On Sunday, Xander Schauffele led a red-scoring onslaught with four straight birdies, and the Americans won their 10th straight Presidents Cup with the usual inevitable result.
Sam Burns finishes an unbeaten week, Russell Henry makes an impressive Presidents Cup debut and Keegan Bradley, who will be captain of the Ryder Cup next year, sees Kim Si-woo hit a 10-footer on the 18th hole. He scored the winning goal when he missed the putt.
With five games still left, the Americans had the 15 1/2 points needed for victory.
The Internationals needed everything to do well at Royal Montreal. All we could manage was a good fight and a close battle, but the championship cup fell short.
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The only victory since the tournament, which included players from countries other than Europe, came in 1998 at Royal Melbourne, long before Tiger Woods was making his Presidents Cup debut. The U.S. winning streak dates back to 2003 against South Africa.
The Americans got the winner from captain Jim Furyk, who was in charge of France’s loss to Europe in the Ryder Cup five years ago.
He sent Schauffele out in the opener against Jason Day, and the cool Californian took control from the start with five birdies in eight holes. It ended on the 15th hole.
In the Internationals, Hideki Matsuyama defeated Scotty Scheffler to earn points in a battle of Masters champions, and Corey Connors had an easy win over Tony Finau. However, until the 12th singles match, she was trailing 11-7. It was never enough.
