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Presidents Cup capsule summaries of matches

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Ferguson, D. (2026, September 26). Presidents Cup capsule summaries of matches. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/golf/presidents-cup-capsule-summaries-of-matches/article_769f6288-17c8-54ba-bc4e-ba8e7d8167be.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-09-26 · by Doug Ferguson

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The article provides summaries of matches played during the Presidents Cup at Medinah in Illinois on Saturday. In fourballs competition, the United States won two and a half points while the International team secured one and a half points. Key matches included Thomas and Koivun’s halve against Lee and Im, where both teams showed significant skill with crucial birdie putts; Kim and Kim's victory over Morikawa and Clark by a 2-and-1 margin, demonstrating strong comeback from Team Kim; and Gotterup and Young's narrow win over Conners and Taylor also by a 2-and-1 scoreline.
Written by AI on 2026-09-26, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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At the Presidents Cup in Medinah, Illinois, the International team gained significant momentum by sweeping all foursomes matches on Friday, leading 7-3 heading into Saturday's matches. This was a repeat of their performance from two years ago at Royal Montreal but with an even stronger start this time. Key players like Ryan Fox and Nick Taylor secured crucial wins for the Internationals. On Saturday morning, the Americans managed to narrow the lead slightly by winning three out of four fourballs matches, trimming the deficit to 8½-5½ as they head into the afternoon's foursomes matches aiming to further close the gap.

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Who wrote this

Doug Ferguson
15 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 “I looked it at like, I could play the last three Korn Ferry events and miss the first three in the fall and lock up my card.
🔮 It would allow LIV to start planning on a 2027 season, which includes a 10-tournament schedule, half of them at international sites.
🔮 Kerry Haigh, the chief competitions officer at the PGA of America, also noticed them missing and said that would not be the case in U.S. matches.
🔮 It looked as though he would keep his 1-up lead on the American until Lee missed a 4-foot par putt on the 16th hole.
2026-09-28 · assertive framing · Capsules from singles matches at the Presidents Cup
🔮 Echavarria could only advance his shot to some 60 yards short of the green, and his pitch was too strong and rolled just over the back.
🔮 The morning could have gone better for the Americans.
🔮 The Americans looked as if they would end this early when Young birdied the second and drove the par-4 fourth green and made a 30-foot eagle putt.
2026-09-26 · assertive framing · Presidents Cup capsule summaries of matches
🔮 It came down to the 18th and it looked like the Americans would escape with a halve when Taylor drove into the trees and Conners hit back to the fairway.
2026-09-26 · assertive framing · Presidents Cup capsules of foursomes matches at Medinah
🔮 Unlike two years ago at Royal Montreal, they had swept the opening session and could afford getting blanked.
🔮 The Internationals on three straight holes had putts in the 10-foot range to win and couldn’t convert.
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Topics

Americans International MEDINAH Presidents Cup United States

Subjects

Americans NORP · 4× International ORG · 4× Si Woo Kim PERSON · 4× Gotterup PERSON · 3× United States GPE · 3× Koivun PERSON · 2× MEDINAH GPE · 2× Morikawa PERSON · 2× Thomas PERSON · 2× Tom Kim PERSON · 2×

Narrative

The Internationals took their first lead when Si Woo Kim made a 12-foot birdie putt on the 16th, and Si Woo Kim made a 17-foot birdie putt on the 17th, winning the match when Morikawa missed from 7 feet. Chris Gotterup and Cameron Young, United States, def.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-26
🔮 The Americans looked as if they would end this early when Young birdied the second and drove the par-4 fourth green and made a 30-foot eagle putt.
2026-09-26 · Toronto Star
Presidents Cup capsule summaries of matches · assertive framing

Claims (22 extracted, 0 hedged)

MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) — Capsules of Presidents Cup matches Saturday at Medinah: Fourballs UNITED STATES 2 1/2, INTERNATIONAL 1 1/2 Min Woo Lee and Sungjae Im, International, halved with Justin Thomas and Jackson Koivun, United States. asserted
Lee → halve → Thomas
Koivun came into his own in his second match of his Presidents Cup debut, making a 25-foot birdie putt on No. 8 and hitting his approach to 2 feet for a birdie on No. 11, giving the Americans a 2-up lead in match they controlled from the start. asserted
they → come → start
But Lee made a 15-foot birdie on the 15th, and both Americans barely cleared the water on the par-3 16th and made bogeys for the match to fall to all square. asserted
match → make → square
On the final hole, Thomas and Koivun were both short of the green, and Im had 45 feet for birdie. asserted
m → have → birdie
Thomas hit a superb chip to a foot, and Im hit a great lag for the first halve of the Presidents Cup. asserted
m → hit → Cup
Tom Kim and Si Woo Kim, International, def. Collin Morikawa and Wyndham Clark, 2 and 1. asserted
Kim → def → Morikawa
Morikawa holed a 20-foot birdie putt on the par-3 seventh for a 2-up lead in another match that was painted red for the entire front nine. asserted
that → hole → nine
And then Team Kim came to life. asserted
Kim → come → life
Si Woo Kim birdied from 10 feet on the 11th. asserted
Kim → birdie → 11th
Tom Kim matched the U.S. birdie on the 12th and placed a finger to his lips to shush the crowd before the ball even dropped. asserted
ball → match → crowd
The Internationals took their first lead when Si Woo Kim made a 12-foot birdie putt on the 16th, and Si Woo Kim made a 17-foot birdie putt on the 17th, winning the match when Morikawa missed from 7 feet. Chris Gotterup and Cameron Young, United States, def. asserted
Gotterup → take → feet
The Americans looked as if they would end this early when Young birdied the second and drove the par-4 fourth green and made a 30-foot eagle putt. asserted
Young → look → putt
The Canadians won two of three holes around the turn to close the gap to two holes, and then Gotterup took over in a big way. asserted
Gotterup → win → way
He holed a 50-foot birdie putt on the 14th, only for Taylor to make a 50-footer of his own. asserted
Taylor → hole → own
Gotterup made a 35-foot birdie on the 15th for a 3-up lead. asserted
Gotterup → make → lead
Taylor answered with a 30-foot birdie on the 16th. asserted
Taylor → answer → 16th
Gotterup closed out the match with a 35-foot birdie putt from just off the 17th green. asserted
Gotterup → close → green
Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns, United States, def. Hideki Matsuyama and Ryo Hisatsune, International, 2 and 1. asserted
Scheffler → def → Matsuyama
The Americans never trailed but were never more than 1 up through the front nine when suddenly it changed. asserted
it → trail → nine
Matsuyama made a 35-foot birdie on the 10th and a 10-foot birdie on the par-3 13th, giving the Internationals a 1-up lead right as their side was flipping other matches. asserted
side → make → matches
Scheffler had not contributed much until making a 20-foot birdie putt on the 15th hole to square the match. asserted
Scheffler → contribute → match
Burns followed with a 7-iron to 4 feet for birdie to win the 16th and go 1 up, and Burns closed out the match with an approach to 4 feet for birdie on the 17th. ___ asserted
Burns → follow → 17th
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