Presidents Cup results Sunday: USA narrows Internationals lead as singles begins

The United States faces a daunting, virtually unprecedented challenge in this year’s Presidents Cup: It will need a rally Sunday at Medinah Country Club to retain a Cup that the Americans have owned for almost the entire existence of the event. Before this year, the United States held a 13-1-1 record against the international team, but now must come back from three points behind on Sunday to retain the cup.

A combination of bad play, bad luck and poor strategy put the Americans in this hole. Team captain Brandt Snedeker will try to rally the United States with a fast start, beating Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Justin Thomas and Scottie Scheffler in the first four matches in hopes of building momentum that will inspire the next eight players.

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International team captain Geoff Ogilvy, meanwhile, scattered his stars throughout Sunday’s lineup. The Internationals proved their resilience throughout this event, coming together time and time again to claim multiple points that the United States could have, or even should have, won.

A score of 15.5 wins the Presidents Cup, meaning the United States will have to double the score it earned in the first four rounds to win. The Internationals, meanwhile, will need just five points from 12 matches to pull off a stunning upset.

We’ll update scores throughout the matches below, right up to the final putt.

Overall rating

International: 10.5
United States: 8.5
Starting at 3:30 p.m. ET

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Sunday singles matches

Game 19
International: Ryo Hisatsune
United States: Cameron Young

SCORE: USA wins, 3&2

Match 20
International: Tom Kim
United States: Wyndham Clark

SCORE: International 3UP until the 15th

Match 21
International: Corey Conners
United States: Justin Thomas

SCORE: USA 4UP until the 14th

Game 22
International: Nico Echavarria
United States: Scottie Scheffler

SCORE: United States 3UP until the 13th

Game 23
International: Sungjae Im
United States: Sam Burns

SCORE: International 1UP until 12

Game 24
International: Christiaan Bezuidenhout
United States: Chris Gotterup

SCORE: United States 1UP up to 11

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Game 25
International: Hideki Matsuyama
United States: Collin Morikawa

SCORE: USA 1UP up to 10

Game 26
International: Adam Scott
United States: Patrick Cantlay

SCORE: USA 2UP up to 9

Game 27
International: Si Woo Kim
United States: Jackson Koivun

SCORE: International 2UP up to 9

Game 28
International: Min Woo Lee
United States: Jacob Bridgeman

SCORE: USA 1UP up to 7

Game 29
International: Nick Taylor
United States: Russell Henley

SCORE: USA 1UP up to 7

Match 30
International: Ryan Fox
United States: Xander Schauffele

SCORE: USA 2UP up to 6