2022 President’s Cup: Day 1 pairings, tee times and format
The pairings and tee times for the first round (foursomes) at the 2022 Presidents Cup
After three long years of anticipation, the 2022 Presidents Cup is finally upon us.
Taking place from September 22–25, the 14th edition of the competition will be held at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, which has hosted the Wells Fargo Championship annually - a fixture on the PGA Tour.
The United States goes into the championship as a massive favorite to retain the cup after a dramatic 16-14 victory at Royal Melbourne in 2019. Meanwhile, an up-and-coming international team, which has eight rookies on its roster, is hoping to do big things in North Carolina. While their chances are severely hurt by the absences of Cameron Smith, Joaquin Niemann, Abraham Ancer, Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel and others who have joined LIV Golf, they at least they have four players with Presidents Cup experience: Hideki Matsuyama, Sungjae Im, Adam Scott and Si-Woo Kim.
Related: 2022 President’s Cup overview: International Team vs Team USA - players, captains, format
2022 Presidents Cup Format, schedule
After Thursday’s opening round, there are five fourball matches on Friday. Then Saturday sees four foursomes matches in morning, and four fourball matches in the afternoon. The tournament comes to an end on Sunday with 12 singles matches. Each one of the 30 matches is worth one point with the first team to 15.5 points winning.
All times Eastern
Thursday: Foursomes -- 1-6 p.m.
Friday: Fourball -- 11:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday: Foursomes and fourball -- 7 a.m. -- 6 p.m.
Sunday: Singles -- 12-6 p.m.
2022 Presidents Cup pairings- first round (foursomes)
- Match 1- (1.05pm ET) Hideki Matsuyama/Adam Scott (INT) vs Patrick Cantlay/Xander Schauffele (USA)
- Match 2 - (1.17pm ET) Corey Conners/Sungjae Im (INT) vs Jordan Spieth/Justin Thomas (USA)
- Match 3 - (1.29pm ET) Tom Kim/KH Lee (INT) vs Collin Morikawa/Cameron Young (USA)
- Match 4 - (1.41pm ET) Cam Davis/Si Woo Kim (INT) vs Sam Burns/Scottie Scheffler (USA)
- Match 5 - (1.53 ET) Taylor Pendrith/Mito Pereira (INT) vs Tony Finau/Max Homa (USA)
2022 Presidents Cup teams
| U.S. | OWGR | International | OWGR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scottie Scheffler | 1 | Hideki Matsuyama | 17 |
| Patrick Cantlay | 4 | Sungjae Im | 19 |
| Xander Schauffele | 5 | Tom Kim | 22 |
| Justin Thomas | 7 | Corey Conners | 26 |
| Collin Morikawa | 9 | Adam Scott | 30 |
| Sam Burns | 12 | K.H. Lee | 43 |
| Jordan Spieth | 13 | Mito Pereira | 49 |
| Tony Finau | 14 | Sebastian Munoz | 63 |
| Billy Horschel | 15 | Cameron Davis | 66 |
| Max Homa | 16 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 67 |
| Cameron Young | 18 | Si Woo Kim | 76 |
| Kevin Kisner | 25 | Taylor Pendrith | 109 |
Since 2007, foursomes have favored the Americans, holding a 30-point edge over the International squad. As they are expected to keep the Presidents Cup on home soil, an international defeat would be one of the biggest knock overs in team match-play events in the history of golf.