The Presidents Cup begins on Thursday with a four-ball format for the first round. Five matches with 10 players from the American and International teams will play in what are expected to be soft and wet conditions at Royal Montreal Golf Club.
Here are the matches and scores from the opening day of the 2024 Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal, with the American teams listed first. Canadians are in bold.
SCORE
U.S.: 5 – International: 0
THURSDAY FOUR-BALL
All times Eastern
Final: Xander Schauffele-Tony Finau over Jason Day-Ben An, 1 UP
Final: Collin Morikawa-Sahith Theegala over Adam Scott-Min Woo Lee, 1 UP
Final: Scottie Scheffler-Russell Henley over Sungjae Im-Tom Kim, 3&2
Final: Wyndham Clark-Keegan Bradley over Taylor Pendrith-Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1 UP
Final: Patrick Cantlay-Sam Burns Hideki Matsuyama-Corey Conners, 2&1
Sitting out Thursday:
International: Mackenzie Hughes, Si Woo Kim
U.S.: Max Homa, Brian Harman
SCHEDULE
Thursday: Five matches total, four-ball
Friday: Five matches total, foursomes (alternate shot)
Saturday: Eight matches total, four-ball and foursomes split the morning and afternoon
Sunday: Twelve matches total, singles
FORMAT
The Presidents Cup is a four-day, match play event with 30 total matches, comprised of a 12-person U.S. Team and 12-person International Team. Unlike the Ryder Cup, the Presidents Cup begins play on Thursday of tournament week. The team that earns the most points after four days of competition wins the Presidents Cup.
