On Friday morning the USA led 3–2. By Friday night they trailed 7–3. The Internationals won all five foursomes matches, and by Saturday evening the score was 10½–7½. The USA needed 7½ of the 12 points on Sunday just to keep the Cup. They took 9½.
The point that won it came from the player who had done the least all week.
The clincher
Jacob Bridgeman was playing his first Presidents Cup and had lost both his matches. Against Min Woo Lee he was one down with three to play. He won 1 up, and the Cup was kept. A week earlier he had shot 61 to win the Biltmore Championship in Asheville from five behind. He seems to like it from behind.
How the weekend turned
| Session | Result | USA–INT |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday four-balls | USA 3–2 | 3–2 |
| Friday foursomes | Internationals 5–0 | 3–7 |
| Saturday four-balls | USA 2½–1½ | 5½–8½ |
| Saturday foursomes | 2–2 | 7½–10½ |
| Sunday singles | USA 9½–2½ | 17–13 |
Every singles match
| USA | International | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Cameron Young | Ryo Hisatsune | Young 3&2 |
| Wyndham Clark | Tom Kim | Kim 3&2 |
| Justin Thomas | Corey Conners | Thomas 5&3 |
| Scottie Scheffler | Nico Echavarria | Scheffler 2&1 |
| Sam Burns | Sungjae Im | Im 3&1 |
| Chris Gotterup | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | Gotterup 1 up |
| Collin Morikawa | Hideki Matsuyama | Morikawa 1 up |
| Patrick Cantlay | Adam Scott | Cantlay 2&1 |
| Jackson Koivun | Si Woo Kim | Koivun 2 up |
| Jacob Bridgeman | Min Woo Lee | Bridgeman 1 up |
| Russell Henley | Nick Taylor | Halved |
| Xander Schauffele | Ryan Fox | Schauffele 2&1 |
Friday’s storylines, settled
- Scottie Scheffler was 0–2 in Presidents Cup singles. He beat Nico Echavarria 2&1. That’s the first one.
- Justin Thomas had lost all three of his Presidents Cup singles. He beat Corey Conners 5&3, the biggest win of the day, after winning five of the first six holes.
- Cantlay, Morikawa and Schauffele were 6–0 in singles since 2022. They are now 9–0. Cantlay’s came with a 57-foot birdie putt on the 16th.
- Jackson Koivun, 21, came from two down to beat Si Woo Kim, the man who beat Thomas in 2022, and finished the week unbeaten.
- Sam Burns had halved both his previous singles. This time he lost, to Sungjae Im.
The Internationals got wins from Tom Kim and Sungjae Im and a half from Nick Taylor. It wasn’t enough.
“It’s a very difficult thing to beat the United States in singles in the US,” said their captain, Geoff Ogilvy. His team is still waiting for a first win on American soil, and a first anywhere since 1998.
The US captain, Brandt Snedeker, said his players “never lost faith.” The rest of his verdict needed asterisks.
Who called Sunday
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Harry called it
Harry E. called 7 of the 12 Americans right in our Sunday singles competition, including Justin Thomas to win a Presidents Cup singles at the fourth attempt. The Barstool Golf sweatshirt is his.
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