22:46
USA wrap up the final two games
It's a clean sweep for USA.
5-0.
Cantlay / Burns see out a 2&1 victory over Matsuyama / Conners, while Bradley / Clark hold on for a 1up victory over Pendrith / Bezuidenhout.
Game over?
Yes.
2024 Presidents Cup: Internationals vs USA
Presidents Cup: USA thrash Internationals 5-0 in opening session
Team USA race into a commanding 5-0 lead as they close in on a 10th consecutive victory over the Internationals at the Presidents Cup.
Jim Furyk's United States surged into a commanding 5-0 lead over Mike Weir's Internationals following the opening fourballs session on Thursday.
The Presidents Cup, a biennial contest hosted by the PGA Tour, has been held on 14 occasions and Team USA own a dominant 12-1-1 record.
You have to go all the way back to 1998 in Australia for the last and only time the International team won the Cup.
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The 2024 Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal in Canada already looks over, even if there are 25 more points available this week.
A total of 15.5 points will be enough to win the Presidents Cup.
Furyk's defending champions swept the first-day fourballs 5-0 with wins for Xander Schauffele & Tony Finau, Collin Morikawa & Sahith Theegala, Scottie Scheffler & Russell Henley, Wyndham Clark & Keegan Bradley, and Patrick Cantlay & Sam Burns.
It marked the fourth time in Presidents Cup history that a team had swept the first session 5-0.
Scheffler and Tom Kim were locked in a fiery and frosty exchange on the front nine, but the World No.1 said it 'was just a bit of fun'.
Commentator Paul McGinley labelled Kim's actions 'bad behaviour' and 'disrespectful'.
Five foursomes matches will now take place on Friday, and Weir's Internationals will need a response.
Four fourballs and four foursomes matches will take place on Saturday, with 12 singles matches on Sunday.
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Team USA are represented by World No.1 Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay, Sahith Theegala, Keegan Bradley, Tony Finau, Brian Harman, Sam Burns and Max Homa.
The International team comprises Hideki Matsuyama, Sungjae Im, Adam Scott, Tom Kim, Jason Day, Ben An, Corey Conners, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Taylor Pendrith, Mackenzie Hughes and Si Woo Kim.
USA | Internationals | Score |
Xander Schauffele & Tony Finau | Jason Day & Ben An | 1up (USA) |
Collin Morikawa & Sahith Theegala | Adam Scott & Min Woo Lee | 1up (USA) |
Scottie Scheffler & Russell Henley | Sungjae Im & Tom Kim | 3&2 (USA) |
Wyndham Clark & Keegan Bradley | Taylor Pendrith & Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 1up (USA) |
Patrick Cantlay & Sam Burns | Hideki Matsuyama & Corey Conners | 2&1 (USA) |
26 Sep 2024
22:25
Bezuidenhout misses again
Bezuidenhout misses another golden chance to win the hole on the par-3 17th.
The South African had seven feet for birdie to tie up the match but he missed on the right side.
Bradley / Clark lead 1up going down 18.
Cantlay / Burns are 2up with two to play.
There's every chance of a 5-0 whitewash.
22:07
Theegala closes out Match 2
Theegala wraps up Match 2 after stuffing his approach shot to two feet.
Scott made a birdie from 12 feet but Theegala tapped home his birdie putt to win the match 1up.
It's now 3-0 to USA.
This is getting real ugly for Mike Weir's International team.
USA | Internationals | Score | Hole |
Xander Schauffele & Tony Finau | Jason Day & Ben An | 1up (USA) | F |
Collin Morikawa & Sahith Theegala | Adam Scott & Min Woo Lee | 1up (USA) | F |
Scottie Scheffler & Russell Henley | Sungjae Im & Tom Kim | 3&2 (USA) | F |
Wyndham Clark & Keegan Bradley | Taylor Pendrith & Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 1up (USA) | 15 |
Patrick Cantlay & Sam Burns | Hideki Matsuyama & Corey Conners | 2up (USA) | 14 |
21:56
USA 2 - 0 Internationals
Scheffler and Henley close out Match 3.
it's a 3&2 win for USA.
They now lead 2-0.
