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Monday, September 28, 2026

International Team's brilliant week, falls just short to USA Sunday singles...Final results..

 2026 Presidents Cup, Medinah GC, September 25th -27th  

Despite the heavy bias by the American media, expectations of the American public, Geoff Ogilvy and his International Team led 10.5 to 7.5 heading into the Sunday singles needing just 4.5 points to tie, or 5 points to win.

Men's golfers raise a trophy.
United States captain Brandt Snedeker lifts the trophy with teammates at the conclusion of the 2026 Presidents Cup at Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illi., on Sunday. (Luke Hales/Getty Images)

The final score of 17 -13 USA in no way reflects how tense the atmosphere was at Medinah CC as match after match was close, the final outcome in doubt. 

Nico Echavarria, dismissed as "a decent player over in Europe" rallied to win 2 of his last 5 holes against Scheffler before shaking hands on the 17th green, down 2up.

Five matches went to the 18th green in American favour.

In the end Tom Kim, Sungjae Im won their matches while Nick Taylor tied with Russell Henley not enough to win the match.

Captain Ogilvy " We came here with high hopes, a really good team, a great enviroment. You couldn't ask for more than have a 3 point lead on the road, in US, that's a hard thing to do. To be polite, we did all the hard work in the first 3 days.

I wouldn't do anything differently, I felt like our plan was pretty solid. The pairings all week were great weren't they.

In the end you have to make the shots and have the putts fall for you. As it turned out the American did that just a little better today"

A true gentleman, Geoff wouldn't add " having been outplayed all week, Sunday certainly saved their blushes"

The Ryder Cup, Solheim Cup and Walker Cup had already gone against the USA, and until late on Sunday this Presidents Cup was as well..

*****The next Presidents Cup returns to Australia in 2028 at Kingston Heath in the Melbourne sandbelt.

Here are the Sunday Single Matches (began at 1100am)

International 2.5  / USA .9.5

19. Ryo Hisatune  3&2   Cameron Young

20. Tom Kim 3&2  Wyndham Clark

21. Corey Conners  5&3  Justin Thomas

22. Nico Echavarria  2&1  Scott Scheffler

23. Sungjae Im  3&1  Sam Burns

24. Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1up  Chris Gotterup

25. Hideki Matsuyama  1up Collin Morikawa

26. Adam Scott 2&1 Patrick Cantlay

27. Si Woo Kim  2up Jackson Koivun

28. Min Woo Lee  1up Jacob Bridgeman

29. Nick Taylor Tied  Russell Henley

30. Ryan Fox  2&1  Xander Schauffele

Bryan Angus

Sunday, September 27, 2026

French Open : Matt Fitzpatrick wins the French Open .Final Results

    DP World Tour : FedEx French Open   Leaderboard

615am est >>>After a 20 minute delay due to early morning fog, play is well underway in the final round of this version of the French Open with Matt Fitzpatrick at -19 the man to beat, five shots clear.

Matt Fitzpatrick seals victory at FedEx Open de France

" I realize that with the lead I have, if I continue to play well I will be tough to beat, so Ill get a good nights sleep and see what tomorrow brings"

However with another day of ideal weather, Le National continues to provide little resistance, low scores are already on the board.

EDIT >>>> 1200hrs est

Matt Fitzpatrick survived a slow start to his final round to seal an ultimately comfortable three-stroke victory at the 2026 FedEx Open de France.

The Englishman waited until the 13th hole for his first birdie of the day, by which time Eugenio Chacarra had cut his overnight five-shot lead to two, but his scrambling skills ensured he closed out the win with a round of 70 -20

Fitzpatrick said: "Obviously delighted to get it over the line, it was definitely a battle today. Didn't have my best stuff for the first 12 holes, there's a lot of patience but coming down the stretch today, to hit the shots that I did and make the putts I did was special."

Spain's Angel Hidalgo finished runner-up on -17 under and claimed the place in The 155th Open at St Andrews on offer to the highest finished not already exempt.

The win capped a special few weeks for Fitzpatrick who, with his wife Katherine, recently welcomed their first child Jack.

"Yeah, absolutely," the champion continued. "I can't wait to get home and see them."

Pavon and Vaillant shared the honours as top home player, with Chacarra and Reitan alongside them in 3rd on -15. Pavon's 64 matched Dan Bradbury for the low round of the final day.

Kim, Migliozzi and Stone finished a shot further back -14 with Jeff Winther alone in tenth on -13.

