Xander Schauffele wins his match and clinches the Presidents Cup for U.S. Team
His ball, club, hat, heart, and the inhibitions of the International Team.
Tom Kim, whose entertainment value exceeded his 2-3-0 record for the week, ran out of things to leave on the greens as he whooped and hollered and early-walked all those made putts, all of it must-see TV. Maybe he was secretly watching his own highlights when he strode smiling onto Quail Hollow’s first tee in those goofy glasses Sunday.
The U.S. won the 2022 Presidents Cup 17.5 – 12.5. Xander Schauffele (3-1-0) scored the clinching point with his 1-up Singles win over Corey Conners, and in a way, he called it.
“I’ll just save mine for tomorrow,” Schauffele said when asked for his highlight Saturday.
Si Woo Kim shushed the crowd, birdied 18 and beat Justin Thomas 1 up. Sebastian Muñoz took out Scottie Scheffler 2 and 1. If we watch to be surprised, who saw those results coming?
“Probably one of the best things I ever achieved in my life,” Muñoz said.
Thursday's foursomes matches| International | Results | United States |
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| Scott/Matsuyama | 6 & 5 | Cantlay/Schauffele | | Im/Conners | 2 & 1 | Spieth/Thomas | | JH Kim/Lee | 2 & 1 | Young/Morikawa | | SW Kim/Davis | 2 up | Scheffler/Burns | | Pendrith/Pereira | 1 up | Finau/Homa | | 1 | Foursomes | 4 | | 1 | Overall | 4 |
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Friday's fourball matches| International | Results | United States |
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| Scott/Davis | 2 & 1 | Spieth/Thomas | | Im/Muñoz | tied | Scheffler/Burns | | Pereira/Bezuidenhout | tied | Kisner/Young | | Matsuyama/JH Kim | 3 & 2 | Cantlay/Schauffele | | Conners/Pendrith | 1 up | Horschel/Homa | | 1 | Fourball | 4 | | 2 | Overall | 8 |
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Saturday's matchesMorning foursomes| International | Results | United States |
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| Im/Conners | 4 & 3 | Spieth/Thomas | | Scott/Matsuyama | 3 & 2 | Young/Morikawa | | Lee/JH Kim | 2 & 1 | Scheffler/Burns | | SW Kim/Davis | 4 & 3 | Finau/Homa | | 2 | Foursome | 2 | | 4 | Overall | 10 |
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Afternoon fourball| International | Results | United States |
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| SW Kim/JH Kim | 1 up | Cantlay/Schauffele | | Matsuyama/Pendrith | 4 & 3 | Thomas/Spieth | | Im/Muñoz | 3 & 2 | Finau/Kisner | | Scott/Davis | 1 | Horschel/Burns | | 3 | Fourball | 1 | | 7 | Overall | 11 |
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Sunday's singles matches| International | Results | United States | Timetable |
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| Kim Si-woo | 1 up | Justin Thomas | 2nd: 8–12 | | Cam Davis | 4 & 3 | Jordan Spieth | 1st: 7–12 | | Hideki Matsuyama | tied | Sam Burns | 4th: 8.5–13.5 | | Adam Scott | 3 & 2 | Patrick Cantlay | 3rd: 8–13 | | Sebastián Muñoz | 2 & 1 | Scottie Scheffler | 5th: 9.5–13.5 | | Taylor Pendrith | 3 & 1 | Tony Finau | 6th: 9.5–14.5 | | Corey Conners | 1 up | Xander Schauffele | 7th: 9.5–15.5 | | Im Sung-jae | 1 up | Cameron Young | 9th: 11.5–15.5 | | Lee Kyoung-hoon | 3 & 1 | Billy Horschel | 8th: 10.5–15.5 | | Kim Joo-hyung | 1 up | Max Homa | 11th: 11.5–17.5 | | Mito Pereira | 3 & 2 | Collin Morikawa | 10th: 11.5–16.5 | | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 2 & 1 | Kevin Kisner | 12th: 12.5–17.5 | | 5.5 | Singles | 6.5 |
| | 12.5 | Overall | 17.5 |
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