USA | International | Score | Hole |
Xander Schauffele & Tony Finau | Jason Day & Ben An | 1up (USA) | F |
Collin Morikawa & Sahith Theegala | Adam Scott & Min Woo Lee | 1up (USA) | 17 |
Scottie Scheffler & Russell Henley | Sungjae Im & Tom Kim | 3&2 (USA) | F |
Wyndham Clark & Keegan Bradley | Taylor Pendrith & Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 1up (USA) | 15 |
Patrick Cantlay & Sam Burns | Hideki Matsuyama & Corey Conners | 2up (USA) | 14 |
21:42
Schauffele closes out Match 1
Xander Schauffele, take a bow.
An stuffed his approach shot into five feet on 18 but then Schauffele followed him in to three feet.
They both send their birdie putts home and Schauffele and Finau win the top match for USA (1up).
USA 1 - 0 Internationals
USA | International | Score | Hole |
Xander Schauffele & Tony Finau | Jason Day & Ben An | 1up (USA) | F |
Collin Morikawa & Sahith Theegala | Adam Scott & Min Woo Lee | 1up (USA) | 16 |
Scottie Scheffler & Russell Henley | Sungjae Im & Tom Kim | 3up (USA) | 15 |
Wyndham Clark & Keegan Bradley | Taylor Pendrith & Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 1up (USA) | 14 |
Patrick Cantlay & Sam Burns | Hideki Matsuyama & Corey Conners | 2up (USA) | 13 |
21:29
Burns birdie at 13
Burns curls a birdie home on the par-3 13th in the anchor match to move USA 2up.
21:27
Clutch from Schauffele
Schauffele makes immediate amends for his error on 16 by draining a clutch nine-footer for birdie on 17.
It moves USA back ahead and the stars and stripes now lead in all five matches.
This looks painful for the Internationals.
USA | International | Score | Hole |
Xander Schauffele & Tony Finau | Jason Day & Ben An | 1up (17) | 17 |
Collin Morikawa & Sahith Theegala | Adam Scott & Min Woo Lee | 1up (USA) | 15 |
Scottie Scheffler & Russell Henley | Sungjae Im & Tom Kim | 2up (USA) | 14 |
Wyndham Clark & Keegan Bradley | Taylor Pendrith & Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 1up (USA) | 13 |
Patrick Cantlay & Sam Burns | Hideki Matsuyama & Corey Conners | 1up (USA) | 12 |
21:20
Kim misses a tiddler on 14
Henley stuffed his approach shot to two feet for a concession birdie.
Kim had four feet for birdie of his own to tie the hole but he dribbled his putt to the left.
USA now lead 2up in Match 3.
USA | International | Score | Hole |
Xander Schauffele & Tony Finau | Jason Day & Ben An | Tied | 16 |
Collin Morikawa & Sahith Theegala | Adam Scott & Min Woo Lee | 1up (USA) | 15 |
Scottie Scheffler & Russell Henley | Sungjae Im & Tom Kim | 2up (USA) | 14 |
Wyndham Clark & Keegan Bradley | Taylor Pendrith & Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 1up (USA) | 13 |
Patrick Cantlay & Sam Burns | Hideki Matsuyama & Corey Conners | 1up (USA) | 12 |
21:15
Bradley birdie at 13
Bradley drops a bomb for birdie on the 13th to move USA into a 1up lead.
USA up in the bottom four matches.
Tied up in the top match.
21:11
Huge mistake from USA
Finau and Schauffele both miss tiddlers on 16.
Internationals win the hole.
Match tied.
21:02
Morikawa moves USA ahead in Match 2
Morikawa rolls home a birdie putt from four feet at the 14th to move USA 1up.
USA now lead in four matches.
USA | International | Score | Hole |
Xander Schauffele & Tony Finau | Jason Day & Ben An | 1up (USA) | 15 |
Collin Morikawa & Sahith Theegala | Adam Scott & Min Woo Lee | 1up (USA) | 14 |
Scottie Scheffler & Russell Henley | Sungjae Im & Tom Kim | 1up (USA) | 13 |
Wyndham Clark & Keegan Bradley | Taylor Pendrith & Christiaan Bezuidenhout | Tied | 12 |
Patrick Cantlay & Sam Burns | Hideki Matsuyama & Corey Conners | 1up (USA) | 11 |
20:43
Internationals 1 down in Match 1
The Internationals win the 15th to bring Match 1 back to just 1 down with three holes to play.
