Captain Jim Furyk’s US team is off to the perfect start in the 15th Presidents Cup. In Canada you dominate the first day and win all five matches. Canada’s golf hero Mike Weir uses a hockey metaphor to inspire hope.
After nine defeats in a row, the Internationals are finally looking for a victory in Canada. But after the first of four days Presidents Cup It seems that a miracle is needed to stop the series of defeats against the Americans. The Canadian captain’s team Mike Weir got off to the worst possible start to the competition, losing all five matches in session one. The USA more than lived up to its role as favorite in the five four-balls and is now five points ahead.
The internationals wanted to be emotional and the Canadian fans Royal Montreal Golf Club make an early announcement in the back. The South Korean Tom Kim brought the most energy onto the pitch and heated up the spectators in the duel against his good friend Scottie Scheffler again and again. In the end, Kim lost alongside fellow countryman Sungjae Im with 3&2 against Scheffler and Russell Henley. It was the clearest defeat of all five matches, three of which went to 18. So it was the turn of the internationals. But ultimately the Americans prevailed and for the third time in the 30-year history of the competition it is 5-0 for the red team.
“What a great day for America,” said Keegan Bradleywho works alongside Wyndham Clark 1on against Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Taylor Pendrith won, “but we still have a long way to go.” There are still three sessions left. There will be five foursome matches on Friday. The internationals are already under heavy pressure there.
Actually, no more sessions can be lost. “The reality is it wasn’t a great day,” Weir said in the post-round press conference, “but it’s like the first period of a hockey game, the way I see it. “We’re behind, but there’s still a long way to go.” In any case, we slipped up quite a bit on day one.
