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After three days of great spectacle and a four-point lead on Sunday, the United States did the work to win the 15th Presidents Cup in history, their 13th overall. A success under the captaincy of Jim Furyk, 10th victorious American captain in a row, thanks to a victory in Canada in 2024 with the final score of 18.5 to 11.5, and a singles session won 7.5 to 4.5.
History will remember as a symbol that the point of American victory for this Presidents Cup 2024 came from the future captain of Ryder Cup in 2025 Keegan Bradley on the 18th green, even if Jim Furyk had sent enough strong forces to confirm the success.
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As since the beginning of the week, the American captain’s henchman, sent to the front line to do maximum damage, played his role fully to once again put Team USA on the right track. He is Xander Schauffeleauthor of his 4th point this Sunday after a new demonstration of strength, class and serenity, this time against Jason Day defeated 4&3 on the 15th green.
And Sam Burns could not extricate himself from the indestructible Tom Kim (draw), and that Scottie Scheffler bowed to him Hideki Matsuyamaone of the beautiful revelations of the week, Russel Henley took over to add a new point to the scoreboard after their 3&2 victory against Sungjae Im.
Judging matches 5 and 6 to be pivotal, Jim Furyk chose to send cold-blooded players to finish the job. Paying choices with the easy win of Patrick « Ice » Cantlay facing Taylor Pendrithand therefore that of Keegan Bradley facing Si-Woo Kim 1UP to complete the job.
« It’s a great feeling to be able to win as captain. I love this kind of competition, the soul and the heart that we brought. All these guys are incredible, we were tough, especially on the return holes and that’s the reason why we won this week. I was much more prepared this year than in 2018 during the Ryder Cup, I was one step ahead each time and that also made the difference »Jim Furyk was moved a few moments after the sealed victory.
What also happened on Sunday…
Since the victory was confirmed after the point contributed by Keegan Bradley, the remaining singles lost their flavor on the course. Playing only for the beauty of the gesture for some, rushing things to go and celebrate the victory with teammates for others, let’s move on to what there was also to remember about this day on Sunday.
Scheffler’s defeat against Matsuayama will ultimately be anecdotal (albeit), but the world number 1 had nevertheless started his Sunday singles in the best possible way. An extraordinary bunker exit dunked into the hole.
The blow of the day, however, goes to his compatriot Max Homa. Not content with having lost twice in two appearances this week alongside Brian Harmanthe Californian got angry from hole number 1 with an iron shot in the box, en route to a singles victory against MacKenzie Hughes to close the 15th edition of the Presidents Cup.
And to close this 2024 edition with a smile, since this type of competition also has the advantage of pushing certain players to get out of their comfort zone, the Sunday “Gangnam Style” by Sungjae Im.
Last day’s results
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