Geoff Ogilvy’s Internationals take a 10.5 to 7.5 lead into Sunday singles at Medinah, with Min Woo Lee and Ryan Fox at the heart of a stunning fightback against the Americans.
Golf finally has what it has spent three decades demanding from the Presidents Cup—a real contest, with the Internationals carrying a three-point lead, 10½-7½, into Sunday—and almost no one seems sure what the heck to make of it.
It was Fred Couples who first paired Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay together in 2019. Seven years and 15 matches later, their friendship-turned-formidable partnership remains a cornerstone of the US team at Medinah.
On Wednesday night, Chicago time, the leaders of the American and International squads rolled out the 10 players from their sides that will be competing on the opening day at Medinah. The first format is four-ball (best ball).
Australia’s Geoff Ogilvy, captain of the International team for the 2026 Presidents Cup at Medinah Country Club, thinks his side has been making headway in the biennial matches the past few years in a way that is reminiscent of the European team when it was inching closer to defeating the American squad in the early to mid-1980s.
The US Presidents Cup team was unveiled Tuesday with the PGA Tour naming Brandt Snedeker as captain for the 2026 American squad that will compete at Medinah Country Club outside Chicago.
In recognition of his charitable efforts and his exemplary conduct during his 20-year professional golf career, Snedeker has been named this year’s recipient of the Payne Stewart Award.
A painful – and flukish – sternum injury caused Brandt Snedeker to make an extreme “quality-of-life decision” late last year. And now that his pain has subsided, he’s hoping his quality of golf comes back as well.
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