Jim Furyk, the captain of Team USA, has urged his players to use the International team's exuberant celebrations as fuel for their motivation following a remarkable comeback at the Presidents Cup. The Americans stormed to a 5-0 lead at Royal Montreal during Thursday's fourballs, but were brought back down to earth by Mike Weir's spirited international squad in Canada on Friday. The US's poor foursomes record continued, losing all five matches and evening the contest at 5-5 ahead of Saturday's action.
Friday's rout by the International team was even more impressive than the American's triumph on Thursday, with Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele suffering a 7&6 defeat to Hideki Matsuyama and Sungjae Im in the top match before Sahith Theegala and Collin Morikawa were beaten 5&4 by Adam Scott and Taylor Pendrith. Wyndham Clark and Tony Finau also had a dismal day, losing 5&6 to home favourites Corey Conners and Mackenzie Hughes. Even world No.
1 Scottie Scheffler couldn't secure a point for the Americans, as he and Russell Henley were defeated one up by Si Woo Kim and Ben An. Max Homa and Bryan Harman lost by the same score to Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Jason Day on a momentous day in Montreal, which was concluded by Kim at the last. The South Korean drained a long putt to secure the fifth point of the day and ignite massive celebrations on the 18th green in front of a roaring crowd.
Furyk urged his players to use the moment as motivation for Saturday's matches. "We're going .