20:39
Clark birdie bomb at 11
Clark drops a 45-footer for birdie at the 11th to win the hole.
USA now move 1up in Match 4.
The defending champs now lead in four of the five matches.
20:35
USA tied in Match 2
Morikawa two-putts for birdie on the par-5 12th to win the hole and tie up the match.
USA lead in three games now, with two matches tied.
USA | International | Score | Hole |
Xander Schauffele & Tony Finau | Jason Day & Ben An | 2up (USA) | 14 |
Collin Morikawa & Sahith Theegala | Adam Scott & Min Woo Lee | Tied | 12 |
Scottie Scheffler & Russell Henley | Sungjae Im & Tom Kim | 1up (USA) | 11 |
Wyndham Clark & Keegan Bradley | Taylor Pendrith & Christiaan Bezuidenhout | Tied | 10 |
Patrick Cantlay & Sam Burns | Hideki Matsuyama & Corey Conners | 1up (USA) | 10 |
20:31
Finau magic
Finau chips in for an outrageous birdie from the back of 14.
Day then follows him in for birdie from six feet to tie the hole.
USA (Finau / Schauffele) are 2up on the Internationals (Day / An) with four to play.
Finau
20:27
Tied in Match 4
Pendrith makes birdie on 10 to tie up the fourth match.
20:07
Scheffler and Kim continue to drop birdie bombs
The putts keep dropping in the third match of the day as Scheffler holes out from 35 feet, and Kim follows him in for birdie from 30 feet.
The match remains 1up to Scheffler and Henley.
20:01
Latest scores; lots of red on the board
USA | International | Score | Hole |
Xander Schauffele & Tony Finau | Jason Day & Ben An | 2up (USA) | 11 |
Collin Morikawa & Sahith Theegala | Adam Scott & Min Woo Lee | 1up (INT) | 10 |
Scottie Scheffler & Russell Henley | Sungjae Im & Tom Kim | 1up (USA) | 9 |
Wyndham Clark & Keegan Bradley | Taylor Pendrith & Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 1up (USA) | 9 |
Patrick Cantlay & Sam Burns | Hideki Matsuyama & Corey Conners | 1up (USA) | 8 |
19:26
Kim is fired up
Tom Kim is on fire at the moment.
He's just made another long one, this time from 24 feet, for birdie at the par-4 eighth.
Scottie Scheffler doesn't even look at Kim as he grabs the South Korean's golf ball out of the cup.
Kim and Sunjae Im march off to the next tee box before Scheffler even putts.
This will undoubtedly be a flashpoint...
Scheffler misses, and now Kim and Im are only down by one.
19:21
Big putt from Schauffele
Team USA now lead by two in two matches, courtesy of Xander Schauffele.
Jason Day is first to go for birdie on the 10th green, but from 26 feet he cannot convert.
Schauffele, meanwhile, has a fairly straight putt up the hill.
His effort catches the left centre and now things are looking very poor for the International side.
They need something to happen now...
19:15
Here's that reaction from Scheffler
19:14
Cantlay converts
No Hat Pat strokes home his birdie putt at the fifth.
Cantlay and Burns are now all square against Hideki Matsuyama and Corey Conners.
19:12
Scott birdie
Adam Scott birdies the eighth to pile the pressure on Collin Morikawa.
Morikawa has been playing some superb stuff this year and he already looks more settled than when he appeared in the 2023 Ryder Cup.
He can't convert his birdie putt, though, and Min Woo Lee and the former Masters champ take the lead.
19:10
Scottie Scheffler goes bananas
Scottie Scheffler and Tom Kim trade blows at the sixth.
First Kim steps up and drains a bomb for birdie, and boy was he fired up.
How will Scheffler respond? By jarring a bomb of his own.
He turns to Kim and bellows: "What was that? Huh?!"
Team USA still up by two in the third match...
19:06
Opening match reaches the turn
Xander Schauffele and Tony Finau head to the back nine leading by one over Jason Day and Ben An.
