Tom Kim potentially has a bigger life circumstance to tend to than a celebration for winning the Presidents Cup, and so he apparently won’t be at Medinah Country Club if his International teams holds its lead and prevails on Sunday.
MEDINAH, Ill. — For all that is made about how the Ryder Cup is more compelling than the Presidents Cup for myriad reasons, the junior of the international team competitions outdoes its elder in one compelling department: the session pairings. In the Ryder Cup, captains and their assistants have to decide on their lineups and Read more…
MEDINAH, Ill. — The United States needed closers on Saturday. It needed more Cameron Young and Chris Gotterup. The Americans find themselves trailing for just the fourth time in the Presidents Cup heading into singles competition, their inability to hold onto a lead proving their undoing against a rather pesky International team. It’s quite astonishing Read more…
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.
As other presidents have done before him, US President Donald Trump is scheduled to attend the Presidents Cup on Sunday at Medinah Country Club. Beyond making a ceremonial appearance on the first tee or handing out the trophy, however, Trump reportedly requested that he get some time to address the players and crowd.
MEDINAH, Ill.—Nick Taylor was 150 yards away knowing anything less than great was no good. He and Corey Conners were 1 up with one to play against Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns, but Taylor hit a foul ball off the tee that forced Conners to lay up. The Internationals were still away as Taylor stood Read more…
Wyndham Clark wants more from the Medinah crowd after a strong Day 1 performance, admitting the atmosphere felt “kind of dead” at times during the Presidents Cup.
The US take a 3-2 lead into Friday after a surprisingly competitive Day 1 at Medinah, with Min Woo Lee and Sungjae Im’s near-miss against Scottie Scheffler standing out among nine key takeaways.
MEDINAH, Ill. — “Let’s be savages for everybody this week!” When U.S. captain Brandt Snedeker uttered those words on the first tee late Thursday morning at Medinah Country Club before the first tee shots of the 16th Presidents Cup, the initial thought from this corner was, “You had two years and that’s what you came Read more…
MEDINAH, Ill. — Everyone Likes to be Liked. That was a chapter title in Jack Nicklaus’ 1996 autobiography, My Story. For several years Jack Nicklaus was considered the villain as he overtook the immensely popular Arnold Palmer as the best player in professional golf. Eventually, fans came around to appreciate the Golden Bear for his Read more…
Few things are more important in team sports than team chemistry. That may sound obvious, but the U.S. has struggled to grasp the concept in recent years, appearing fragmented and listless in international competition. The Presidents Cup has been the lone exception to that rule over the past half decade. That’s partly due to the Read more…
MEDINAH, Ill. — Ten yards to Justin Thomas’ right sat the player he used to be. Jackson Koivun is this Presidents Cup’s curiosity, a 21-year-old who months ago was competing against college kids and now commanded a not-small horde of reporters wondering what it’s like to be golf’s next big thing. Thomas spent much of Read more…
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