Xander Schauffele ran off 4 straight birdies to guide an onslaught of crimson scores on the board Sunday, and the People made the result as inevitable because it normally is, successful the Presidents Cup for the tenth straight time.
Sam Burns accomplished an unbeaten week, Russell Henley capped off his spectacular debut within the Presidents Cup and Keegan Bradley — the Ryder Cup captain subsequent 12 months — delivered the clinching level when Si Woo Kim missed a 10-foot putt on the 18th gap.
With 5 matches nonetheless on the course, the People had the 15 1/2 factors required to win.
The Internationals wanted every thing to go proper at Royal Montreal. All it might handle was a superb combat and extra tight matches, however no cup.
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Its solely victory since these matches for gamers from in all places however Europe got here in 1998 at Royal Melbourne, so way back that Tiger Woods was making his Presidents Cup debut. The U.S. successful streak dates to a tie in South Africa in 2003.
The People made a winner out of captain Jim Furyk, who was on the helm in France 5 years in the past when it misplaced to Europe within the Ryder Cup.
He despatched out Schauffele within the opening match in opposition to Jason Day, and the cool Californian made 5 birdies in eight holes to grab management early. It ended on the fifteenth gap.
The Internationals picked up a degree within the battle of Masters champions when Hideki Matsuyama took down Scottie Scheffler, and Corey Conners delivered a straightforward win over Tony Finau. However it was trailing 11-7 going into the 12 singles. It was by no means going to be sufficient.