Check out the best shots from Four-ball on Day 1 of the 2026 Presidents Cup, featuring Tom Kim, Min Woo Lee, Scottie Scheffler, and Justin Thomas, among others.
The Presidents Cup heads to the iconic Medinah Country Club for its 16th edition, with the International Team looking to end the U.S. dominance on home soil. Scottie Scheffler headlines the American side alongside Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns, Xander Schauffele and Justin Thomas, while the Internationals are led by Adam Scott, making his record-equalling 12th Presidents Cup appearance, alongside Hideki Matsuyama, Si Woo Kim and Open Champion Ryan Fox. Medinah’s newly transformed Course No. 3 provides a fresh test at 7,548 yards, with Geoff Ogilvy returning as International captain after helping oversee the redesign. The U.S. are seeking an 11th consecutive Presidents Cup victory, while the Internationals aim to claim their first win since 1998. Who do you think will come out on top at this year’s Presidents Cup?
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This golf match features a high-stakes battle between the American and International teams, characterized by a flurry of birdies and intense momentum shifts. While the International side held an early lead in several matches, the Americans, led by strong performances from Justin Thomas and Wyndham Clark, surged back to secure critical wins.
Hit very well, but also cutting right of the flag. Let's see if he's got enough room
Just does dance on the edge
It's a little uphill, fairly flat
So not a lot of break, but look at that
and in
Up to the second and this for Sam Burns to tie
Yep, just outside of 10 feet. He's been better than anybody in 10 to 15 feet this year
Of that little rock back move of his
Generates a lot of power with that little pause at the top and
Add some movement to it, but Young took care of it
This is such a green light hole location for Clark
Hits his iron so far a little left to right shapes them
Staring at it
Good reason. He liked it
This team has birdied every hole so far
Sort of over years to learn here at the fourth. Sung JM for birdie to tie. To meet the moment
Get it
Big putt. It's a great approach in here for Clark this to win the hole
Oh
What a three
This is such a good match. Every hole is being birdied between the two teams
Smiley, what's going on here?
Echavarria already in for Park. Coivan now putting for birdie. Justin Thomas has a three-and-a-half footer for birdie
Corey Cotter still has eight feet for birdied out of time. To win the hole
Barely got it going. He got there. Two up lead through the first two holes
Yeah, Coivan drove it in that fairway bunker
And now Thomas again trying to hold his guy up and does a great job of it
But first in
Pulls it in too. Sent a cut
He's straight up the hill. There is hardly nothing in this putt
Yeah, he is showing the kid how it's done
The very early wall
Knew it from the start
Then that kind of second half of the year for Wendell Clark. Relatively slow look here
Didn't peak too early
Man, he's really taking control Terry. Second for Cotter up. Yeah from this rough here
Can land it just a little short of a hole. It'll release back toward it
Looking for a little magic. Yeah, hardly anything in this inside right
166 which
Better believe in it's right at it
Is it ever?
Coivan to win the hole at six
Now what a great ball. Look at that from JT, but
Okay, so five birdies for the Americans, but these two really hanging in there
Jackson Coivan way off the green
Morikawa and Clark already two up looking to win the hole here at six
And Morikawa takes care of that one. So it's a pair of three up advantages
This can be working away from him. Justin Thomas is about 15 feet for birdie right after
For the Canadian
Nikko is happy about that as well
It's more like what we're used to seeing with his eye in play
Great chance here for the Nationals to put the Americans in a pretty good hole
Yeah
So for much of the front nine, this was a back-and-forth even match
But right now that lead is two up for the international side
20 players on the golf course only one this man is yet to make a birdie today
And he drips that one over the front edge
Adam Scott's fired up
Can't wait to birdie and win
Let's flip the script lead off and finish matches now
As we come back to Wyndham Clark at the eighth and
He has a putt to win the hole
Well, and he has been Goliath in this match not a whole lot in this putt should be moving a little right to left late
Looks really good
The best of the four
Finally finds it
No
So the putt made and they finally do take the edge in the match. I bet it does do you?
Sam burns at 14
Back against the wall got to come up with something big if possible
Like that and it is possible
Gonna be awfully tough for Minwood Lee and Sanjay in to close these guys out
Kim this for birdie at 10. Oh, yeah
It was huge having him cleaning up forcing the internationals to know exactly what they have to do
On display here in the diner
A little late comeback on the international side
The chance here Terry
Americans have not hit the screen
So come down
Here we go
To the par three with Scott this for birdie to win
Okay
Talked about running out of time that helps
Justin Thomas now at 14 to win the hole
He just met the moment
What a pot
JT still left about 20 feet. We'll see if he makes a pot
so four and three the way
And Justin Thomas has won seven straight four ball matches can't lay in the bunker here
So the lengthy putt coming up
Massive
that's trying to hang on to any hope here this has to go in and
When you walk that early
Usually not a good sign that two up lead for Matsuyama Satsune and it ends up three and one
officially, so
Matsuyama lost his last four four ball matches. Look at the body line too. He's taking this on
And that's what you'd expect come on now
That boy I know it was traveling but it was there
Official and professionally done today by those two good-looking shot as well
Yes, it is
Don't think you realize what just happened could have easily gone down the spout