2022 Presidents Cup teams: Breaking down how new-look United States may power through international side
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Although different from years past, this United States team could go down as one of the best ever
The 2022 Presidents Cup has finally returned after a three-year hiatus created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Last seen at Royal Melbourne in Australia during the winter of 2019, a highly-contested bout between an underdog international group and a favored United States squad played out in dramatic fashion. Scottie Scheffler 1 2-0-1 2nd -- Patrick Cantlay 4 6-2-1 3rd T33 Xander Schauffele 5 6-3-0 3rd T14 Justin Thomas 7 12-4-3 5th 1st Collin Morikawa 9 3-0-1 2nd -- Sam Burns 12 0-0-0 1st T55 Jordan Spieth 13 16-12-4 8th T28 Tony Finau 14 3-4-3 4th T16 Billy Horschel 15 0-0-0 1st T33 Max Homa 16 0-0-0 1st 1st Cameron Young 18 0-0-0 1st -- Kevin Kisner 25 2-0-2 2nd T6 Hideki Matsuyama 17 6-7-4 5th T5 Sungjae Im 19 3-1-1 2nd T31 Tom Kim 22 0-0-0 1st -- Corey Conners 26 0-0-0 1st T42 Adam Scott 30 16-22-6 10th 3rd K.H. Lee 43 0-0-0 1st T58 Mito Pereira 49 0-0-0 1st MC Sebastian Munoz 63 0-0-0 1st T38 Cameron Davis 66 0-0-0 1st T26 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 67 0-0-0 1st -- Si Woo Kim 76 1-2-0 2nd MC Taylor Pendrith 109 0-0-0 1st --
With the international team taking a two-point edge into Sunday singles, any and all results were still on the table. The U.S. team, led by playing captain Tiger Woods, pulled off the comeback down under, winning the Sunday session to the tune of 8 to 4 and the overall match 16 to 14. Bettering its record to 11-1-1 in the history of the Presidents Cup, it was thought the U.S. had finally been caught in terms of skill, analytical prowess and strategy in this competition.
Fast forward to the present and not only are new faces present, the aura around the event has changed. The upstart international side is no longer a pesky underdog but rather a team holding on by the threads after LIV Golf poached key cornerstone pieces Abraham Ancer, Louis Oosthuizen, Cameron Smith and Joaquin Niemann.
