- The United States beat the International Team 17-13 at the Presidents Cup.
- The Americans won Sunday’s singles session 9½-2½ after starting three points behind.
- Jacob Bridgeman clinched the Cup with a 1 up win over Min Woo Lee.
The United States overturned a three-point deficit at Medinah on Sunday to beat the International Team 17-13 and claim an 11th straight Presidents Cup.
The Internationals had led 10½-7½ after Saturday, the first time they had taken a lead into Sunday singles on US soil. Their 5-0 Friday Foursomes sweep had put Brandt Snedeker’s side four points behind before the Americans cut the gap by one.
Geoff Ogilvy’s team needed five points from the 12 singles matches. The US took 9½, winning nine matches and halving the last one on the course after the Cup had been decided. It was the biggest Sunday singles margin in Presidents Cup history.
“It was just one of those days; it just felt like it was sort of right on a knife edge for a massive part of the day,” International Team Captain Geoff Ogilvy said. “If you hole a couple of putts at the right time and get a bit more yellow on the board at the right time, the momentum and the crowd sort of stays out of it a little bit. Just sort of started drifting away for us in the last few hours.
“Pretty disappointed, but pretty impressed with this group of guys,” Ogilvy said. “They were pretty committed to this this week. They all put in. The spirit in the room is great. The energy is amazing. They’re all incredibly motivated to come back in ’28 and do it again. We gave it a good crack. We nearly got there, but pretty disappointed for sure.
“We’ll keep trying. It’s a hard thing to do to beat the US Team in singles in the US We gave it a pretty good crack.”
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American Wins Shift the Scoreboard
Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young, Justin Thomas and Chris Gotterup won their matches as the American deficit disappeared. Collin Morikawa turned his contest around on the back nine, while Patrick Cantlay holed a birdie putt from just inside 60 feet at the par-three 16th against Adam Scott.
During Scheffler’s match against Nico Echavarria, someone shouted during the Colombian’s backswing, causing him to drop his driver as his ball went right. Scheffler rebuked the spectator and, after missing a birdie putt, conceded Echavarria’s 30-foot par putt. Scheffler went on to win.
“There’s just no place for that,” Scheffler said. “I was very frustrated. It was honestly a big distraction. He would never have hit a shot as poorly as he hit, I think, off the 14th if there wasn’t a fan yelling in his swing”
“It’s unfortunate that in some way the crowds can affect performance like that,” Echavarria said. “But we have the No. 1 player in the world who’s a class act. I wasn’t expecting for him to give me that putt for par.”
With five matches still on the course, the Americans led three by one hole and the other two were all square. The Internationals needed three points from those five matches.
Koivun Recovers and Bridgeman Clinches
Jackson Koivun, the 21-year-old rookie who helped Auburn win an NCAA golf title four months ago, was two down to Si Woo Kim after 10 holes. He won three consecutive holes, then struck his tee shot on the 18th and twirled his iron after the approach. Koivun won 2 up.
“The kid is special. He’s different,” Snedeker said. “You saw that for a 21-year-old kid to stand up there and hit those last two balls like he did. Not many people like that.”
Bridgeman was one down to Lee with three holes to play. He recovered to win 1 up, finishing with a three-foot par putt that secured the 15½ points the Americans needed.
Snedeker had been on the US team that lost the 2012 Ryder Cup at Medinah after leading 10-6 before the singles.
“I told the guys last night that funny stuff happens here. Medinah has a history of funny things happening,” he said. “Sure enough, they went out and played their [tails] off today. I’m so damn proud of those guys.”
The Internationals’ next chance comes at Kingston Heath in Australia in 2028. Their only outright victory remains the 1998 contest at Royal Melbourne.
Sunday Singles 2½-9½ |
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| Match | International | vs. | US | ||
| 19 | Ryo Hisatsune | 3&2 | > | Cameron Young | |
| 20 | Tom Kim | < | 3&2 | Wyndham Clark | |
| 21 | Corey Conners | 5&3 | > | Justin Thomas | |
| 22 | Nico Echavarria | 2&1 | > | Scottie Scheffler | |
| 23 | Sungjae Im | < | 3&1 | Sam Burns | |
| 24 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 1 Up | > | Chris Gotterup | |
| 25 | Hideki Matsuyama | 1 Up | > | Collin Morikawa | |
| 26 | Adam Scott | 2&1 | > | Patrick Cantlay | |
| 27 | Si Woo Kim | 2 Up | > | Jackson Koivun | |
| 28 | Min Woo Lee | 1 Up | > |
Jacob Bridgeman
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| 29 | Nick Taylor | Tied | Russell Henley | ||
| 30 | Ryan Fox | 2&1 | > |
Xander Schauffele
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