Xander Schauffele ran off four straight birdies to lead an onslaught of red scores on the board Sunday in Montreal, and the Americans made the outcome as inevitable as it usually is, winning the Presidents Cup for the 10th straight time.
MONTREAL — Xander Schauffele ran off four straight birdies to lead an onslaught of red scores on the board Sunday and the Americans made the outcome as inevitable as it usually is, winning the Presidents Cup for the 10th straight time.
Sam Burns completed an unbeaten week, Russell Henley capped off his impressive debut in the Presidents Cup with a win and Keegan Bradley — the Ryder Cup captain next year — delivered the clinching point when Si Woo Kim missed a 10-foot putt on the 18th hole.
With five matches still on the course, the Americans had the 15½ points required to win.
“Wow, that was incredible”, said Bradley, who hasn’t played for a U.S. team in 10 years. “The last time I played, I was the point to lose the Ryder Cup. If this is my last round as a player — maybe it is — I’m happy with that.”
The Internationals needed everything to go right at Royal Montreal. All they could manage was a good fight, more tight matches, but still no cup.
Their only victory since these matches for players from everywhere but Europe came in 1998 at Royal Melbourne, so long ago that Tiger Woods was making his Presidents Cup debut. The U.S. winning streak dates to 2005.
