Presidents Cup 2024 standings after Friday, Day 2: scores for USA vs International Team

There was a sense of the inevitable following the opening day of the 2024 Presidents Cup. Jim Furyk’s US team raced to a perfect start at Royal Montreal, becoming just the fifth team to post a clean sweep in the tournament’s history.

The United States went into the competition requiring 15-1/2 points to retain the trophy but were given a bitter taste of their own medicine as Mike Weir’s internationals staged an astonishing fightback with a 0-5 shutout to tie the series 5-5 on Day 2.

Mike Weir’s team crown historic day in Montreal

Hideki Matsuyama and Sungjae Im got the International team off to a perfect start with a 7 and 6 win against Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele. That obviously rattled the defending champions as Collin Morikawa and Sahith Theegala succumbed to Adam Scott and Taylor Pendrith then Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Jason Day added another point on the board in their matchup with Max Homa and Brian Haman.

In the final match against Scottie Scheffler and Russell Henley, South Korea’s Si Woo Kim birdied the 13th and superbly sank a 15-foot putt to go 1 up and put the seal on an epic day in which the International team scored their first ever foursomes sweep against the US at the Presidents Cup.

The day was especially significant for Mackenzie Hughes and Corey Conner, the all-Canadian team scored a 6&5 victory over Wyndham Clark and Tony Finau to crown an historic day on home soil. “This is as good as it gets,” an emphatic Hughes said afterwards. “You feel like there’s this huge rush of adrenaline running through you all day. It’s a bit of a drug. The crowds really amplified that feeling”.

Weir, “couldn’t be happier or more proud”

Mike Weir seconded that opinion, highlighted the spirit of his team and expressed how proud of them he is in the post-game press conference: “I don’t think there’s any one moment, or one or two moments, I think it’s collective. We’re all in this together, we all had great belief. I’m just so proud of the guys and how they fought. They knew they were right in the matches. It went their way yesterday and it it went our way today. That’s golf, as we all know”.

“It’s a game of nerves and controlling nerves but I was confident about our guys,” he continued. “I’m just so proud of them, so pumped for them - to play that well yesterday and not have any points on the board was disappointing so to see their hard work and them sticking in there, and we the captains doing the same and believing... I couldn’t be happier. I am so proud of them”.

Tomorrow’s action continues with a Four-Ball format. The action will get underway at 7:02 a.m. with the United States on first tee.