Australia’s Adam Scott and Min Woo Lee both grabbed wins as the International Team seized a four-point lead after day two of the 2026 Presidents Cup thanks to a sensational foursomes whitewash of the United States.
In a repeat of Montreal two years ago, the Internationals won all five matches in the Friday session of alternate shot play, including a first Presidents Cup point for Internationals rookie Ryan Fox.
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With his putter working a treat on the firm and fast greens at Medinah, The Open champion teamed up with Lee to come from behind and score a 1-up win against a duo of major champions, Wyndham Clark and Collin Morikawa.
The Internationals birdied 15 and 16 to turn a one-hole deficit into a one-hole lead and then benefitted from a short missed putt from the Americans on the 17th before Fox sealed the point with a four-footer for par on the closing hole.
“It was great. To get to play with Min, he’s a great mate of mine; I wanted to do something for him,” Fox said.
“Yesterday I felt like I played okay and didn’t have a couple of putts go in down the stretch, but I hit good ones, and today they went in.
“I felt really good about everything. I just told (Min Woo) to keep putting me on the green and see what happens, and he did a good job of that.”
Like all the Internationals, Fox is well aware one excellent session – they finished at a combined 24-under-par compared to the home team’s 13-under – will not be enough to end their 28-year drought against the Americans.
“There’s a lot of golf still to be played, and they’re a very, very good team, and no doubt they’re going to throw everything at us tomorrow,” the 39-year-old New Zealander said.
“(It) feels like we’ve got a lot of guys playing well, and hopefully that continues the next couple of days and we’ve got a chance to do something special.
“We’ve got a group of guys that really want to try to do that.”
Meanwhile, Scott teamed up with South Africa’s Christiaan Bezuidenhout – the 20th partner of his record-setting Presidents Cup career – to beat Cam Young and Justin Thomas 3&2.
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The Internationals never surrendered the lead after making a birdie at the par-5 third hole, picking up five birdies and no bogeys to the Americans’ zero birdies and two bogeys.
“Obviously it’s an exciting day for us, but if we take something from Canada, it’s not to celebrate too hard at this point. We’re not even halfway through this tournament so there’s a long way to go, but it’s a great day for our team,” Scott said.
“I think we should embrace what happened here today and kind of look forward to tomorrow.
“From where I sit, if any of the guys were lacking belief, they should have it now going into the weekend.”
Sungjae Im and Hideki Matsuyama took down Russell Henley and Jacob Bridgeman, 3&2, as Matsuyama closed it out with birdie at 16, while the Korean duo of Si Woo Kim and Tom Kim downed Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele in a 4&3 drubbing that fit the vibe of the day for the Americans.
After a win on day one, world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns lost to the Canadian duo of Nick Taylor and Corey Conners 1 up.
“It was an incredible day for us,” International Team Captain Geoff Ogilvy said.
“We did it in Montreal, so maybe it’s a pattern now. We never mentioned that, but the boys played really well.”
The 7-3 margin after day two matches what the Internationals achieved when they had their only Presidents Cup win at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in 1998.
Scott and Fox will sit out the day three morning session with Lee to resume his partnership with Sungjae Im.
Another 20 points are up for grabs across the final two days, with the first team to 15.5 points claiming the prize.
2026 Presidents Cup
Medinah Country Club, Illinois, USA
September 24-27
Format and schedule
- The President’s Cup is a four-day, match play event with 30 total matches.
- The team that earns the most points after four days of competition wins the Presidents Cup
- Day 1: Five matches – Four-ball
- Day 2: Five matches – Foursomes
- Day 3: Eight matches – Four-ball (morning) and Foursomes (afternoon)
- Day 4: 12 matches – Singles
TV schedule (Fox Sports 503 and Kayo Sports)
Day 2: From 4am AEST, Saturday, September 26
Day 3: From 10pm AEST, Saturday, September 26
Day 4: From 2am AEST, Monday, September 28
Australasian player profiles
Adam Scott
Country: Australia
Age: 46
PGA Tour Wins: 14
Presidents Cup Appearances (Record): 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2024 (20-28-6)
2026 Highlights: Recorded three top-10 finishes, including fourth at The Genesis Invitational, T4 at the Cadillac Championship and T9 at The Open Championship. Enters the week off a runner-up finish at the BMW PGA Championship on the DP World Tour.
Notable: Will make his 12th Presidents Cup appearance, tying the record for most in event history (Phil Mickelson). The 46-year-old secured an automatic qualifier spot 11 times, with the exception of 2009 at TPC Harding Park where he was a captain’s pick.
Min Woo Lee
Country: Australia
Age: 28
PGA Tour Wins: 1
Presidents Cup Appearances (Record): 2024 (0-1-1)
2026 Highlights: The Australia native recorded two runner-up finishes (T2/AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, 2nd/Genesis Scottish Open) in addition to three other top 10s (T6/Arnold Palmer Invitational, T3/Texas Children’s Houston Open, T4/Tour Championship).
Notable: Made his Presidents Cup debut in 2024 as a captain’s pick (0-1-1) and has since become a fan-favorite for the International Team.
Ryan Fox
Country: New Zealand
Age: 39
PGA Tour Wins: 3
Presidents Cup Appearances: First Appearance
2026 Highlights: Fox earned his third PGA Tour title and first major championship at The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale at the age of 39, becoming the second player from New Zealand to win The Open. With a win, he moved up 34 spots in the Official World Golf Ranking to No. 22 and propelled himself to No. 2 in the International Team standings at the time.
Notable: Fox is the first player from New Zealand to compete in the Presidents Cup since 2015 (Danny Lee) and fifth overall.
