Presidents Cup capsules of foursomes that end in a draw

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas, United States, def. Sungjae Im and Corey Conners, International, 4 and 3.

Spieth and Thomas won their third match together, and it didn’t require much effort until the end. The International team lost three holes on the front nine with bogeys, with Im not getting much help from Conners. The Americans were 2 up on the 13th hole when Im had a 15-foot birdie putt to cut into the deficit. He narrowly missed, but it rolled out 7 feet and Conners missed the next one to fall 3 down. On the final hole, Spieth hit into the water off the tee, and Im followed him. The Americans won with a bogey.

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Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama, International, def. Cameron Young and Collin Morikawa, United States, 3 and 2.

Scott and Matsuyama had not won a point the opening two sessions, and this was headed in the same direction when the Americans built a 2-up lead through eight holes. And then it flipped in a big way, with the International side winning the next five holes for a 3-up lead. The Americans gave away the ninth and 13th holes with double bogeys. Scott and Matsuyama won the three holes in between with birdies. The match ended on the 16th when the Americans failed to get up-and-down from a greenside bunker and had to settle for matching pars.

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K.H. Lee and Tom Kim, International, def. Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns, United States, 2 and 1.

This match was tight all the way, the kind the Americans have been pulling out at the end. Not this time. The Korean duo took the lead on the short par-4 11th when Lee drove the green and Kim holed a 35-foot eagle putt. Burns and Scheffler answered with a birdie. They traded wins over the next four holes, and the International team seized control by winning the par-5 16th to go 2 up when the Americans made bogey. A par on the 17th was enough for the win.

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Tony Finau and Max Homa, United States, def. Si Woo Kim and Cameron Davis, International, 4 and 3.

The Max Homa show had another happy ending, as this was the only foursomes match in which one team led the entire way. Homa and Finau were 2 up through three holes, and while Kim and Davis battled back with birdies to square the match, the Americans won three straight holes to go 3 up through 10 holes. It stayed that way until the par-4 15th when Kim drove into the stream on the left and the American won the hole with a par.

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