United States full thrilling comeback to retain Presidents Cup

The United States accomplished an exhilarating comeback on the ultimate day to beat the Internationals and win an eleventh successive Presidents Cup.

The hosts, containing eight of the planet’s 11 top-ranked gamers, trailed by three factors going into Sunday and have been seeking to keep away from only a second defeat because the biennial competitors started 32 years in the past.

They dominated the singles, profitable 9 of the 12 matches, to seal a 17-13 win at Medinah – the scene of Team Europe’s well-known Ryder Cup comeback win in 2012.

Jacob Bridgeman secured the decisive level by holing a four-foot par putt on the 18th to seal a one-up win over Australia’s Min Woo Lee.

There have been additionally wins for Cameron Young, Justin Thomas, Scottie Scheffler, Chris Gotterup, Collin Morikawa, Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele and Jackson Koivun.

“I instructed the blokes final night time that humorous stuff occurs right here. Medinah’s bought a historical past of humorous issues taking place,” mentioned US captain Brandt Snedeker, who was a member of the workforce crushed by Europe in 2012.

“All these guys fought for one another, fought for this nation, fought for this workforce.”

International captain Geoff Ogilvy mentioned: “The US workforce got here out firing, we knew they might.

“It was on a knife edge all day. If a few of these one downs we had on the market had flipped to 1 up, the numbers appeared actually good and who is aware of what momentum that would give.”

US President Donald Trump was in attendance in his position as honorary chairman, greeting the gamers and making a speech earlier than the matches bought below method.