2024 Presidents Cup, Day 2 foursomes: Internationals sweep, tie U.S. at 5-5

Match-by-match look at how the International team authored its own sweep:

Pivotal moments: How the Internationals fought back with Presidents Cup sweep of their own

The Internationals dominated the Americans on Friday, winning the foursomes session, 5-0, and tying the competition at Royal Montreal.

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The Internationals win all five foursomes matches after Si Woo Kim makes a 15-footer to tie the 18th and defeat Scottie Scheffler and Russell Henley.

Kim/An (INT) win, 1 up

Ben An drives it left on 18 but it carries the water and finds the deep rough. Russell Henley then splits the fairway. The Internationals have secured at least a tie in this match.

An/S.W. Kim (INT), 1 up thru 17

The Presidents Cup lead is down to 1. Brian Harman can’t chip in and the Internationals hang on for the win.

Day/Bezuidenhout (INT) win, 1 up

The Aussie nearly holes his pitch shot to secure par for the International team on 18.

After the U.S. missed the green right, and hitting from the fairway, Christiaan Bezuidenhout flies the green at the par-4 18th.

The Internationals need to tie the hole to win the match.

Russell Henley and Ben An both skirt the edge of the hole with their birdie efforts at the 16th. Two holes to play.

An/S.W. Kim (INT), 1 up thru 16

After missing three putts inside 7 feet down the stretch on Thursday, Christiaan Bezuidenhout finds the water at the par-3 17th.

The Internationals lead is now cut to 1 up with one to play.

Jason Day hits his tee shot into the water at the 16th and the Internationals still manage to tie the hole in bogey and earn at least a half-point.

Day/Bezuidenhout (INT), 2 up through 16.

And the Internationals lead in both.

Day/Bezuidenhout are 2 up through 15 vs. Homa/ Harman.

S.W. Kim/An are 1 up through 14 vs. Scheffler/Henley.

Adam Scott and Taylor Pendrith cook Collin Morikawa and Sahith Theegala to give the home team its second point.

Scott/Pendrith (INT) win, 5 and 4

“I-N-T! I-N-T!”

Canadians Mackenzie Hughes and Corey Conners make it 3-for-3 so far in foursomes with a resounding win over Wyndham Clark and Tony Finau.

Hughes/Conners (INT) win, 6 and 5

Mackenzie Hughes and Corey Conners just went 6 up through 11.

Russell Henley and Scottie Scheffler are tied with Si Woo Kim and Ben An through eight holes — the only match the U.S. isn’t losing.

The International team is on the board and got there in emphatic fashion.

Hideki Matsuyama and Sungjae Im tied the largest margin of victory in Presidents Cup history — in any format — by thumping Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay.

Matsuyama/Im (INT) win, 7 and 6

For Matsuyama and Im over Cantlay and Schauffele.

They are now 6 up through 10 holes against Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay.

Jason Day and Christiaan Bezuidenhout birdie the seventh hole to move out front in their match against Max Homa and Brian Harman.

There is a lot of gold on the board.

Day/Bezuidenhout (INT), 1 up thru 7

Things are getting dire for Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay.

Hideki Matsuyama just rammed in a 16-footer for birdie to extend he and Sungjae Im’s lead to 5 up after eight holes.

HUGE fist pump for Hideki, too!

Im/Matsuyama (INT), 5 up thru 8

Collin Morikawa chunks a chip at the par-5 sixth, and he and Theegala eventually drop a third straight hole.

Pendrith/Scott (INT), 3 up thru 6

Scottie Scheffler flags a 127-yard wedge shot at the par-4 second, and the 12-incher is conceded for birdie, which wins the hole.

Henley/Scheffler (USA), 1 up thru 1

Adam Scott is heating up.

He got started by rolling in a 9-footer for birdie to win the par-4 fourth hole, and he followed that up by putting perfect speed on a 40-footer and watching it trickle in for another birdie and hole victory for he and Taylor Pendrith over Sahith Theegala and Collin Morikawa.

Pendrith/Scott (INT), 2 up thru 5

With the Internationals gaining momentum with current leads of 3 up, 2 up and 1 up, Scottie Scheffler had a birdie chance to win the first hole and put some red up on the board against Si Woo Kim and Ben An.

He missed from 9 feet.

Tied thru 1

Make that three International leads on the board already after Wyndham Clark whiffs on a 7-foot par save to hand the first hole to Mac Hughes and Corey Conners.

Conners/Hughes (INT) 1 up thru 1

Xander Schauffele hits a tree trying to hook one from the left rough, and though Patrick Cantlay scrambles to hit the third shot on the green, Schauffele can’t hole the length par save, catching the right edge.

While Hideki Matsuyama struck a poor chip, Sungjae Im converts from 12 feet for par and a commanding lead.

Im/ Matsuyama (INT), 3 up thru 4

After missing three crucial 7-footers down the stretch on Thursday, Christiaan Bezuidenhout wasted no time getting right with the putter.

With the Americans scrambling from a hooked Max Homa tee ball, Jason Day left Bez 12 feet for birdie, which the South African converted.

Bezuidenhout/Day (INT), 1 up thru 1

Xander Schauffele leaves Patrick Cantlay 6 feet on a 42-foot birdie putt, and Cantlay misses to hand the first hole of the day to Sungjae Im and Hideki Matsuyama.

Schauffele then flies the green with his approach from a fairway bunker at the par-4 second, though it doesn’t matter as Matsuyama drops in a 6-footer for birdie.

Im/Matsuyama (INT), 2 up thru 2

With the announcement of Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay on the first tee, the home crowd offered a mild chorus of boos.

“Very important,” International captain Mike Weir said of the crowd’s enthusiasm and energy. “This is a great start. What an atmosphere on the first tee.”

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2024 Presidents Cup: Day 2 foursomes at Royal Montreal

The U.S. and International teams will compete in alternate shot on Friday.

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International players weren’t thrilled with the home-crowd support (or lack thereof) on Day 1.

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Kim added that he felt like he played great, though International captain Mike Weir decided to sit him for Friday foursomes.

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