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Bryan Angus

 

Saturday, September 26, 2026

Presidents Cup: Internationals 10.5 USA 7.5 Sunday single matches

    2026 Presidents Cup, Medinah GC, September 25th -27th  

Here are the Sunday Single Matches (begin at 1100am)

International  / USA 

19. Ryo Hisatune  vs  Cameron Young

20. Tom Kim  vs Wyndham Clark

21. Corey Conners  vs Justin Thomas

22. Nico Echavarria  vs Scott Scheffler

23. Sungjae Im  vs Sam Burns

24. Christiaan Bezuidenhout vs Chris Gotterup

25. Hideki Matsuyama  vs Collin Morikawa

26. Adam Scott vs Patrick Cantlay

27. Si Woo Kim  vs Jackson Koivun

28. Min Woo Lee   vs Jacob Bridgeman

29. Nick Taylor vs Russell Henley

30. Ryan Fox  vs Xander Schauffele

Bryan Angus

Saturday afternoon Foursomes Internationals 10.5 USA 7.5.... Live scoring

   2026 Presidents Cup, Medinah GC, September 25th -27th  

After the morning fourballs the score heading into the afternoon foursomes  is Internationals 8.5  USA 5.5

SATURDAY FOURSOMES  Internationals 2  USA 2

15. Tom Kim/ Si Woo Kim   2&1 Patrick Cantlay / Xander Schauffele

16. Corey Conners/ Nick Taylor  1up   Russell Henley/ Jacob Bridgeman

17. Adam Scott/ Sungjae Im  6&4  Cameron Young / Chris Gotterup

18. Ryan Fox/ Min Woo Lee  3&2 15th Sam Burns/ Wyndham Clark


After 4 series the score is Internationals 10.5   USA 7.5

Internationals need 15 to share, 15.5 to win


Bryan Angus



Fitzpatrick in command at French Open, ...54 hole results

    DP World Tour : FedEx French Open  Tee Times Leaderboard

Play on "moving day" in Paris is underway after a foggy start, the skies have cleared with lots of sunshine as Matt Fitzpatrick who made five birdies and an eagle on Friday afternoon before preserving his flawless card with an excellent up-and-down from the back-left of the 18th green  begins the day a shot ahead of the pack at -13

Matt Fitzpatrick leads 2026 FedEx Open de France after brilliant bogey-free 64


The round was overnight suspended at 19.55pm local time due to darkness, with play set to restart at 8.45am. Saturday will be a two tee start in three balls and will not start before 10am.

The cut fell at -3 for 66 players.

EDIT >>>> 1130am est

Matt Fitzpatrick was on a run of form early in this 2026 season where nobody in the world could match him. 

In March he was 2nd at the Players, 1st at the Valspar, then in April after T18 at the Masters, he won the RBC Heritage and with his brother Alex won the Zurich Classic.

His prize money in total was $9,650,000.

He's back in that form this week is sunny Paris in ideal  conditions 65 64 65 -19 with a  shot lead over French fan favourite Tom Vaillant 67 65 67 -14, they will make up the final pairing on Sunday.

NEW >>>>

Matt Fitzpatrick took a stranglehold on the 2026 FedEx Open de France as a brilliant third round of 65 carried him to -19

Seven birdies more than offset the Englishman's first bogey of the week as he led by five strokes from Tom Vaillant, who enjoyed loud support from the home crowd at Le Golf National.

Fitzpatrick said: "I feel like I'm in a position that if I go and shoot a good round tomorrow, then obviously it makes it almost impossible to catch. But long way to go, and just take it hole by hole."

Vaillant shot 67 to nudge ahead of a large group at -13 , including Eugenio Chacarra, whose 62 was the lowest round of the week, and Brandon Stone who shot 63.

Fitzpatrick said: "Just another really, really solid day. I felt really comfortable out there.

"I think to birdie the first, it's always nice to kind of get off to a nice start like that. And then two-under through three, and you can kind of kick on from there. And I felt like that my game was pretty solid all day.

"I was disappointed to drop my one shot, to be honest. It will kind of stick with me."

Stone and Chacarra were alongside Reitan, Hidalgo and Winther at -13 under. A shot further back were at -12 were Kim, German veteran Marcel Siem, Italian pair Migliozzi and Gregorio De Leo and Englishmen Sam Bairstow and Joe Dean.

Fitzpatrick's compatriot and Ryder Cup team-mate Tommy Fleetwood, the 2017 champion, was -6 after Friday's round but was forced to withdraw before Saturday's tee time due to illness.


Bryan Angus


Saturday morning fourballs score Internationals 8.5 USA 5.5 ..live scoring

    2026 Presidents Cup, Medinah GC, September 25th -27th  

On Saturday with the Internationals leading 7-3,  the teams will play 4 morning fourball matches, followed by 4 afternoon foursome matches.

