18:41
Wyndham Clark applies the pressure
Wyndham Clark/Collin Morikawa vs Ryan Fox/Adam Scott (1*)
Match four has just begun and it's already advantage Team USA.
Clark hits an approach to 10 feet.
Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns
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The 2026 Presidents Cup begins on Thursday at Medinah Country Club, where the United States and International team meet in the biennial competition.
Once again, Team USA are heavy favourites to win the contest.
Captain Brandt Snedeker's side features world number one Scottie Scheffler, major champions Wyndham Clark and Collin Morikawa, and the experienced Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas and Patrick Cantlay.
Three Americans - Chris Gotterup, Jacob Bridgeman and Jackson Koivun - will make their Presidents Cup debuts.
Geoff Ogilvy's International team includes veterans Hideki Matsuyama, Adam Scott and Si Woo Kim, alongside Ryan Fox, the 2026 Open Championship winner.
The United States has won the last 10 Presidents Cups and leads the overall series 13-1-1.
The Americans won 18½-11½ at Royal Montreal in 2024.
Day one of the 2026 Presidents Cup features five fourballs matches in total.
Five foursomes matches will be played on Friday.
On Saturday, there will be eight matches in total, with fourballs in the morning and foursomes contested in the afternoon.
There will be 12 singles matches on Sunday.
Scheffler and his good friend, Sam Burns, will lead Team USA out on Thursday against Min Woo Lee and Sungjae Im.
Thursday fourballs and tee times
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Match 1: (1735): Scottie Scheffler/Sam Burns vs Min Woo Lee/Sungjae Im
Match 2: (1753): Cameron Young/Xander Schauffele vs Hideki Matsuyama/Ryo Hisatsune
Match 3: (1811): Justin Thomas/Jackson Koivun vs Corey Conners/Nico Echavarria
Match 4: (1829): Wyndham Clark/Collin Morikawa vs Ryan Fox/Adam Scott
Match 5: (1847): Chris Gotterup/Patrick Cantlay vs Tom Kim/Si Woo Kim
24 Sep 2026
18:36
Wonderful from JT
Justin Thomas/Jackson Koivun A/S vs Corey Conners/Nico Echavarria (1)
Justin Thomas and Jackson Koivun both find the greenside trap at the 1st.
The experienced Thomas plays a delightful shot from the sand and his par putt is conceded.
Conners takes two putts for his four to share the spoils.
18:28
Cameron Young strikes at the 2nd
Cameron Young/Xander Schauffele 1up vs Hideki Matsuyama/Ryo Hisatsune (2)
Some beautiful approaches into the 2nd from Ryo Hisatsune and Cameron Young.
Young is up first and slots home from approximately five feet.
Hisatsune, who is closer, cannot follow him in.
His effort birdie putt slides by.
Team USA are leading in the top two matches.
18:16
Wild tee shots
Corey Conners is up first for the International duo in match three. It goes right and finds the second cut of rough.
Nico Echavarria also sprays his tee shot miles right.
Jackson Koivun rips his tee shot right down the middle and receives a wink from assistant captain Keegan Bradley.
Justin Thomas hits a little cut up the right centre.
18:13
No blood in match two
Young/Schauffele tied with Matsuyama/Hisatsune (1)
Pars are good enough to share the spoils at the 1st.
Match three is about to begin...
18:12
Sam Burns answers Min Woo Lee
Scheffler/Burns 1up vs Im/Lee (2)
Superb stuff from Min Woo Lee, who drains a 50-footer from the edge of the green over at the 2nd after playing a cautious approach to the green from the fairway bunker.
Scheffler misses his birdie putt from 33 feet but his teammate has his back.
18:03
Fore left!
Scheffler/Burns 1up vs Im/Lee (1)
What a break for Sungjae Im over at the 2nd.
His tee shot looks destined to go out of bounds but clatters into a fence and ricochets back into the fairway.
Lee's tee shot finds the fairway bunker.
The Americans are in good shape.
17:59
Match two begins
Right, let's get match two underway.
Japan's Ryo Hisatsune and Hideki Matsuyama are up against Cameron Young and Xander Schauffele.
Matsuyama goes left and finds the second cut of rough.
Hisatsune lets go of his club but finds the middle of the fairway.
Young finds the short stuff. Schauffele's tee shot leaks right.
17:55
Scheffler strikes
No mistake from Scottie Scheffler at the 1st, who converts his birdie putt.
USA go 1up in the opening match.
17:51
Advantage Scheffler
Some average approaches into the 1st.
Min Woo Lee comes up short of the green and will be chipping from around 60 feet.
Sungjae Im finds the bunker.
Sam Burns fires an average approach by his standards.
From 221 yards, Scottie Scheffler fires a dart to 13 feet.
Advantage USA.
17:45
Snedeker calls for Scheffler and Burns to be "savages"
Team USA captain Brandt Snedeker tells the Golf Channel: "I just want them [Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns] to go out there and be best friends and have some fun.
"A lot gets billed up around these events but these are best friends.
"I'm so proud of those guys, not just for the golfers that they are but also the human beings they are.
"I just want them to go out, have fun, and be the savages they are."
International captain Geoff Ogilvy adds: "The boys are fired up. There's such a build-up to these tournaments.
"We had an outing a couple of weeks ago, we've had lots of team dinners, they've been playing practice rounds all year and they're ready to go."
17:40
Presidents Cup begins!
The first match is underway.
Cracking stuff from Min Woo Lee at the 1st, who launches his drive over the bunkers and safely finds the middle of the fairway. Sungjae Im joins him.
Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns also find the short stuff.
17:23
Hello!
And welcome to today's live page.
The 2026 Presidents Cup will be getting underway shortly.
Here's what the first tee is looking like:
