Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns will lead off for the United States against the Internationals in Thursday’s five opening four-ball matches of the 16th Presidents Cup after Wednesday’s pairings draw.
The Americans own a 13-1-1 edge in the all-time rivalry, having won 10 in a row since a 2003 draw. Their only loss came in 1998 in Australia. Thursday’s first four-ball match tees off at 11:35 am with the second match pitting Americans Cameron Young and Xander Schauffele against Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama and rookie Ryo Hisatsune. Match three has Americans Justin Thomas and Jackson Koivun, a 21-year-old rookie, facing Canada’s Corey Conners and Colombia’s Nico Echavarria. Teams need 15.5 of the 30 points on offer to capture the trophy, with the Cup shared in the event of a 15-15 deadlock.
Four-time major winner Scheffler, the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoff winner, and Burns, the US Open runner-up, will tee off against South Korean Im Sung-jae and Australian Min Woo Lee in the opener at Medinah. “Jackson being a young kid, I feel like he has found his way on our team really quickly. The fifth and final four-ball match sends South Koreans Tom Kim and Kim Si-woo against Americans Chris Gotterup and Patrick Cantlay.
He has handled the adjustment really well,” Snedeker said.
