{
  "id": 9871212,
  "title": "How did things go so wrong for U.S Presidents Cup team Friday?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/how-did-things-go-so-wrong-for-u-s-presidents-cup-team-friday",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-26T00:09:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Golf.com",
    "slug": "golf-com",
    "url": "https://golf.com/news/how-things-wrong-us-presidents-cup-team/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The International team dominated the foursomes on day two of the Presidents Cup, winning all five matches against the US team. This stunning turnaround gave them a 7-3 lead heading into the weekend. According to Yahoo Sports, the US team had been 3-2 up after the fourballs on Thursday, but were beaten in all five matches in the alternate-shot format on Friday.\n\nThe International team's victories came courtesy of several close matches. Sungjae Im and Hideki Matsuyama beat Russell Henley and Jacob Bridgeman 3&2, while Corey Conners and Nick Taylor edged out world number one Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns by one hole. Ryan Fox and Min Woo Lee also won by one hole against Collin Morikawa and Wyndham Clark. Additionally, Adam Scott and Christiaan Bezuidenhout defeated Justin Thomas and Cameron Young 3&2, and Tom Kim and Si Woo Kim won 4&3 against Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele.\n\nThe Presidents Cup has been contested since 1994, and the International team's win would be their first victory in the event since 1998 and only their second since its inception. The competition will continue with four further foursomes matches and four more fourballs on Saturday, followed by 12 singles games on Sunday.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Presidents Cup recap: 'Relentless' Internationals sweep Friday foursomes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/presidents-cup-recap-relentless-internationals-sweep-friday-foursomes",
        "published": "2026-09-25T22:38:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Golf.com",
        "title": "U.S. trails Presidents Cup after Internationals' shocking sweep",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/u-s-trails-presidents-cup-after-internationals-shocking-sweep",
        "published": "2026-09-25T22:47:49.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}