The USA ran away with the Presidents Cup within the Sunday singles to defeat the Worldwide group for a tenth straight time.
The star-studded American group proved to be too highly effective at Royal Montreal Golf Membership, successful 18.5 to 11.5 regardless of world primary Scottie Scheffler being defeated by a fellow Masters champion.
It was subsequent 12 months’s US Ryder Cup captain who virtually poetically secured the triumph, whereas a younger Australian star confirmed that he deserved extra alternatives on debut for the Internationals.
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RYDER CUP CAPTAIN SEALS VICTORY
It was becoming for the US group that Keegan Bradley secured the purpose which assured the Presidents Cup.
Bradley was as a consequence of be a captain’s assistant this week however relinquished these duties in favour of taking part in as a result of he completed within the prime 12 of the US qualifying rankings and captain Jim Furyk opted to keep away from any controversial picks by persist with the main dozen.
As a substitute of finding out the captain’s duties forward of taking the reins at subsequent 12 months’s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black, Bradley used the week as a possibility to point out the American gamers that their future chief can ship within the strain moments.
He did simply that by defeating a fast-finishing Si Woo Kim – who had been one of many Worldwide group’s most influential gamers this week – one-up.
“Wow, that was unimaginable. I used to be saying all week I didn’t know if I’d ever get to do that once more. To only play on this event after which to win the purpose, my goodness, the final time I performed, I used to be the purpose to lose the Ryder Cup,” Bradley mentioned.
“If that is my final spherical as a participant, perhaps it’s, I’m pleased with that.”
Bradley has usually been the heartbreak story of US group picks and solely made his means onto this group courtesy of a barnstorming end to the PGA Tour season which included successful the BMW Championship final month.
“I’m nonetheless attempting to determine how all this occurred. A month in the past I wasn’t even within the BMW, after which we had been right here after which the Presidents Cup level. I’m simply happy with all people,” he mentioned.
“It’s a fairy-tale. It’s a film virtually. I simply can’t consider it. You simply should work as laborious as I can, and good issues occur.”
As for subsequent 12 months’s Ryder Cup, the US captain has discovered himself a blueprint for victory.
“We’re going to repeat lots of what Jim Furyk did this week,” Bradley mentioned.
“He set a tradition right here for us, and we’re going to hold that over into Bethpage, and I hope lots of these 12 are on that group.”
SCHEFFLER BEATEN
World primary Scottie Scheffler was defeated by fellow Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama in one of the vital pleasing outcomes of the day for the Internationals.
The Japanese star birdied three of the final 5 holes to come back from one-down to win the match one-up.
Scheffler holed out from the bunker on the primary gap, nevertheless it didn’t set the tone for the match as Matsuyama hung powerful and made eight birdies all through the match.
“The final putt proper there I used to be tremendous nervous. My fingers had been shaking loads. I’m actually comfortable I used to be capable of win this match,’ Matsuyama mentioned of his roughly three-foot par putt which sealed the match on the 18th inexperienced.
“This win means loads for us. I feel it’ll carry much more momentum to the group. Actually pleased with the outcome right now.
“That is my second win for the week. The opposite three, it was a mistake from me, so I used to be actually comfortable that I used to be capable of win right now.”
FIRESTARTERS HALVE MATCH
One of the crucial intriguing matches of the day was Tom Kim taking up Sam Burns.
Burns – who remained undefeated for the week – had inspired the gang to boo him on Saturday as he fed off the power, whereas Kim was entrance and centre in lots of controversial moments together with, he and Scottie Scheffler getting in one another’s face, displaying his displeasure for not being given a ‘gimme’ and calling out the People for “cursing” on the Internationals.
The Korean charged again late within the match to halve the competition after he had been two-down by way of 12 holes, and he was happy with his efforts all through the occasion.
“Yeah, began actually sluggish. Couldn’t get something going. I fought actually laborious my final six holes. I used to be 2-down after which obtained it again to all sq.,” he mentioned.
“I had an opportunity at 16, nevertheless it was simply so laborious with the shadow from the grandstand. If I make that, I might have gained the match. However performed nice this week. Fought actually laborious.
“Fought with my coronary heart out. It was particular. I actually wished to play effectively, and I felt like I used to be a type of gamers who wanted to carry out, and the Canadian followers had been unbelievable. They’ve supported us all week.”
MIN WOO SHOWS HE DESERVED MORE OPPORTUNITY
Min Woo Lee sat on the sidelines for 3 straight classes on Friday and Saturday, however the debutant showcased his expertise within the Sunday singles with a clutch end to halve his match with Wyndham Clark.
The 26-year-old Australian hit a surprising strategy shot into the 18th inexperienced to ensure a birdie – Clark gave him the putt because the ball completed in tap-in vary – and safe half some extent.
Lee was two-up after 9 holes however needed to come from behind in the long run as Clark made 4 again 9 birdies.
“In fact you wish to contribute as a lot as — I wished to, in fact. I wished to play daily,” Lee mentioned.
“However full belief within the group, and yeah, the boys had been taking part in actually good. Folks have mentioned they’d have cherished me on the market, however I might have cherished to, too, however I had a very good relaxation after which got here out, tried to win my match right now.
“Similar to anybody would. You may get a bit upset about it, however once more, you’re a group. The boys performed superb on Friday. They got here again with a 5-0 sweep to a reverse.
“They had been taking part in nice golf, and honest sufficient; why wouldn’t you play these guys within the morning, and clearly they did effectively within the foursomes within the afternoon.
“All credit score to them. Yeah, subsequent time. Play a bit bit higher after which I’ll be there.”
DAY BLOWN AWAY
Jason Day was given the formidable job of taking up this 12 months’s PGA Championship and The Open winner Xander Schauffele within the first match of the day, and the American blew away the Australian veteran 4&3.
Schauffele remarkably birdied seven of the 15 holes the match lasted for, which included birdies on the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth holes as he reached the flip was a near-unassailable five-up lead.
Day didn’t play poorly by any means – he made three birdies of his personal and produced one of many photographs of the event when he holed out from a greenside bunker to make an eagle on the twelfth gap.
Schauffele was just too good.
“Yeah, I had a very nice stretch of holes there. J Day had a pair slight misses and I used to be capable of benefit from that,” he mentioned.
“Yeah, he birdied the primary two and got here out, and I simply felt like I needed to preserve urgent, and I used to be capable of — some days whenever you press it goes your means, and a few days it doesn’t, and right now it positively went my means.”