Americans rally in singles to win the Presidents Cup for the 11th straight time

US captain Brandt Snedeker won’t have to second-guess the outcome of this Presidents Cup. The Americans won for the 11th straight time Sunday with key rallies on the back nine by two-time major champion Collin Morikawa and 21-year-old rookie Jackson Koivun.

Outplayed over three days in team matches, the Americans leaned on their strength in singles to make up a three-point deficit.

President Donald Trump was on the first tee for the start of 12 singles matches, and he kept his speech short. “It’s going to be a very interesting game of golf,” he said.

That it was, even if the outcome was all to familiar.

Cameron Young and Justin Thomas set the tone early. Scottie Scheffler took down Nico Echavarria with a show of pure sportsmanship when a spectator disrupted the Colombian’s swing. Patrick Cantlay had another moment, as he always seem to do in this competition, holing a birdie putt from just inside 60 feet on the par-3 16th against hard-luck Adam Scott.

Five matches remained on the course — the Americans were 1 up in three of them, the other two were all square. All the Internationals had to do was find three points from them. The Americans simply refused to budge.

Koivun was 2 down through 10 holes to the Internationals’ top performer this week, Si Woo Kim, when he won three straight holes to flip the color to American red on the board. The kid drilled his tee shot on the 18th, and twirled his iron when he knew the approach was pure. He wound up with a 2-up victory, and then it was a matter of time.

The clinching point came from Jacob Bridgeman, who rolled in a 3-foot par putt on the 18th green for a 1-up victory over Min Woo lee, assuring the Americans the 15 1/2 points they needed.

美国队队长布兰特·斯内德克尔无需对本届总统杯的比赛结果进行任何猜测。周日，美国队凭借两届大满贯冠军科林·森川和21岁新秀杰克逊·科伊文在后九洞的关键发挥，取得了11连胜。

在为期三天的团体赛中处于劣势的美国队，依靠单打的优势弥补了三分的差距。

唐纳德·特朗普总统在第一洞发球台为12场单打比赛开球，他的讲话很简短。“这将是一场非常有趣的比赛，”他说。

确实如此，即使结果早已司空见惯。

卡梅隆·杨和贾斯汀·托马斯早早奠定了比赛基调。斯科蒂·舍夫勒展现了纯粹的体育精神，在一名观众干扰哥伦比亚选手尼科·埃查瓦里亚挥杆时，他主动出击，最终淘汰了对手。帕特里克·坎特利再次上演精彩表现，正如他在这项赛事中一贯的风格，在16号洞（三杆洞）从不到60英尺的地方推进小鸟球，击败了运气不佳的亚当·斯科特。

场上还剩下五场比赛——美国队在其中三场领先一分，另外两场打成平手。国际队只需要从这五场比赛中拿到三分即可。但美国队却纹丝不动。

科伊文在前十洞落后本周国际赛最佳球员金时洙两洞的情况下，连赢三洞，将领先优势扭转为美国队的红色。这位年轻球员在第18洞开球精准，并在确认攻果岭的一杆完美无瑕后，挥动铁杆庆祝。最终他以两洞的优势获胜，接下来的比赛就只是时间问题了。

雅各布·布里奇曼在第 18 洞果岭上推进了一个 3 英尺的保帕推杆，以 1 洞的优势战胜了李旻宇，为美国队赢得了制胜一分，确保了美国队获得所需的 15.5 分。