Presidents Cup final results here.
In the end the early USA dominance on Thursday and Friday matches where they won 7 out of 10 for an 8-2 lead was too much for the International team to overcome,
However the final 17.5 - 12.5 score doesn't do the weekend's play justice, with the internationals winning 5 of 8 on Saturday and in Sundays singles just being edged 6.5 - 5.5. Further to that many of the earlier losing matches were very close.
Singles winners were Si Woo Kim, Seb Munoz, Sungjae Kim, KH Lee, and Christiaan Bezuidenhout, while Hideki Matsuyama played Sam Burns to a draw.
I'll leave the summation to captain Trevor Immelman.
"Im sick and tired of hearing this team is a joke. These gentlemen are no joke, They all played some incredible golf, some inspired golf for the shield against a very, very good USA team playing at home. They kept fighting right until the end, even when the result was known they kept on fighting.
It's been an incredible couple of years, considering when I took over there was no such thing as a pandemic. There were a few other things that weren't around as well so as you know we've had a lot of hurdles to get to this point, (LIV defectors included stalwarts Louis Oosthuizen, Marc Leishman, Branden Grace, Cameron Smith, Abraham Ancer amongst others)
"So I'm extremely humbled and proud to be sitting up here with them and I thank them for everything they've done."
Pendrith actually led Tony Finau through the middle of their match, but the big hitting American made 8 birdies to win 3&1. Connors was ahead of Xander Schauffele after 3 straight birdies 12,13 and 14 but he managed to 3 putt the17th, allowing the American to win with a bogey, a cardinal sin in match play. Xander than birdied the last to win 1up.
Certainly disappointed said Connors, " We had some really good momentum after Saturday and the guys were ready to go on Sunday, some of them got points to keep us in it early, I'm really disappointed I didn't add to our total, still it was a fun week."
Summary:
In 2 years the Cup will be in Montreal, Mike Weir will likely be the captain and the likes of Pendrith and Connors will be that much stronger, and competition will be fierce with others like Mac Hughes, Adam Hadwin, Adam Svensson, Nick Taylor. Michael Gligic and Roger Sloan all desperate to make the team.
4 of the 5 Koreans won singles and if you include the sensational emerging star Tom Kim along with the outstanding play of Seb Munoz, Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Mito Pereira you can see a strong nucleus taking shape to replace veterans like Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama.
Two years ago in Melbourne, Ernie Els had shocked the world with his squad, and only a phenomenal fight back in the Sunday singles rescued the heavily favoured American team.
Their performance breathed life back into the American dominated Presidents Cup.
This years edition couldn't come all the way back, but while USA won the Cup, the young International team won everyone's respect.
Elsewhere no Canadians played on Sunday in the LPGA here or Champions Tour here
DP World Tour : Cazoo Open de France final Results
A brilliant birdie at the last capped a superb final round for Guido Migliozzi as he surged through the chasing pack to win the Cazoo Open de France.
The 25-year-old Italian began the day five shots off the lead but a course record-equalling 62 saw him edge past Denmark's Rasmus Højgaard, who had begun the day five shots ahead of his rival, for a third DP World Tour win and his first in three years.
The 2023 Ryder Cup is in Italy and Migliozzi has now thrown his cap into the mix with his performance this week.
Bryan Angus
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