Presidents Cup match previews: Captains announce pairings for Thursday Four-ball session
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The 2026 Presidents Cup is nearly underway.
The matchups are set for the opening session at Medinah Country Club, where the U.S. Team and International Team will square off in five Four-ball matches on Thursday. Captains Brandt Snedeker and Geoff Ogilvy revealed their pairings for the opening session during a joint press conference Wednesday afternoon. Click here for information on live scores, tee times, TV times and a schedule of events for this week outside of Chicago.
The U.S. has led after the opening day in eight of the last nine editions of the Presidents Cup, all of which led to American victories. The lone exception came in 2019, when the International Team stormed out to a 4-1 lead at Royal Melbourne in Australia, but the U.S. ultimately rallied for victory. In 2024, the U.S. swept all five matches in the opening session, only for the International Team to win all five matches on Friday.
There will be a total of 30 matches played this week at Medinah, with the first team to reach 15.5 points declaring victory. Here's how the opening best-ball matches will play out:
Match 1 (12:35 p.m. ET): Scottie Scheffler/Sam Burns (U.S.) vs. Min Woo Lee/Sungjae Im (International)
The defending champs are leading with strength, as Scheffler headlines this match alongside Burns, rekindling a pairing that played three matches with middling results at Quail Hollow in 2022. Ogilvy led off the pairings process, choosing to put Lee and Im in the first pairing to face the pressures of the first tee scene on Thursday. Lee in particular should have no shortage of energy, while Scheffler looks to improve a record in team match play that doesn't exactly square with the credentials of the world's best player.
Match 2 (12:53 p.m. ET): Cameron Young/Xander Schauffele (U.S.) vs. Hideki Matsuyama/Ryo Hisatsune (International)
Match 3 (1:11 p.m. ET): Justin Thomas/Jackson Koivun (U.S.) vs. Corey Conners/Nico Echavarria (International)
Match 4 (1:29 p.m. ET): Wyndham Clark/Collin Morikawa (U.S.) vs. Ryan Fox/Adam Scott (International)
Match 5 (1:47 p.m. ET): Chris Gotterup/Patrick Cantlay (U.S.) vs. Tom Kim/Si Woo Kim (International)
