He USA team swept the five matches of the day (fourballs, that is, best balls of the couple) in Rest of the World (less Europe)in first day of the Presidents Cup in it Royal Montreal Golf Club (Montreal, Canada). This was the same defeat after the first day of the US fourballs that occurred in the 1994 edition.
The most ‘unequal’ match was played by Russell Henley and Scottie Scheffler, world number 1, who defeated Tom Kim and Sungjae Im, from South Korea, 3 and 2. This was also the most tense confrontation.
The United States duo showed a good finish to the day as they led five games at times and in some cases needed extra or spectacular blows to defeat their rivals.
Tony Finau and Xander Schauffele gave the United States the first point with a narrow victory (one hole difference) over South Korean Byeong Hun An and Australian Jason Day.
Collin Morikawa and Sahith Theegala, participating in their first international team competition representing the USA, also beat Australians Adam Scott and Min Woo Lee by one.
Keegan Bradley and Wyndham Clark were not far behind and took the lead on the 13th hole to beat South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Canadian Taylor Pendrith by 1 hole.
Patrick Cantlay and Sam Burns completed the sweep, winning 2 and 1 over Canadian Corey Conners and Japanese Hideki Matsuyama. A birdie by Burns on No. 13 gave the USA silence.
The first team to get 15 and a half points wins the cup.
Source: La Verdad
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