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Toronto Star
· collected 2026-09-26 · by Doug Ferguson The Associated Press
The article provides summaries of matches played during the Presidents Cup at Medinah in Illinois on Saturday. In fourballs competition, the United States won two and a half points while the International team secured one and a half points. Key matches included Thomas and Koivun’s halve against Lee and Im, where both teams showed significant skill with crucial birdie putts; Kim and Kim's victory over Morikawa and Clark by a 2-and-1 margin, demonstrating strong comeback from Team Kim; and Gotterup and Young's narrow win over Conners and Taylor also by a 2-and-1 scoreline.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-26,
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.
Written for “Presidents Cup Golf Tournament” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 5 other(s) covering the same event.
MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) — Capsules of Presidents Cup matches Saturday at Medinah:
Fourballs
UNITED STATES 2 1/2, INTERNATIONAL 1 1/2
Min Woo Lee and Sungjae Im, International, halved with Justin Thomas and Jackson Koivun, United States.
asserted
Lee → halve → Thomas
Koivun came into his own in his second match of his Presidents Cup debut, making a 25-foot birdie putt on No. 8 and hitting his approach to 2 feet for a birdie on No. 11, giving the Americans a 2-up lead in match they controlled from the start.
asserted
they → come → start
But Lee made a 15-foot birdie on the 15th, and both Americans barely cleared the water on the par-3 16th and made bogeys for the match to fall to all square.
asserted
match → make → square
On the final hole, Thomas and Koivun were both short of the green, and Im had 45 feet for birdie.
asserted
m → have → birdie
Thomas hit a superb chip to a foot, and Im hit a great lag for the first halve of the Presidents Cup.
asserted
m → hit → Cup
Tom Kim and Si Woo Kim, International, def. Collin Morikawa and Wyndham Clark, 2 and 1.
asserted
Kim → def → Morikawa
Morikawa holed a 20-foot birdie putt on the par-3 seventh for a 2-up lead in another match that was painted red for the entire front nine.
asserted
that → hole → nine
And then Team Kim came to life.
asserted
Kim → come → life
Si Woo Kim birdied from 10 feet on the 11th.
asserted
Kim → birdie → 11th
Tom Kim matched the U.S. birdie on the 12th and placed a finger to his lips to shush the crowd before the ball even dropped.
asserted
ball → match → crowd
The Internationals took their first lead when Si Woo Kim made a 12-foot birdie putt on the 16th, and Si Woo Kim made a 17-foot birdie putt on the 17th, winning the match when Morikawa missed from 7 feet.
Chris Gotterup and Cameron Young, United States, def.
asserted
Gotterup → take → feet
The Americans looked as if they would end this early when Young birdied the second and drove the par-4 fourth green and made a 30-foot eagle putt.
asserted
Young → look → putt
The Canadians won two of three holes around the turn to close the gap to two holes, and then Gotterup took over in a big way.
asserted
Gotterup → win → way
He holed a 50-foot birdie putt on the 14th, only for Taylor to make a 50-footer of his own.
asserted
Taylor → hole → own
Gotterup made a 35-foot birdie on the 15th for a 3-up lead.
asserted
Gotterup → make → lead
Taylor answered with a 30-foot birdie on the 16th.
asserted
Taylor → answer → 16th
Gotterup closed out the match with a 35-foot birdie putt from just off the 17th green.
asserted
Gotterup → close → green
Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns, United States, def. Hideki Matsuyama and Ryo Hisatsune, International, 2 and 1.
asserted
Scheffler → def → Matsuyama
The Americans never trailed but were never more than 1 up through the front nine when suddenly it changed.
asserted
it → trail → nine
Matsuyama made a 35-foot birdie on the 10th and a 10-foot birdie on the par-3 13th, giving the Internationals a 1-up lead right as their side was flipping other matches.
asserted
side → make → matches
Scheffler had not contributed much until making a 20-foot birdie putt on the 15th hole to square the match.
asserted
Scheffler → contribute → match
Burns followed with a 7-iron to 4 feet for birdie to win the 16th and go 1 up, and Burns closed out the match with an approach to 4 feet for birdie on the 17th.
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asserted
Burns → follow → 17th
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