Presidents Cup

Davis Love III's side were pre-tournament favourites to continue their winning streak in the biennial contest and dominated the first two days at Quail Hollow, ...

Tony Finau recovered from being two behind to lead against Taylor Pendrith, with back-to-back birdies from the 16th sealing a 3&1 win, with Schauffele bouncing back from losing three consecutive holes late in his match to defeat Corey Conners on the final hole and earn the winning point. Kim won the first two holes of the back nine and moved back ahead with a birdie at the par-five 16th, where Thomas failed to get up and down from the greenside bunker, with the International Team player then responding to an American birdie at the 17th by holing a 10-foot birdie to win the last. Spieth recovered from losing his opening two holes to make back-to-back birdies from the fourth, with the three-time major champion cancelling out Cam Davis winning the eighth by taking five of the next six holes on his way to a 4&3 win.

The International team challenged the U.S. with a couple of big early Sunday wins, but the Americans' depth came through in winning the 14th Presidents Cup.

4, and Tony Finau defeated Canada's Taylor Pendrith, 3 and 1, in the sixth pairing. Spieth, who won all of his team matches with Thomas, became the sixth player in Presidents Cup history to go 5-0-0, and he won his first singles match in either this competiton or the Ryder Cup. Patrick Cantlay, who went 3-1 for the week, dominated Aussie veteran Adam Scott, 3 and 2, in Match No. [The Americans won the singles session 6½-5½, and in addition to Schauffele, Jordan Spieth, Patrick Cantlay, Tony Finau, Collin Morikawa and Max Homa scored victories. Nearly 5½ hours after play began, Xander Schauffele closed out his 1-up victory over Canada's Corey Connors with a par, and the Americans had the 15½ points they needed to secure their 12th victory in the biennial competition that was first played in 1994. South Korea's Si Woo Kim made a birdie on 18 to beat the new “Captain America,” Justin Thomas, 1 up in Match No.

The U.S. won the Presidents Cup, then delivered multiple funny moments in the press conference afterward. Here are the seven funniest.

And [Collin Morikawa](https://golf.com/news/collin-morikawa-explains-drill-kid-elite-ball-striker/) inhaled. “Somebody was in the gym. At last year’s Ryder Cup, Scheffler rode success there to victories this year, winning four events, including [the Masters](https://golf.com/news/secret-scottie-scheffler-masters-champ-learned/). No, it’s one of those things, I think when you’re in the moment, when you’re on the other side of it, it’s something that gets you motivated, gets you pumped up a little bit. “My experience can ultimately win in this scenario. [Jordan Spieth](https://golf.com/news/justin-thomas-jordan-spieth-golf/) was asked whether momentum from a successful Presidents Cup, where he went 5-0, would propel him into next year. So he has the upper hand on me. And that led to this exchange: What do you think of it now?” In a media tent here, the drinks of choice look to be either Mich Ultra, Tito’s vodka or both. And nothing beats a victory smoke. But don’t sleep on the debriefs of these team events afterward.

The 2022 Presidents Cup should serve as a wake-up call to the current generation of American golf stars: Even with superior talent, they will get tested and ...

“And I think they think they have more to prove,” Love said. “Stay to your routine, do what you normally do to prepare for the biggest tournaments, and they did that. And to do that for your team and country was super cool to watch.” They went through their same routine that I've seen guys go through for the final round of the Masters when they're in the final group. And the kind of team rooms that I've mentioned that we've had the last few years, it's going to stay that way, and I'm very confident in our ability to go over there and win. I mean, I've played in a couple of away games now, and they're very different,” the Texan said after going 5-0, the fourth American to run the tables. There's a reason why they can hit incredible shots and play incredible day after day after day.” was clearly better on paper at Quail Hollow, and then they went and proved they were the superior force on the golf course. It’s a lesson that will serve them well when they travel to Rome next fall for the 44th Ryder Cup. has lost just once in team competitions since the 2014 Ryder Cup—that coming in 2018 in Paris. Seven of America’s 12 players who contributed to that 19-9 thrashing of Europe in Wisconsin competed this week, another indicator of the anticipated dominance expected of them under captain Davis Love III. The Internationals had no hope of preventing the U.S.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – His ball, club, hat, heart, and the inhibitions of the International Team.

But they knew, we all knew, and everyone spilled into the North Carolina night happy to tell anybody who asks how that felt. Homa was the best rookie, the best captain’s pick, and the best quote. It will not show how high Spieth’s chip-in bounced when it hit the back of the hole on 15 late Saturday as he and Justin Thomas beat Hideki Matsuyama/Taylor Pendrith 4 and 3. “I would have celebrated more,” Spieth, the MVP of the U.S. The scoreboard can’t measure that sort of thing, or explain how 12 men played for each other, the flag, the shield. The final score of this Presidents Cup won’t reflect that eloquence. Those who saw it won’t soon forget Sungjae Im chipping in for birdie on 14 as he and Muñoz tied Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns in the week’s best match, a Four-ball contest Friday. “It was going in kind of hard. I’ve been in the last match both days, and to be able to see that is special for me.” We saw greatness at this Presidents Cup: Jordan Spieth’s five birdies to beat Cam Davis 4 and 3 as he went 5-0-0 for the week. won the 2022 Presidents Cup 17.5 – 12.5. The U.S.

What the world of professional golf will look like when the next Presidents Cup is staged in Montreal in two years' time is unclear as the PGA Tour and ...

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The U.S. Cup veteran collected a perfect record at Quail Hollow to help his team win, but can he do what others have done and use it as momentum toward a ...

"I used my example in here of the 2014 Ryder Cup and the 2015 season," he said, referring to his success with Patrick Reed at Gleneagles, and winning two majors the following year. If he thinks the 5-0 run at Quail Hollow can vault him to a solid 2023, then it's a good bet it will come true. If Spieth does inherit the Cup Bounce mojo from Scheffler, what might that look like? It wasn't just the wins, either; it was the quality of his play, marked by the litany of long putts he hit, one after another, on Sunday. It came at a critical time, too; with Thomas losing his first match in the No. that kind of maybe catapulted me a little bit for sure.”