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Captain Geoff Ogilvy’s International Team will take a three-point lead into the final day of the 2026 Presidents Cup, giving them a great chance to create history at Medinah Country Club.
With four out of five sessions in the books, the Internationals have a 10.5 to 7.5 edge, the first time they have held a lead on foreign soil heading into Sunday singles in event history.
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Huge underdogs at the start of the week, the Internationals, including Australia’s Adam Scott and Min Woo Lee, are now in sight of stunning the golf world by winning a first outright title since Royal Melbourne in 1998. After being whitewashed in the Friday foursomes, the Americans won the Saturday morning fourball matches 2.5-1.5 to cut into their overnight four-point deficit.
They key moments, however, came late in the afternoon when the Internationals won the final two foursomes matches on the course to achieve a 2-2 split and maintain a healthy lead heading into the decisive 12 singles ties.
“The goal at the start of the week is to be leading going into singles,” Ogilvy said. “That’s sort of what the first three days are all about.
“There’s still 12 points on the board, though, and we’ve seen in these team events all sorts of different things can happen so we’ve got to put our heads down and play for a big opportunity tomorrow.”
One of the stars of the week, Min Woo Lee was undefeated on Saturday, helping to add 1.5 points to the International Team tally, combining with Korea’s Sungjae Im to tie their fourball match against Justin Thomas and Jackson Koivun. The Internationals fought back from 2 down with four to play, the comeback starting when Lee holed a birdie putt from 16 feet on the par-4 15th.
In the afternoon foursomes, the Trans-Tasman combination of Lee and New Zealand’s 2026 Open champion Ryan Fox rallied from an early deficit to see off Sam Burns and Wyndham Clark 3&2, repeating their success from Day 2.
“We knew that Americans were going to come out firing, and they did,” Lee said. “You look at the board this morning, it was a sea of red. Well, lots of red. A few of us locked in and flipped that.
“We did a good job. Americans are such a good side, so we expected it. We trusted each other, and I think we’re happy with where we’re at.”
After sitting out three sessions in Montreal in 2024, Lee will play all five at Medinah, with Ogilvy describing his fellow Aussie as a “far improved player from two years ago”.
“He was a great player two years ago, but he’s a really, really good player now, and he’s had a bit more experience up on top of leaderboards,” Ogilvy said.
“He’s just been having a whole lot of fun. So when a guy’s having a lot of fun, they’re usually doing all right.”
Meanwhile, after not playing in the fourball session, Adam Scott suffered a heavy loss alongside Sungjae Im in the foursomes, 6&4 against Cam Young and Chris Gotterup.
The International Team needs to win just five of the 12 singles matches to reach the 15.5 points required to claim the Cup, while the US requires 7.5 points to retain it and extend its Presidents Cup winning streak to 11.
The Australasians are in the back half of the singles draw, with Adam Scott taking on Patrick Cantlay, Min Woo Lee against Jacob Bridgeman and Ryan Fox against Xander Schauffele in the final match.
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