MONTREAL — Xander Schauffele led a red-scoring onslaught with four straight birdies Sunday, and the American won his 10th straight Presidents Cup with the usual inevitable result.
Sam Barnes completed an unbeaten week and Russell Henry capped off his impressive Presidents Cup debut with a win. And Keegan Bradley, who will be Ryder Cup captain next year, delivered the winning point when Si Woo Kim missed a 10-foot putt on the 18th. hole.
Max Homa finished the scoring with his first goal of the week, a 2-1 win over Mackenzie Hughes, 18 1/2-11 1/2. This was the largest margin of victory for the Americans at home. It was just north of the border at Royal Montreal.
The Internationals needed everything to do well at Royal Montreal. All they managed to do was fight better, closer, but still fall short of the cup.
Their only win since that tournament, which featured players from countries other than Europe, was at Royal Melbourne in 1998, long before Tiger Woods had made his Presidents Cup debut. . The United States’ winning streak dates back to 2005.
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.
Furyk sent Schauffele out for the opening round against Jason Day, and the California native took control from the start with five birdies in eight holes. It ended on the 15th hole.
europe tour
MADRID — Angel Hidalgo made a birdie on the second playoff hole to beat Jon Rahm and win the Spanish Open in a battle of Spaniards for the first time on the European Tour.
Hidalgo, 26, missed a short birdie putt on the same 18th hole and shot a 1-under 70. This put Rahm in the playoffs and gave the two-time major champion a chance to become the first Spaniard to win four games. Open the title.
Rahm birdied the final two holes and shot a 68 at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid.
Both players birdied the first extra hole, the reachable par-4 18th. Returning to No. 18 for the third time, Rahm hit a disappointing chip over the green, but Hidalgo pulled it close for birdie and clinched his first European title.
Rahm returned to Europe to win the LIV individual title and reach the minimum four European Tour starts needed to qualify for next year’s Ryder Cup. He has appealed the European Tour’s sanctions for playing on the LIV circuit and has been cleared to play.
LPGA Tour
ROGERS, Ark. — Jasmine Suwannapura made a 12-foot eagle putt on the second hole of a playoff against Lucy Lee to win the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.
Suvarnapura, playing in the group behind Lee, also made an eagle on the par-5 18th hole to advance to the playoff at Pinnacle Country Club. They each birdied the 18th on the first extra hole.
Suvarnapura shot a career-best 10-under 61, playing the back nine at 7-under 28 and tied with Lee at 17-under 196. Entering this day, he was tied for 25th place. Lee shot a tournament-record and career-best 60 and hit his third eagle of the round on the 18th.
Suvarnapura played the final 22 holes bogey-free to win his third LPGA Tour title. After making the winning putt, the 31-year-old Thai player jumped into the arms of her husband and caddy Michael Thomas.
Lee, a 21-year-old American who played in the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open at the age of 11, missed out on a chance to win her first LPGA Tour victory.
Kim Sei-young shot a 63, closing in on the lead by one stroke, and also made an eagle.
Other tours
At the Vanterin Tokai Classic, Takahiro Hataji shot a 6-under 65 for a one-shot victory over Takumi Kanaya, winning for the second time in four months on the Japan Golf Tour. Thailand’s Stephat Prathiputhenchai won wire-to-wire at Yandel TPC, closing with a 3-under 69 to beat John Catlin by two strokes and claim his second title on the Asian Tour. Obtained. … Rio Takeda won the Japan Women’s Open, one of the majors of the Japanese LPGA, by two strokes over Akie Iwai, posting a 2-under par 70. … Scotsman Ewan Walker shot a bogey-free 66 to win by three strokes at the Swiss Challenge in France. The Challenge Tour event was shortened to 36 holes because the golf course was flooded. … Chiara Tamburini of Switzerland shot an even-par 71 to defeat Australia’s Kirsten Radgley in a playoff in France and win her second title on the European Women’s Tour. … Da Som Ma had seven birdies on the back nine and shot an 11-under 61, giving her a nine-shot victory over Ina Yoon in the Korean LPGA’s Hana Financial Group Championship. Minjee Lee took third place, 10 strokes behind. Lydia Ko, who had an LPGA win in Cincinnati last week, shot a 67 to finish 10th.
