Team USA delivered a day one-thrashing of the International side to make a dominant start to their attempt to win a 10th successive Presidents Cup.
For just the second time in the 15th staging of the biennial teams competition, the USA produced a round-one clean-sweep to establish a commanding 5-0 lead in the fourballs going in to Friday’s foursomes.
It marks a dream start for US captain Jim Furyk’s bid to retain the title at Canada’s Royal Montreal Golf Club.
Despite Thursday’s one-sided overall scoreline, three of the five fourball matches did go down to the 18th hole with the International side left to rue a succession of missed opportunities and gilt-edged birdie putts on the back nine.
World No 1 Scottie Scheffler and playing partner Russell Henley delivered the day’s most comprehensive win, beating Korean pair Tom Kim and Sungjae Im 3&2, but the match contained the opening day’s biggest flashpoint and talking point.
Amid back-to-back birdies for the International side to level the match, Kim and Im walked on to the ninth tee before Scheffler had made his attempt to tie the eighth hole, which the American ultimately missed.
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Day One fourballs results – USA 5-0 International
- Xander Schauffele & Tony Finau bt Byeong Hun An & Jason Day 1 UP
- Collin Morikawa & Sahith Theegala bt Adam Scott & Min Woo Lee 1 UP
- Scottie Scheffler & Russell Henley bt Sungjae Im & Tom Kim 3&2
- Wyndham Clark & Keegan Bradley bt Taylor Pendrith & Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1 UP
- Patrick Cantlay & Sam Burns bt Hideki Matsuyama & Corey Conners 2&1
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