After failing to take advantage of a golden opportunity to trim the Internationals’ lead on Saturday, Team USA will enter Sunday at the Presidents Cup trailing 10.5-7.5. It’s the first time in Presidents Cup history that the International team has led entering Sunday on U.S. soil. There will be 12 points up for grabs on Sunday. Will the Americans mount a comeback, or will the International team finish off a historic upset?
Josh Berhow, managing editor: The Americans might still be the betting favorites — singles is where their superior depth really shines — but let’s get crazy and say the Internationals finally pull off the upset. Back in 2017, this event was over before the weekend; two years after that, the Americans held a two-point lead into the weekend, and in the last two events, the U.S. has led 11-7 heading into singles. Now, with the Internationals finally in front heading into Sunday (10.5-7.5), I think it’s just enough cushion to not only give them a bit of a head start but the confidence they need to realize they can actually do it. And if they do win? Then the Presidents Cup finally gets some much-needed juice.
Josh Sens, senior writer: This one’s going down to the wire, but I see the Internationals scraping out the 15.5 points they need for the Cup, with Nick Taylor and Si Woo Kim keying them down the stretch. That’s what any fan of this event should be hoping for, anyway. These events can’t just be one-way beatdowns all the time. Otherwise, why bother? Plus, is there anything more entertaining than the obligatory agonizing and second-guessing after an American team loses in an upset?
Dylan Dethier, senior writer: The International Team is going to win…by six! They fended off the big, bad red wave on Saturday and now they’ll go back on offense Sunday, winning 7.5-4.5 and winning this thing going away.
Josh Schrock, associate news editor: Internationals win by three. Brandt Snedeker allowed the Internationals to match the two players they have been hiding — Nico Echavarria and Christiaan Bezuidenhout — against Scottie Scheffler and Chris Gotterup, negating the potential for his best player and his hottest player to knock off one of the Internationals’ horses. Si Woo Kim, Hideki Matsuyama, Adam Scott and Tom Kim all win their matches and Nick Taylor caps it off by beating Russell Henley.
