ÎLE BIZARD, Que. — The morning session on Saturday on the 2024 Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal is now accomplished.
The American aspect received three matches whereas the Worldwide aspect, led by a spirited duo of Si Woo Kim and Tom Kim, received one.
The standings heading into Saturday afternoon is 8-6 for Group USA.
Saturday morning’s fourballs session was delayed by about 90 minutes because of fog, inflicting a trickle-down delay for the afternoon foursomes (alternate shot).
Of notice, for the primary time in Presidents Cup historical past, all the golfers who performed within the morning session for the Worldwide aspect can even play within the afternoon session.
“We just like the matchups, we just like the pairings, and we’re rolling with it,” workforce captain Mike Weir stated.
Right here’s what occurred within the morning matches.
Scottie Scheffler/Collin Morikawa def. Adam Scott/Taylor Pendrith 2&1
The People made only one birdie throughout the primary 11 holes and the match was tied by way of 15. Scheffler, the world No. 1, then made his first birdie of the day on No. 16 earlier than closing out the match on the subsequent gap with a 16-foot putt after Pendrith had hit his tee shot into the water.
Tony Finau/Xander Schauffele def. Corey Conners/Mackenzie Hughes 3&2
The American aspect was 2-up after 9 holes and the Canadians simply couldn’t rekindle their magic from Friday. Hughes and Conners made only one birdie apiece, however the People made birdies on Nos. 12, 14, and 15 to successfully seal the match.
Si Woo Kim/Tom Kim def. Keegan Bradley/Wyndham Clark 4&3
An eternal picture from this Presidents Cup will likely be Si Woo Kim taking off his cap early — with the ball nonetheless a couple of foot away from discovering the underside of the cup on the fifteenth gap — indicating he knew the match was over. The spirited Worldwide duo mixed for 9 birdies in 15 holes.
Patrick Cantlay/Sam Burns def. Hideki Matsuyama/Sungjae Im 2&1
This was a back-and-forth match that might have gone both means earlier than some stellar shot-making from Group USA. At No. 11, Matsuyama had an 8-foot birdie look however three-putted. Cantlay chipped in for eagle from 49 toes on the very subsequent gap, extending the People’ result in 2-up — a lead that was an excessive amount of for the Internationals to climb again from.
