The Comeback at Medinah: United States Win the Presidents Cup 17–13
The International Team carried a 10.5–7.5 lead into Sunday singles — the largest three-day advantage in Presidents Cup history. The United States won the session 9.5–2.5 and claimed the Cup 17–13.
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By Saturday evening at Medinah Country Club, the International Team had done something no International side had managed in more than two decades of Presidents Cup competition. They led. They led convincingly. A 10.5–7.5 cushion entering Sunday's twelve singles matches — the largest three-day advantage in the event's history — meant they needed just five points from a dozen matches to end America's long grip on the Presidents Cup.
They won two and a half.
The United States took Sunday's singles session 9.5–2.5, the most dominant single-day performance the competition has seen, and claimed a 17–13 victory that will be remembered alongside the greatest recoveries in team golf.
What International Built
To understand what happened, it helps to understand what the International Team had done to arrive at Sunday with a genuine chance of winning. Captain Geoff Ogilvy's side had played with cohesion and belief across three days on a course that has always favoured the host nation. In Saturday's sessions especially — when the momentum had shifted against them on the front nine of both the morning and afternoon — they found ways to turn the tide and extend their advantage. The 10.5–7.5 lead wasn't given to them. They earned it.
Tom Kim had been the team's most consistent individual across the week. On Sunday he continued that form, winning his singles match 3&2 against Wyndham Clark to give the International side an early answer. Sungjae Im added another point with a 3&1 win over Sam Burns. Nick Taylor, playing in his third Presidents Cup, halved a hard-fought match with Russell Henley. Those were the only points the International side would accumulate all day.
How America Turned It Around
The shape of the American comeback was determined in the opening matches. Cameron Young, playing in the first match of the day, beat Ryo Hisatsune 3&2 and set a tone that the rest of the lineup followed. Behind him, despite Tom Kim's early International win in Match 20, the red numbers accumulated without interruption.
Justin Thomas beat Corey Conners 5&3 — the largest margin of any singles match on the day. Scottie Scheffler beat Nico Echavarria 2&1. Patrick Cantlay beat Adam Scott 2&1. Xander Schauffele beat Ryan Fox 2&1. All four were captain's picks, all four delivered, and all four, per the match records, never trailed in their matches.
Three specific moments shaped the day more than the scoreline suggests.
Three Moments That Decided It
Morikawa on the 15th. Collin Morikawa's match against Hideki Matsuyama had been close throughout. Standing on the 15th green, Morikawa was 1-down and Matsuyama had a makeable birdie putt. Morikawa went first and holed a thirty-footer for birdie. Matsuyama missed from inside four feet. The match had flipped in a single exchange, the kind of swing that team competitions are built on. Morikawa won 1-up with a par at the 18th.
Koivun against Si Woo Kim. Jackson Koivun was a 21-year-old rookie — a captain's pick who had prompted questions when Brandt Snedeker named him. On Sunday, Snedeker placed him against Si Woo Kim, the International team's top-ranked player and one of its most experienced matchplay competitors. Koivun won five of the final eight holes to win 2-up, completing the week with a 2-0-1 record. The crowd at Medinah, by that point fully engaged in the mechanics of a comeback, gave him a reception that suggested the questions had been answered.
Bridgeman and the decisive point. Jacob Bridgeman's match against Min Woo Lee — who had been one of the International team's standout players all week — reached the 18th hole with the score at 1-up to Bridgeman. He holed a short par putt to finish it. That point, the fourteenth and a half for the United States, was the one that clinched the Cup. Behind the 18th green, Brandt Snedeker and Keegan Bradley — the two most recent captains in U.S. team competition — celebrated a finish that had seemed unlikely twelve hours earlier.
What Remains
The International Team's best start in Presidents Cup history produced a defeat. Adam Scott, playing in his twelfth Presidents Cup, has still never been on the winning side. Ogilvy spoke with measured disappointment about what his players had built over three days and what Sunday had taken away.
The American margin of victory — four points — obscures how close the competition remained into the final hours. Six of the twelve singles matches were decided by 1-up or 2-up, and several were still live as the back nine reached its final few holes. The 9.5–2.5 scoreline in Sunday's session is a record, but individual matches, in match play, rarely feel like records while they're being played.
What the International Team leaves Medinah with is two years before the next Presidents Cup. Their lead entering Sunday was real. The gap between what they had and what they needed was narrower than the final 17–13 suggests.
Final Singles Results — Sunday, 27 September 2026
| Match | International | Result | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Ryo Hisatsune | 3&2 | Cameron Young |
| 20 | Tom Kim | 3&2 | Wyndham Clark |
| 21 | Corey Conners | 5&3 | Justin Thomas |
| 22 | Nico Echavarria | 2&1 | Scottie Scheffler |
| 23 | Sungjae Im | 3&1 | Sam Burns |
| 24 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 1 UP | Chris Gotterup |
| 25 | Hideki Matsuyama | 1 UP | Collin Morikawa |
| 26 | Adam Scott | 2&1 | Patrick Cantlay |
| 27 | Si Woo Kim | 2 UP | Jackson Koivun |
| 28 | Min Woo Lee | 1 UP | Jacob Bridgeman |
| 29 | Nick Taylor | Tied | Russell Henley |
| 30 | Ryan Fox | 2&1 | Xander Schauffele |
Aggregate: International 13 — United States 17
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