Presidents Cup capsules of foursomes matches at Medinah

USA teams’ Scottie Scheffler, right, and Sam Burns greet International teams’ Corey Conners, of Canada, left, and Nick Taylor, of Canada, after their Presidents Cup golf tournament second round foursomes match at Medinah Country Club, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Medinah, Ill. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

WEATHER

Morning 14-18*c, sunny P.O.P 0%  wind 11-17km/k E

Afternoon 20*c mainly sunny P.O.P 0%  wind 12-18km/h NE

 SATURDAY MORNING 4BALLS  (begin 8am)

Internationals 1.5 / USA 2.5

11. Min Woo Lee/ Sungjae Im  TIED Justin Thomas / Jackson Koivun

12. Si Woo Kim / Tom Kim  2&1  Colin Morikawa / Wyndham Clark

13. Nick Taylor / Corey Conners  2&1  Chris Gotterup / Cameron Young

14. Hideki Matsuyama / Ryo Hisatsune  2&1 Scott Scheffler / Sam Burns

Internationals 8.5   USA 5.5


Not playing, Ryan Fox, Adam Scott, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Nico Echavarria. 

Russell Henley. Patrick Cantlay, Jacob Bridgeman, Xander Schauffele

 OPINION 

* Having been whitewashed on Friday the Americans are expected to make a fight back today, while the Internationals will want to continue to play their game and keep each match close.

FRIDAY FOURSOME MATCH RESULTS

1. Corey Conners / Nick Taylor   1up  Scott Scheffler/ Sam Burns

2. Sungjae Im / Hideki Matsuyama  3&2   Russell Henley / Jacob Bridgeman

3. Ryan Fox / Min Woo Lee  1up  Wyndham Clark / Colin Morikawa

4. Adam Scott / Christiaan Bezuidenhout  3&2  Justin Thomas /Cameron Young

5. Tom Kim / Si Woo Kim   4&3  Patrick Cantlay / Xander Schauffele

NOT PLAYING

Ryo Hisatsune/ Nico Echavarria  / Chris Gotterup / Jackson Koivun

Bryan Angus 



Friday, September 25, 2026

Friday at the French Open Matt Fitzpatrick leads.. LIVE Scoreboard 36 hole results

   DP World Tour : FedEx French Open  Tee Times Leaderboard

Play began this morning in Paris with Michael Kim in the lead after he  began his title defence with a resounding 8 birdie, bogey free 63 to lead this French Open by 2 shots over a group of 7 players including Matt Fitzpatrick at -6 65.

Today, Denmark's Jeff Winther is off to a great start -6 through 13 holes -11 for the lead, confirming to the others that in these ideal conditions the newly renovated Le National is certainly there for the taking.. 

WEATHER  24*c sunny, breeze 6km/h SE, no rain

EDIT>> Friday night

Matt Fitzpatrick tees off on the second hole on day two of the FedEx Open de France at Le Golf National  © Stuart Franklin/Getty Images

Matt Fitzpatrick carded a brilliant bogey-free 64 during the fog-affected second round at Le Golf National to take a one-stroke lead over Jeff Winther at the halfway stage of the 2026 FedEx Open de France.

The World Number Four made five birdies and an eagle on Friday afternoon before preserving his flawless card with an excellent up-and-down from the back-left of the 18th green.

"I played really solid again," said Fitzpatrick, who is making his first appearance at the event since 2018.

"Felt comfortable with my game. Just the last few holes were a bit of a grind. But, yeah, happy to be in the clubhouse."

The start of the second round was delayed by fog on Friday morning but, once play got under way, Winther quickly became the man to catch.

With first round leader Michael Kim among the later starters, the Dane fired a bogey-free 64 of his own to reach -12  and set the early target.

Fitzpatrick, playing in the afternoon, made four birdies on the front nine to move quickly into contention. After four straight pars from the turn, he then joined Winther at the summit with an eagle at the par-five 14th before holing a 27-footer at the 16th to take the outright lead.

He parred the 17th but slipped while playing his approach to the last, sending the ball long and left of the water-surrounded green and leaving himself a difficult up-and-down.

Fitzpatrick responded by playing his next shot to four feet before converting the par putt to sign for a flawless 64 and a 36-hole total of -13 

Defending champion Michael Kim, who claimed his maiden DP World Tour crown at this event 12 months ago at Golf de Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche as Le Golf National underwent extensive renovations, sits a shot further back.

The American had a mix of fortunes on Friday but still sits just two behind on -11 mixing six birdies with three bogeys to add a 66 to his opening 63.

"Yeah, it wasn't perfect golf like yesterday, but I felt like I made a good fight out of it," he said.

"And overall I'm happy with where I'm at. I didn't get off to the best start. Swing didn't feel as good as yesterday. But I'm really happy. I feel like I figured some things out during the middle of the round today. And just a little unfortunate bogey coming in. But I think I have a good chance to win this tournament for the weekend."

SUMMARY

Fellow American Ryan Gerard and Frenchman Tom Vaillant currently share fourth on -10, with Angel Hidalgo, Marcel Siem, Thriston Lawrence and Gregorio De Leo in a share of sixth place at -9.

SATURDAY

The round was overnight suspended at 19.55pm local time due to darkness, with play set to restart at 8.45am. Round three will be a two tee start in three balls and will not start before 10am.

The cut is currently projected to be -3, with 66 players sitting at -3.


Bryan Angus