MEDINAH — The United States completed a thrilling final-day comeback to beat the Internationals 17-13 and win an 11th successive Presidents Cup at Medinah. The hosts, who trailed by three points going into Sunday, dominated the singles to avoid just a second defeat since the biennial competition began 32 years ago.
The Americans won nine of the 12 singles matches to overturn the deficit. Jacob Bridgeman secured the decisive point, holing a four-foot par putt at the 18th to seal a one-up win over Australia's Min Woo Lee. There were also wins for Cameron Young, Justin Thomas, Scottie Scheffler, Chris Gotterup, Collin Morikawa, Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele and Jackson Koivun for a team containing eight of the world's 11 top-ranked players.
"I told the guys last night that funny stuff happens here. Medinah's got a history of funny things happening," said US captain Brandt Snedeker, who was a member of the team beaten by Europe at the same venue in the famous Ryder Cup comeback in 2012. "All these guys fought for each other, fought for this country, fought for this team."
International captain Geoff Ogilvy said his side was unable to halt the early American surge. "The US team came out firing, we knew they would," Ogilvy said. "It was on a knife edge all day. If some of those one downs we had out there had flipped to one up, the numbers looked really good and who knows what momentum that could give."
US President Donald Trump was in attendance in his role as honorary chairman, greeting the players and making a speech before the matches got under way. The victory at Medinah extends a dominant run for the United States, who have now won 11 straight editions of the Presidents Cup.