The first day is complete at the 2026 Presidents Cup at the Medinah Course No. 3 in Chicago, Illinois. The United States are the leaders after the first day of the event, as they won three of five four-ball matches.
The Americans got points from the teams of Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns, Justin Thomas and Jackson Koivun, and Wyndham Clark and Colin Morikawa. The most dominant American win came from Thomas and Koivun, as they defeated Canada’s Corey Conners and Colombia’s Nico Echavarria 4 & 3. It is interesting that all four golfers in this match were captain’s picks. Thomas now has a career record of seven wins and zero losses in four ball competition in the history of the Presidents Cup.
Clark and Morikawa teamed up to beat Adam Scott of Australia and Ryan Fox of New Zealand 3&2. Then, Scheffler and Burns beat Sung-jae Im of South Korea and Min Woo Lee of Australia in the most competitive match of the day 1 up.
The opening day of the 2026 Presidents Cup was significantly more competitive than the opening day of the 2024 Presidents Cup in Montreal two years ago. The United States dominated the four-ball action as they won all five matches.
The fact that the International Team made things close on Thursday was significant. They are the clear underdogs in the four day event, and have only won once in the history of the Presidents Cup. The Americans have won the last 10 Presidents Cups dating back to 2005.
