Presidents Cup: Internationals stun USA with comeback clean-sweep to stage match after foursomes

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The Worldwide Staff spectacularly turned the tables on the USA with a 5-0 clean-sweep of their very own to stage 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 – aside from seemingly the Mike Weir-captained group’s personal – the Worldwide aspect rebounded from a gap day 5-0 defeat to the People 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 dwelling 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 probably the most profitable Worldwide participant within the competitors’s 30-year historical past.

The opposite two matches have been closer-fought affairs however the Worldwide group nonetheless held on within the face of late strain 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 in opposition to world No 1 Scottie Scheffler and Russell Henley.

Reflecting on the astonishing occasions, Sky Sports activities Golf’s Wealthy Beem, the 2002 PGA champion, mentioned: “I really feel shocked, most likely like everybody else within the {golfing} world proper now.

“The Internationals wanted to do what they did right now. I did not see them popping out as they did – going out and decimating the People as they did in that first match actually set the tone for the remainder of the day.

“It appeared that lastly they’d the momentum on their aspect they usually constructed on it each single probability they acquired.”

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