United States continue dominance after another Presidents Cup victory

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bridgeman-jacob/xdp19XIg/"]Jacob Bridgeman[/a] secured the clinching point at Medinah by sinking a four-foot par putt at the 18th hole to defeat Australian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lee-min-woo/IwMMLluD/"]Min Woo Lee[/a] 1-up.[/p][embed guid="c71ad22a-0b77-46ee-9638-167d708252f4" url="https://x.com/PGATour/status/2104330032831209803" social-type="twitter" /][p]The Americans improved to 14-1-1 in the biennial rivalry after trailing 10.5-7.5 entering 12 concluding singles matches, the Internationals poised to end a 28-year win drought but failing.[/p][p]The Americans however, boasting eight of the world's 11 top-ranked golfers, won on the same suburban Chicago layout where Europe took the 2012 Ryder Cup with the famed "Miracle at Medinah" fightback.[/p][embed guid="4f1e0d53-4752-4ed3-855c-0a7dd3a58b81" url="https://x.com/PGATour/status/2104328765803291077" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"These guys never lost faith,"[/b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/usa/h6QBF15e/"]US[/a] captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/snedeker-brandt/fZGcwae8/"]Brandt Snedeker[/a] said. [b]"I told the guys last night that funny stuff happens here. Medinah's got a history of funny things happening, and sure enough, they went out there and played their asses off. I'm so damn proud of those guys."[/b][/p][p]Trump, who attended last year's US Ryder Cup loss, added to a 2026 live sports viewing list including the World Cup final, NBA Finals, College Football, UFC and IndyCar events alongside PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV tournaments.[/p][p][b]"He told me I was going to bring some energy today for you guys. You guys need it,"[/b] [a href="https://www.pgatour.com/video/competition/6405710984112/u.s-team-captain-brandt-snedekers-interview-after-winning-presidents-cup" target="_blank"]Snedeker said[/a].[b] "And I told him if we did this, he gets all the credit. So thank you, President Trump."[/b][/p][p][b]"It was on a knife edge all day," [/b]Internationals captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ogilvy-geoff/pEzphDSi/"]Geoff Ogilvy[/a] of Australia said. [b]"It's a very difficult thing to beat the US in singles in the US. They all played great."[/b][/p][p]The Americans had nine wins and a draw on the final day.[/p][p][b]"I don't think I'd do anything differently,"[/b] Ogilvy said. [b]"It sort of drifted the wrong way all day."[/b][/p][p]The non-European side's lone win was in 1998 in Australia, with a shared trophy at South Africa in 2003.[/p][p]Drama built with every match and ended with Bridgeman, who won his second PGA Tour title last week, falling behind for the first time with a bogey at 15 only to win 16 and 18 with pars.[/p][p][b]"It was the coolest moment," [/b]he said.[b] "I felt like I held in my emotions all day. To let it out on the last hole is pretty sweet."[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/young-cameron/WAjf7EFq/"]Cameron Young[/a] secured the first US point, beating Japan's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hisatsune-ryo/bcC14WvA/"]Ryo Hisatsune[/a] 3&2. He won holes 11-13 for his first lead and made a 32-foot birdie putt at 16 to win.[/p][embed guid="81ffc374-b83e-49df-a1a0-b0e5de19c4d9" url="https://x.com/PGATour/status/2104294386208997702?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/thomas-justin/jV7EtuiD/"]Justin Thomas[/a], 0-3 in Cup singles, won the first four holes and never trailed in beating Canada's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/conners-corey/SABiQcB3/"]Corey Conners[/a] 5&3, sinking a 15-foot birdie putt at 15 to win.[/p][p]South Korea's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kim-joohyung/G28Un9r8/"]Tom Kim[/a] answered with a 3&2 victory over reigning US Open champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/clark-wyndham/x4NXN7qb/"]Wyndham Clark[/a].[/p][p][b]"I was second off. I really felt it was a responsibility to put a point up," [/b]said Kim, who will fly to Japan for the Asian Games.[/p][p]Top-ranked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/scheffler-scottie/bXfIuBYu/"]Scottie Scheffler[/a], 3-1 this week, birdied five of the first 10 holes and never trailed in beating Colombian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nicolas-echavarria/Y7S9boTu/"]Nico Echavarria[/a] 2&1.[/p][p]South Korean Im Sung-jae rattled in birdies on four of the last six holes to beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/burns-sam/Ya8WURp6/"]Sam Burns[/a] 3&1, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gotterup-christopher/nVwVk9Kf/"]Chris Gotterup[/a] beat South Africa's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bezuidenhout-christiaan/dGMGZTKC/"]Christiaan Bezuidenhout[/a] 1-up.[/p][p]The Americans seized a 13.5-12.5 lead when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cantlay-patrick/bwQM8qSt/"]Patrick Cantlay[/a] edged Australian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/scott-adam/QkZT3jCc/"]Adam Scott[/a] 2&1 and moments later [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/morikawa-collin/0UlRrMgE/"]Collin Morikawa[/a] beat Japan's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/matsuyama-hideki/GOHJOEb5/"]Hideki Matsuyama[/a] 1-up.[/p][p]Cantlay was never behind but needed a 57-foot birdie putt at 16 and a seven-foot par putt at 17 to win.[/p][p]Morikawa tied his match at 15 on a 30-foot birdie putt and won when Matsuyama missed a 15-foot par putt at 18.[/p][p][b]"I'm happy about that closing point,"[/b] Morikawa said. [b]"That was huge."[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/koivun-jackson/YThW99ON/"]Jackson Koivun[/a], a 21-year-old rookie, beat South Korean 2-up.[/p][p]Canada's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/taylor-nick/bRN84Bas/"]Nick Taylor[/a] tied [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/henley-russell/4xlMJb5S/"]Russell Henley[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/schauffele-xander/OnIoiVkm/"]Xander Schauffele[/a] edged New Zealand's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fox-ryan/bR9ztYXn/"]Ryan Fox[/a] 2&1 after the Cup was decided.[/p][embed guid="44cf9328-67ae-4bc2-8dd2-380d41e2b58e" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnUnYWEiWFw" social-type="youtube" /]