U.S. pair Scheffler and Burns open Presidents Cup four-ball matches
The Presidents Cup began Thursday at Medinah Country Club with five four-ball matches, featuring top U.S. players Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns leading the opening round.
The 16th Presidents Cup started Thursday at Medinah Country Club in Chicago with five four-ball (best-ball) matches. Team USA, aiming for an 11th consecutive victory, opened the competition with world number one Scottie Scheffler paired with Sam Burns against South Korea's Min Woo Lee and Japan's Sungjae Im at 12:35 p.m. ET. The second match featured Cameron Young and Xander Schauffele versus Hideki Matsuyama and Ryo Hisatsune, followed by Justin Thomas and Jackson Koivuniemi against Corey Conners and Nico Echavarria. Wyndham Clark teamed with Collin Morikawa to play Ryan Fox and Adam Scott, while Chris Kirk and Patrick Cantlay faced Tom Kim and Si Woo Kim in the final pairing. Captains Brandt Snedeker and Geoff Ogilvy set the line-ups, and the event will continue over four days, with the first team to reach 15.5 points winning the Cup. The matches are being broadcast on the Golf Channel and NBC throughout the weekend.