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· collected 2026-09-26 · by Doug Ferguson The Associated Press
At the Presidents Cup in Medinah, Illinois, International teams won three out of four foursomes matches on Friday. In one pivotal match, Corey Conners and Nick Taylor narrowly defeated Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns 1 up after a dramatic finish where Taylor's approach shot secured par while Burns' birdie attempt failed. Another highlight was Hideki Matsuyama and Sungjae Im’s decisive victory over Russell Henley and Jacob Bridgeman, winning 3 and 2 by capitalizing on key putts and maintaining composure under pressure.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-02,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
At the Presidents Cup in Medinah, Illinois, the International team gained significant momentum by sweeping all foursomes matches on Friday, leading 7-3 heading into Saturday's matches. This was a repeat of their performance from two years ago at Royal Montreal but with an even stronger start this time. Key players like Ryan Fox and Nick Taylor secured crucial wins for the Internationals. On Saturday morning, the Americans managed to narrow the lead slightly by winning three out of four fourballs matches, trimming the deficit to 8½-5½ as they head into the afternoon's foursomes matches aiming to further close the gap.
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MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) — Capsules of the foursomes matches Friday at the Presidents Cup:
Corey Conners and Nick Taylor, International, def. Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns, United States, 1 up
The opening foursomes match had the feel of one that was going the distance when the Canadians twice responded to early deficits.
asserted
Canadians → def → deficits
The Internationals took their first lead when Taylor clipped a beautiful pitch over the bunker to 4 feet on the par-5 sixth.
asserted
Taylor → take → par-5
The Americans squared the match on the 10th, the only hole won with a par.
asserted
Americans → square → par
The Internationals went 1 up when Conners hit wedge to 5 feet for birdie on No. 12.
asserted
Conners → go → .
It came down to the 18th and it looked like the Americans would escape with a halve when Taylor drove into the trees and Conners hit back to the fairway.
asserted
Conners → come → fairway
Taylor hit 9-iron from 151 yards to a foot to secure par, and Burns’ birdie attempt lipped out.
asserted
attempt → hit → par
Hideki Matsuyama and Sungjae Im, International, def. Russell Henley and Jacob Bridgeman, United States, 3 and 2
asserted
Matsuyama → def → Henley
Bridgeman made his Presidents Cup debut by rolling in a 7-foot birdie putt for an early lead.
asserted
Bridgeman → make → lead
The Internationals won the next four holes, including the fourth with a par when Henley missed a 6-foot putt.
asserted
Henley → win → putt
The Internationals gave away the 10th and 11th holes with poor tee shots that led to bogeys, and their lead was only 1 up.
asserted
lead → give → bogeys
But Matsuyama made a 20-foot birdie putt on the 12th to go 2 up, and he closed out the match on the par-3 16th when he made a 20-foot par putt and Bridgeman missed a 6-foot par putt.
asserted
Bridgeman → make → putt
Ryan Fox and Min Woo Lee, International, def. Collin Morikawa and Wyndham Clark, United States, 1 up
asserted
Fox → def → Morikawa
The opening five holes were halved until Fox made an 18-foot birdie on the sixth for the Internationals’ first lead.
asserted
Fox → halve → lead
The Americans tied it two holes later and took the lead on the 12th when Clark made a 12-foot birdie putt.
asserted
Clark → tie → putt
The Americans were 1 up with four holes to play when Fox made birdie putts from 15 feet on the 15th and 20 feet on the par-3 16th.
asserted
Fox → play → 16th
Morikawa missed a 5-foot birdie putt on the 17th that would have squared the match, and Morikawa put his approach in the bunker to take away a birdie chance they needed for a half.
asserted
they → miss → half
Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Adam Scott, International, def. Justin Thomas and Cameron Young, United States, 3 and 2
Scott broke the Presidents Cup record by playing in his 56th match, one more than Phil Mickelson.
asserted
Scott → def → Mickelson
And then the Australian delivered on the greens, winning the third hole with a 30-foot birdie putt, the fourth with a 5-foot birdie putt and the seventh with a 45-foot birdie putt.
asserted
Australian → deliver → putt
They closed out the front nine when the South African hit his tee shot to 3 feet on the par-3 ninth.
asserted
African → close → par-3
The only birdie on the U.S. card was conceded after Bezuidenhout ended the match with a 30-foot birdie.
asserted
Bezuidenhout → concede → birdie
Tom Kim and Si Woo Kim, International, def. Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay, United States, 4 and 3
Even though the Internationals never trailed, this match stayed close until Si Woo Kim made a 25-foot birdie putt on the par-3 ninth to go 2 up.
asserted
Kim → def → ninth
By then, the scorecard was filled with gold as the Internationals led every match.
asserted
Internationals → fill → match
The first four holes on the back nine were halved with par, and the Americans found themselves in a big hole on the 14th when Schauffele couldn’t get a shot out of the bunker and they made bogey to fall 3 down.
asserted
they → halve → bogey
Tom Kim missed a 6-foot birdie putt on the 15th that would ended it.
asserted
that → miss → it
Schauffele followed by missing a 3-footer for par.
asserted
Schauffele → follow → par
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