the event uses a different routing than Medinah’s normal numbering.

The routing shift, explained

For this competition, play doesn’t start on the course’s usual first hole. Instead:

• The event begins on Medinah’s normal par-4 5th hole, which serves as the competition’s Hole 1.
• Play then continues in sequence through the course’s normal 18th hole, which serves as the competition’s 14th hole.

So for the first stretch of the round, the event hole number is simply the course’s normal hole number minus 4 (normal 5 → event 1, normal 6 → event 2, and so on, up to normal 18 → event 14).

What about the rest of the round?

The source confirms the event uses 18 holes total and that the sequence runs from the normal 5th through the normal 18th for the first 14 event holes. It doesn’t spell out how Medinah’s normal holes 1 through 4 are numbered for the remaining four holes of the event (event holes 15–18) — logically they’d follow the same course, but that specific detail isn’t confirmed in the available reporting.

📅 If you’re trying to follow along hole-by-hole in real time, the safest bet is to check the official Presidents Cup broadcast graphics or Medinah’s on-site scorecards, which should show both the event hole number and the course’s normal hole number together.

Sources / Learn more

• PGA Tour