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Down under, the Americans retained the Presidents Cup in the ninth biennial event, held at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Snoozefest. And the worst part is, no one is trying to hide it.

Johnny Miller put it best midway through Sunday’s single matches, “These guys out here are all friends. This isn’t the Ryder Cup.”

In that honor, here is all anyone needs to know about the 2011 Presidents Cup:

Aaron Baddeley is the best worst player on Tour — The Australian has a stellar short game which was on display in Melbourne this week. A great shot around the green prompted commentator Johnny Miller to say that if Baddeley could get his long shots locked in, he could be “one of the best players in the world.” Or at least more than two wins in five years.

Home field advantage turns out not to be advantageous — There was much to do about the importance of local knowledge at Royal Melbourne, presumably a major benefit for the International Team with almost half the players from Australia (five total, three players qualified and two were captain’s picks). Turns out the course spun everyone into amateurs quickly, no prejudice. In addition to the challenging greens — quick and very difficult to hold — 25 mph winds made Friday an ugly round of golf for most.

Tiger Woods Update — Another hot storyline coming into Presidents Cup week was the controversial captain’s pick by Fred Couples (made controversial by Couples declaring his intention to pick Woods so early). Everyone knows how terrible Tiger has played this year. But the U.S. Team was on board with the pick, and despite some ugly playing, Tiger eked out a point with Dustin Johnson during the Saturday foursomes, and showed some old Tiger spirit in a big win over Aaron Baddeley Sunday to score the 18th point that clinched the Cup for the United States.

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