The United States completed a thrilling comeback on the final day to beat the Internationals and win an 11th successive Presidents Cup. The hosts, containing eight of the world's 11 top-ranked players, trailed by three points going into Sunday and were looking to avoid just a second defeat since the biennial competition began 32 years ago.
They dominated the singles, winning nine of the 12 matches, to seal a 17-13 victory at Medinah, the same venue where Team Europe achieved a famous Ryder Cup comeback in 2012. Jacob Bridgeman secured the decisive point by holing a four-foot par putt at the 18th to seal a one-up win over Australia's Min Woo Lee.
Victories were also recorded by Cameron Young, Justin Thomas, Scottie Scheffler, Chris Gotterup, Collin Morikawa, Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele, and Jackson Koivun. "I told the guys last night that funny stuff happens here. Medinah's got a history of funny things happening," said US captain Brandt Snedeker. "All these guys fought for each other, fought for this country, fought for this team."
International captain Geoff Ogilvy acknowledged the US team's strong performance. "The US team came out firing, we knew they would," Ogilvy said. "It was on a knife edge all day. If some of those one downs we had out there had flipped to one up, the numbers looked really good and who knows what momentum that could give."
US President Donald Trump was in attendance as honorary chairman, greeting players and delivering a speech before the matches commenced.