answers: 15.5
context: captain's picks were announced on September 6, 2017. The final standings were: Steve Stricker is captain of the U.S. team, and Nick Price is captain of the International team. Fred Couples, Davis Love III, Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk are captain's assistants for the U.S. team, and Ernie Els, Tony Johnstone, Geoff Ogilvy and Mike Weir are captain's assistants for the International team. Jhonattan Vegas became the first Venezuelan to play in the Presidents Cup. Phil Mickelson has played in all twelve Presidents Cups. Rickie Fowler and Justin Thomas won the first point of the day in convincing fashion, winning </s> with a half-point awarded to each team in the event of a halved match. There have been frequent small changes to the format, although the final day has always consisted of 12 singles matches. The contest was extended from three days to four in 2000. In 2015, there were a total of 9 foursome doubles matches, 9 fourball doubles matches, and 12 singles matches. With a total of 30 points, a team needed to get 15.5 points to win the Cup. Until the 2005 event, prior to the start of the final day matches, the captains selected one player to </s> dealt, the scum must hand over his best two cards to the president, while the vice-scum must hand over his best card to the vice-president. Variations with more than two top and two bottom positions sometimes require the scum to hand over more than two cards to the president, up to the number of top positions in the game. For example, a game with a secretary and clerk might call for the scum to hand over three cards to the president, the vice-scum to hand over two cards to the vice-president and the clerk to hand over one card to
question: how many points does it take to win the president cup