Scheffler and Burns to face Im and Lee in Presidents Cup opener
MEDINAH (United States): 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.
Scheffler, the world's top-ranked golfer, and Sam Burns will anchor the United States team for the opening four-ball matches against South Korea's Im Sung-jae and Australia's Min Woo Lee at the 16th Presidents Cup in Medinah. Burns, the US Open runner-up, joins Scheffler, the FedEx Cup playoff champion, in facing Im and Lee. The United States' captain, Brandt Snedeker, and the Internationals' captain, Geoff Ogilvy, alternated selections to set the matchups.
The United States leads the all-time Presidents Cup rivalry 13-1-1, winning ten consecutive matches since 2003. Ogilvy expressed excitement about the pairings, stating that everyone enters the tournaments with optimism. In the first match, American Cameron Young and Xander Schauffele will go up against Japan's Hideki Matsuyama and rookie Ryo Hisatsune.
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