Presidents Cup: USA thrash Internationals 5-0 in opening session

Patrick Cantlay is the only player in the group to hit the green at the par-3 fifth. 

The pin is tucked 233 yards away in the back right of the green.

Cantlay sends a towering effort towards the pin, and it's a beauty. 

He has about seven feet for birdie. 

Advantage USA. 

What a turnaround. 

Collin Morikawa converts his birdie putt at the par-3 seventh, piling the pressure on Adam Scott to convert from inside 10 feet for the half. 

Scott's effort drifts by the left edge and Morikawa marches off to the next tee. 

All square in the second match!

Just superb from the Aussie at the par-3 seventh. 

The former Masters champion has about six feet for birdie coming up. 

Morikawa has about 12 feet for birdie...

Xander Schauffele and Tony Finau take the advantage over Ben An and Jason Day on the eighth hole. 

Team USA have all of the momentum right now, leading three of the five matches. 

The opening match remains all square after seven holes but the second match is going the way of the International duo of Adam Scott and Min Woo Lee right now. 

Lee and Scott put some orange on the leaderboard at the sixth hole. 

The top match remains all square after Xander Schauffele and Ben An make birdie on the par-5 sixth. 

Scottie Scheffler has an outside chance for birdie at the fourth but he misses. 

Still, the U.S. side retain their slender advantage and are off to the fifth.

Huge pressure on Patrick Cantlay at the second hole. 

Matsuyama and Conners are both in tight and it's a gimme birdie for the International duo. 

Cantlay has 11ft to stay one down... and he buries it. 

We saw that composure last September. 

Seems like Cantlay, with or without a hat, is just as dangerous...

Corey Conners converts his birdie putt on the first hole from 15 feet.

Cantlay misses from a similar distance and Burns cannot find the centre of the cup from 11 feet. 

The International pairing go up by one in the fifth match.

Thanks for the updates, Andy. 

Ben here ready to take you through the next couple of hours so depending where you are grab a coffee or a beer. 

Match 5 has just got underway. 

Patrick Cantlay has missed the fairway, but Sam Burns bails him out. 

What can Hideki Matsuyama and Corey Conners do?

Both miss the short stuff...

Tom Kim gives it the biggun on the first tee, then send his tee shot way right into the trees. 

Huge five-minute period for USA.

Schauffele stiffs his approach on the par-4 2nd to set up a simple birdie that wins the hole.

It brings Match 1 back to a tie. 

Morikawa then bins a 20-footer for birdie at the par-4 1st to move USA into an early lead. 

"Just pride, super excited to the watch guys play now," said Weir.

On choosing fourballs first, he added: "Traditionaly stronger in fourball, want to get the crowd going and get more comfort."

Furyk said: "These events are a lot about momentum. Five game series, nice to get off a fast start. That's the goal for both teams."

On the message he's sent out to his team on Thursday, he added: "Be yourself, play loose, play free. We want to apply the pressure."

The first match of the day is away...

Finau rips it down the middle but Schauffele goes way right.

Day goes into the left rough and An goes into the right rough. 

Here's another cracking stat from Ray.

USA love a bit of foursomes.

That comes up on Friday. 

Here's a good stat for you International fans out there, courtesy of Justin Ray.

The Internationals have won fourballs every Presidents Cup held outside the USA.

The PGA Tour has just confirmed that preferred lies will be in use for the Thursday fourballs.

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