The United States won the 16th Presidents Cup 17-13 at Medinah Country Club's No. 3 course on Sunday, completing the largest final-day comeback in the event's history.
The International team had led 10.5-7.5 after three days. The Americans took the Sunday singles 9.5-2.5, winning nine of the twelve matches with one halved.
Jacob Bridgeman clinched it, one up on Min Woo Lee at the last.
Brandt Snedeker captained the United States, Geoff Ogilvy the Internationals.
Thomas beat Conners 5&3 for the widest American margin of the session. Scheffler beat Echavarria 2&1, Cantlay beat Scott 2&1 and Schauffele beat Fox by the same score. The Internationals' two points came from Kim, who beat Clark 3&2, and Im, who beat Burns 3&1. Taylor halved with Henley.
"I think these guys never lost faith," Snedeker said. "Medinah has a history of funny things happening."
Cameron Young, who beat Hisatsune 3&2, was matter-of-fact about it. "All these matches are tough," he said.
The Americans went into the week 13-1-1 and leave it 14-1-1. The Internationals' only victory was in 1998, in Australia; the 2003 edition was tied. It was the first time since 2019 that the United States had to make up a deficit going into the singles.
Read as a contest, the week was genuinely dramatic. Read as a record, it was punctual.
The Department of Unnecessary Research has accordingly reclassified the Saturday-night deficit. It is not a threat to the result. It is the interval before it. On the evidence of eleven consecutive editions, an International lead after three days is the point in the format at which tension is applied.
This gives the event an unusually clean structure. Foursomes and four-ball establish the suspense. The singles remove it. The trophy is then presented to the side that was going to receive it, by a procedure now rehearsed sixteen times and revised once.
Our analysts are keen to record that the Internationals have improved. In 1998 they won. In the twenty-eight years since they have refined the approach, and in 2026 achieved a three-point lead with one day to play, which is the closest the format permits without disturbing the outcome.
The largest final-day comeback in the history of the Presidents Cup was completed at Medinah on Sunday afternoon. It is, on the record, also the least surprising.