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Scottie Scheffler’s pars on the ultimate two holes have been sufficient to offer the United States staff an early enhance on the primary day of the Presidents Cup on Thursday outdoors Chicago.
That earned Scheffler and companion Sam Burns a 1-up victory in opposition to Australia’s Min Woo Lee and South Korea’s Sungjae Im within the first match at Medinah Country Club’s No. 3 course, the place 5 four-ball matches have been contested.
The U.S. facet received two of the opposite 4 matches for a 3-2 lead on the International staff after the primary of 4 days of competitors.
The Scheffler/Burns match was the lone encounter to go to the 18th gap. Scheffler received the seventeenth gap after which the edges halved No. 18.
Justin Thomas and rookie Jackson Koivun received 4 and three in opposition to Canada’s Corey Conners and Colombia’s Nico Echavarria, and Wyndham Clark and Collin Morikawa have been 3-and-2 winners in opposition to New Zealand’s Ryan Fox and Australia’s Adam Scott.
The Japanese pair of Hideki Matsuyama and Ryo Hisatsune defeated Cameron Young and Xander Schauffele, 3 and 1.
The South Korean tandem of Tom Kim and Si Woo Kim topped Chris Gotterup and Patrick Cantlay, 3 and a couple of.
Scheffler has struggled in worldwide competitors regardless of being a part of two profitable Presidents Cup groups. His particular person document on the Presidents Cup was 3-5-1 getting into this week.
The Thomas/Koivun victory was clutch for the U.S. as each golfers have been captain’s picks by Brandt Snedeker. Koivun’s birdies on Nos. 3 and 6 received these holes. Thomas was the nearer with birdies on Nos. 14 and 15.
Clark set the tone in Match 4 with birdies on three of the primary 4 holes as he and Morikawa took an early two-hole edge.
Young/Schauffele claimed their solely gap on No. 2 on Young’s birdie. Gotterup/Cantlay additionally received one gap, when Gotterup birdied No. 4.
–Field Level Media