MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) — Capsules of the 12 singles matches Sunday at Medinah in the Presidents Cup:
Cameron Young, United States, def. Ryo Hisatsune, International, 3 and 2.
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Hisatsune → def → Cup
Two early birdies by Hisatsune gave him a 2-up lead through four, and Young birdied two in a row to square the match through six.
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Young → give → six
Young eventually wore him down.
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Young → wear → him
Hisatsune went from the rough to over the 11th green for a bogey, Young made a 15-foot birdie on the 12th, and Hisatsune had a 4-foot par putt rim around the cup at the 13th.
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Hisatsune → go → 13th
Young closed him out with a 30-foot birdie putt on the par-3 16th.
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Young → close → par-3
Tom Kim, International, def. Wyndham Clark, United States, 3 and 2.
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Kim → def → Clark
Kim completed a 3-1-0 week with a comfortable victory over the U.S. Open champion.
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Kim → complete → champion
Clark twice had 1-up leads in the game until losing the eighth with a bogey.
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Clark → have → bogey
Kim took his first lead with a 12-foot birdie on the 10th, and he went 2-up when Clark bogeyed the 11th.
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Clark → take → 11th
Clark made another bogey on the 14th, Kim matched his birdie on the 15th and closed him out with a par on the 16th.
Justin Thomas, United States, def.
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Thomas → make → 16th
This was the one match the Americans had in the bag.
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Americans → have → bag
Conners started with two bogeys.
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Conners → start → bogeys
Thomas followed with two birdies and was 4 up through four holes, and 5 up at the turn.
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Thomas → follow → turn
Conners won only one hole after that, and Thomas made birdie on the 15th for his first singles win in a Presidents Cup.
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Thomas → win → Cup
Scottie Scheffler, United States, def. Nico Echavarria, International, 2 and 1.
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Scheffler → def → Echavarria
Scheffler, who sat out Saturday afternoon, never trailed against a Presidents Cup rookie who had not played a match since Thursday.
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who → sit → Thursday
Memorable about this match was the 14th tee, when a fan screamed in Echavarria’s back swing and he drove it well right.
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he → scream → it
Scheffler missed his long birdie putt and conceded the par to Echavarria.
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Scheffler → miss → Echavarria
The Colombian chipped in from long range on the 16th to extend the match, but it ended with pars on the next hole.
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it → chip → hole
Sungjae Im, International, def.
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m → def → ?
Burns gave away the second hole with a double bogey, birdied the next to square the match and it was still all square through 11 holes.
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it → give → holes
Burns failed to cover the water on the reachable par-4 12th and conceded a birdie, Im made birdie on the 13th for a 2-up lead and then closed out the match on the 17th when Burns failed to make birdie.
Chris Gotterup, United States, def. Christiaan Bezuidenhout, International, 1 up.
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Gotterup → fail → Bezuidenhout
Gotterup never trailed and looked to have this match in hand when he was 3 up through eight holes against a player who sat out all of Saturday.
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who → trail → Saturday
Bezuidenhout made him work for it, closed the gap to one hole after Gotterup missed a par putt on the 17th.
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Gotterup → make → 17th
But on the closing hole, Bezuidenhout left himself a 60-foot birdie putt when he needed to win the hole for a halve.
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he → close → halve
Gotterup lagged his 20-foot par putt to win a full point.
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Gotterup → lag → point
Collin Morikawa, United States, def. Hideki Matsuyama, International, 1 up.
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Morikawa → def → Matsuyama
Matsuyama had a 2-up lead on the front nine before Morikawa won two straight holes to square the match going to the back nine.
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Morikawa → have → nine
Morikawa drove the 12th green, but he was 90 feet away and three-putted, while Matsuyama made an 8-foot birdie putt.
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Matsuyama → drive → putt
The match swung on the 15th when Morikawa had a 30-foot birdie putt with Matsuyama 4 feet away.
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Morikawa → swing → Matsuyama
Morikawa made, Matsuyama missed.
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Matsuyama → make → ?
They went to the 18th all square, and Matsuyama missed the fairway, chipped too strong and missed his 18-foot par putt.
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Matsuyama → go → putt
Patrick Cantlay, United States, def. Adam Scott, International, 2 and 1.
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Cantlay → def → Scott
Cantlay won two of the opening four holes to take control, and he never trailed.
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he → win → control
Scott kept it close with a series of putts in the 5-foot range, and Cantlay’s bogey on the 15th hole cut his lead to 1 up.
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bogey → keep → up
Then, he missed well to the right on the par-3 16th with Scott having a 20-foot birdie chance.
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Scott → miss → chance
Cantlay drained his hard-breaking putt from just inside 60 feet, Scott missed, and Cantlay closed him out with a par on the 17th.
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Cantlay → drain → 17th
Kim was among the top International performers and played like it with four birdies on the front nine.
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Kim → play → nine
He went 2 up on the par-3 ninth when Koivun missed a 6-footer to halve the hole.
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Koivun → go → hole
But the 21-year-old rookie won three straight holes with two pars and a birdie to take the lead, and he went 2 up with a birdie on the 15th.
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he → win → 15th
…and 15 more, not listed.
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