The Worldwide Group spectacularly turned the tables on the USA with a 5-0 clean-sweep of their very own to degree the Presidents Cup after the Friday foursomes – an unexpectedly one-sided session which included a record-equalling defeat for Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay.
In opposition to nearly all expectations – other than seemingly the Mike Weir-captained crew’s personal – the Worldwide aspect rebounded from a gap day 5-0 defeat to the Individuals within the fourballs to hit straight again 24 hours later in an astonishing comeback efficiency at Canada’s Royal Montreal Golf Membership.
The Internationals’ day two surge was headlined within the first match by a joint-record 7&6 victory for Hideki Matsuyama and Sungjae Im over Cantlay and Schauffele, the world No 2.
To the delight of an increasingly-vociferous house crowd, the all-Canadian pairing of Corery Conners and Mackenzie Hughes recorded a equally spectacular 6&5 win over Wyndham Clark and Tony Finau.
Adam Scott and Taylor Pendrith beat Sahith Theegala and Collin Morikawa 5&4, a degree which meant Scott grew to become essentially the most profitable Worldwide participant within the competitors’s 30-year historical past.
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Jason Day’s sensational birdie on the seventh noticed him and Christiaan Bezuidenhout take the lead of their foursomes conflict on the Presidents Cup
The opposite two matches had been closer-fought affairs however the Worldwide crew nonetheless held on within the face of late stress being utilized by their respective American opponents, because the defending champions strived to keep away from dropping all matches in a session on the biennial match for the primary time since 2003.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Jason Day completed 1 UP on Max Homa and Brian Harman regardless of each discovering water with tee photographs over the closing holes, whereas South Korean pair Si Woo Kim and Byeong Hun An recorded the identical successful rating towards world No 1 Scottie Scheffler and Russell Henley.
Reflecting on the astonishing occasions, Sky Sports activities Golf’s Wealthy Beem, the 2002 PGA champion, stated: “I feel shocked, probably like everyone else in the golfing world right now.
“The Internationals wanted to do what they did in the present day. I did not see them popping out as they did – going out and decimating the Individuals as they did in that first match actually set the tone for the remainder of the day.
“It seemed that finally they had the momentum on their side and they built on it every single chance they got.”
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