Blog#401 Presidents Cup

Blog#401 Presidents Cup

Medinah CC#3, Chicago IL

Sep 24-27 2026 Par 70

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INTERNATIONAL USA

First Session Four Ball Score USA 3 INT 2

Min Woo Lee/SJ Im 1UP Scottie Scheffler/ Sam Burns

*Lee/Im led early, missed 3 birdie putts on 10,11,12, #17 Lee had 3 putt bogie US par for win.

Hideki Matsuyama/Ryo Hisatsune 3&1 Cameron Young/Xander Schauffele

*Matsuyama and Hisatsune had 6 birdies to dominate.

Corry Conners/Nico Echavarria 4&3 Justin Thomas/Jackson Koivun

*Koivun gets help from Thomas to be the youngest player to get 1st President Cup point.

Ryan Fox/Adam Scott 3&2 Wyndham Clarke/Colin Morikawa

*Clark birdied 1st hole and they never lost the lead.

Tom Kim/Si Woo Kim 3&2 Chris Gotterup/Patrick Cantlay

* Tom Kim almost Aces par 3 1#6 to seal their victory.

Second Session Foursomes Score INT 7 USA 3

*International wins 5-0

Conners/Nick Taylor 1up Scottie Scheffler/Sam Burns

*Another sub par performance from Scheffler who is 1-8-0 in foursome play.

Sungjae IM/Hideki Matsuyama 3&2 Russel Henley/Jacob Bridgeman

*Another dominant round by Matsuyama.

Ryan Fox/Min Woo Lee 1up Colin Morikawa/Wyndham Clark

*Clutch putting on back 9 for Fox & Lee.

Adam Scott/Christiaan Bezuidenhout 3&2 Justin Thomas/Cameron Young

*Thomas and Young trailed by multiple holes the entire back 9.

Tom Kim/Si Woo Kim 4&3 Patrick Cantlay/Xander Schauffele

*Second day they were dominant.

Third Session Four Ball Score INT 8 1/2 USA 5 1/2

*USA wins 2 1/2-1 1/2

*In the last 4 team events USA is 6-24 in four ball, strong start for USA, 9 points 1st 5 holes.

Justin Thomas/Jackson Koivuntied Sunjgae Im/Min Woo Lee

*Win 4 of 1st 7 holes to go 3 up. Win 4 of last 13 holes including last2.

Si Woo Kim/Corey Conners Colin Morikawa/Wyndham Clark

*Cameback from 2 down to win 2&1 Led by 2 after 7 holes then lost 4 of last 10

Cameron Young/Chris Gotterup. 2&1Nick Taylor Corry Conners

*Win 1st 4 holes

Hidekia Matsuyama/Ryo Hisatsune2&1 Scottie Scheffler/Sam Burnes

*No team led by more than 1, but—— Birdie last 3 holes to win

SCORE INT 10 1/2 USA 7 USA

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Fourth Session Singles Match Play USA news 8 INT 5 to win Score INT 10 1/2 USA 7 1/2

Ryo Hisatsune Takes early lead up 2 #3&4.

Cameron Young Tied at front9, goes 3up wins #11,12,13, makes 40’putt for win#1. 3&2

Tom Kim Tied after front9. Wins 10&11 up2 3&2

Wyndham Clark Could not make putts, missed short par putt on 14 to give Kim up3.

Corey Conners Wins only 1 hole front9.

Justin Thomas Wins 1st 4 holes up 5 at front9, wins #15 for win. 5&3

Nico Echavaria Wins 1 hole front9

Scottie Scheffler Wins 3 of last 5 holes on front9. 2&1

Sungjae Im Wins 3 holes front9 up1, then 3 more back9 for win. 3&1

Sam Burns Wins 2 holes front9. Wins#11 to tie, but none in next 6.

Christiaan Bezuidenhout Never led but came back from -3 to -1

Chris Gotterup Wins 3 of 1st 6 holes, and makes log putt on 18 for win. 1up

Hideki Matsuyama wins 2 of 1st 6 holes front9, then 2 more on #11&12 but pars.

Collin Morikawa Wins #7 to get to-1, ties with win on #15 wins on 18. 1up

Adan Scott never leads, comes close-1 with win on #10&15, but Cantlay seals it on #16.

Patrick Cantlay Wins 2 of 1st 4 holes then holds onto 1 stroke lead and wins on 16. 2&1

Si Woo Kim Wins 2 of 1st 3 holes #9 to be+2 front9,

Jackson Koivun Behind by 2 after front9 but wins of last 8 holes. 2up

Min Woo Lee Missed 2 makable putts on #16&17

Jacob Bridgeman Wins 1st hole 1up

Nick Taylor Putted very well and won #14 to tie match, but RD turned out meaningless. tie

Russell Henley wins 3&4 but can’t finish, but he scored the winning points with a tie.

Schaufele had an easy win to add to lead, so tie was meaningless.

Ryan Fox Did not win a hole until 15&16, never in the match.

Xander Schaufele Wins 4 of 1st 14 holes then only needs pars to win 2&1

Individual Points

USA W L T INT W L T USA W L T INT W L T

1 Young 3-2-0 1 T Kim 4-1-0 7 Cantlay 2-2-0 7 Fox 2-2-0

2 Gotterup 3-1-0 2 SW Kim 3-2-0 8 Morikawa 2-2-0 8 Matsuyama 2-2-0

3 Scheffler 3-1-0 3 SJ Im 2-2-1 9 Schauffele 2-2-0 9 Hisatsune 1-2-0

4 Koivn 2-0-1 4 MW Lee 2-2-1 10 Bridgeman 1-2-0 10 Bedenhot 1-1-0

5 Thomas 2-1-1 5 Taylor 2-1-1 11 Clark 1-4-0 11 Scott 1-3-0

6 Burns 2-3-0 6 Conners 2-3-0 12 Henley 0-2-1 12 Echavarria 0-2-0

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PRESIDENTS CUP WINNING PICTURE

SUMMARY

This was so much better than the Ryder Cup where the USA got clobbered and the NY crowd

who paid $750 per day, was a disgrace.

The Chicago crowd was loud and inspiring and except for 1 idiot on #16 when Scotty was so upset that he conceded a difficult putt to Echaverria to halve the hole.

Cara Banks (whom I like as a golf channel host of golf channel) showed little class by bringing up the incident in a closing interview with Scheffler. he immediately handled it with dignity and the same sportsmanship he showed at the 16th hole.

The 1st day started ok as Scheffler, Thomas and Morikawa won, but Matsuyama and Tom Kim’s team won 2 to keep it close. Tom Kim goes on to be the best player and Matsuyama wins in the first 2nd rounds but his losses in rounds 3 & 4 when the team need his wins.

INT dominates RD2 5-0 and gives hope for their 1st win after 10 losses in a row.

After USA wins a close round 3 they enter RD4 needing to win 8 of 12 matches in singles.

The USA makes an incredible comeback to win Rd4 9 1/2 to 2 1/2 with great putting and clutch shots. Only Tom Kim & Sunjgae Im stepped up for with wins for INT.

Thomas, Koivan, Gotterup and Scheffler won as did Morikawa who came from 2 down and ties on #15 wins #18 over Matsuyama.