USA wins Presidents Cup

The Americans won their 10th straight Presidents Cup on Sunday, defeating the international team 18.5 to 11.5 at the Royal Montreal golf club.

Keegan Bradley helped his team reach the decisive score of 15.5 points by beating South Korean Si Woo Kim by one in the sixth individual match on the program.

He was thus able to redeem the painful memory that haunted him in these international team competitions by providing victory for the United States 10 years after being part of the American team which lost at the 2014 Ryder Cup.

It was amazing, Bradley said. I wondered if I would have the opportunity to relive this kind of moment throughout the weekend. Being able to play in this tournament and offer the victory point to my team… My goodness, the last opportunity [où j’ai été dans ce genre de situation]it was during a defeat at the Ryder Cup.

If this is my last round as a player [à la Coupe des présidents] – maybe it will be – then I will be happyadded Bradley, who will lead the American team at the 2025 Ryder Cup, on the Bethpage Black course in New York state.

After victory was assured, Team USA captain Jim Furyk was full of praise for his charges.

I love this kind of event, the camaraderie. These players have been great; it was a unique group of 12 golfers, easy to manage and who demonstrated a lot of leadership. They gave it their all this week and they played really well on the back ninehe mentioned.

We had discussed this mentality, this anger that must have inhabited us all week. I don’t know how many holes we won on the back nine this week, but I feel like we dominated the competition on that part of the course, and that’s what changed everything.Furyk continued.

For his part, international team captain Mike Weir admitted that he will reflect on the outcome of this competition in the coming days.

I’m definitely going to think about things I could have done differently. It’s human nature; When we lose, we look in the mirror and wonder what could have been different. It’s obvious. I’ll have plenty of time now to think about itexplained the champion of the 2003 Masters Tournament.

But we are close. The matches were very close. It’s disappointing to lose. We put together a team to win the competition, and when we lose, it’s disappointing. But there are a lot of positives to take from this experiencehe added.

Captain Furyk’s selection started the day in control 11-7 and needed to record at least four victories and a draw in 12 matches in order to be crowned champions.

The American team only needed six duels to close the debate following the triumphs of Xander Schauffele (four and three), Russell Henley (three and two), Patrick Cantlay (three and one) and Bradley, in addition of Sam Burns’ draw (0.5 points).

Cannon departure of the Americans

The American team, dressed in red for the occasion, made sure to quickly pass a message to the international golfers under a radiant sky and a thermometer which indicated 23 degrees Celsius.

The first three Americans — and five of the first six — to play Sunday, Schauffele, Burns and Scheffler, all made birdies on the first hole.

Scheffler, No. 1 golfer in the world, capped this sequence by sending his exit from the sand trap located at the edge of the green directly into the back of the cup, to the great dismay of the spectators present, most of them in favor of the team international.

From then on, the international team was forced to play catch-up golf to avoid handing the title to the Americans on a silver platter.

Schauffele added another layer by recording four consecutive birdies at the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th holes and scoring another point following a bogey from Australian Jason Day at the ninth to take the lead by five at the turn.

At that point, the United States was leading in six of nine matches in progress, and the crowd was downright stunned.

The international team did attempt a comeback in the last few matches to get underway, but, like Day, they ran out of time.

So, despite all the clever calculations and advanced statistics used by Weir and his deputies to concoct their training this week, the logic was respected.

Si Woo Kim confirmed the victory for the United States after missing a putt of a dozen feet for a birdie that would have allowed him to snatch a draw from Bradley, at the 18th hole. Immediately, the American team gathered on the green to celebrate their triumph, as Schauffele lit his victory cigar.

Small consolation, the Japanese Hideki Matsuyama managed to defeat Scheffler by one in the third match on the program, delaying the inevitable by a few minutes.

In addition, Corey Conners saved the honor of the Canadians by defeating the American Tony Finau five and three.

This is the 13th victory for the United States in 15 editions. This is also the second time that the American team has won the Presidents Cup at the Royal Montreal golf club. The last time, in 2007, she won 19.5 to 14.5.

The next Presidents Cup will be presented at the Medinah Country Club, a suburb of Chicago, in 2026.