The 2026 Presidents Cup will begin Thursday at Medinah Country Club in Chicago, with the United States seeking to extend its dominant run against the International team. The Americans hold a 13-1-1 record in the event and have won 10 consecutive Presidents Cups, including an 18½-11½ victory at Royal Montreal in 2024. The International team’s last win came in 1998, while the 2003 competition remains the only tie.
U.S. captain Brandt Snedeker’s roster includes world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns, Russell Henley and Collin Morikawa, along with captain’s picks Chris Gotterup, Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas, Jacob Bridgeman, Patrick Cantlay and Jackson Koivun. The International side, captained by Geoff Ogilvy, features Si Woo Kim, Ryan Fox, Hideki Matsuyama, Min Woo Lee, Tom Kim and Adam Scott, with Corey Conners, Nico Echavarria, Sungjae Im, Ryo Hisatsune, Nick Taylor and Christiaan Bezuidenhout completing the team.
The key statistical advantage remains American depth. The United States has eight players ranked inside the world’s top 11, while the International team has only one player in the top 15, Si Woo Kim at No. 14. Patrick Cantlay owns a 7-2-1 Presidents Cup record, Schauffele is 7-2 and Morikawa is 6-2, giving the Americans proven performers beyond Scheffler, whose record in the event is 3-5-1. The International team will need major contributions from Matsuyama and Scott, as well as Kim, to stay competitive through four days of four-ball, foursomes and Sunday singles.
Elsewhere, Robert MacIntyre finished tied for 10th at the BMW PGA Championship after a closing four-under-par 68 at Wentworth, but his round was overshadowed by a ruling on the 11th hole. His ball was embedded in what officials determined to be a partly repaired pitch mark, meaning he was denied free relief under Model Local Rule F-2. MacIntyre made bogey after being forced to play the ball, then added another bogey at the par-5 12th. DP World Tour chief referee Mark Litton said the mark was judged to have been repaired, while MacIntyre called the rule “absolutely ridiculous” and argued, “If it is in a plug mark, it’s in a plug mark.”