Presidents Cup Day 3: See how Saturday played out at Medinah

With three out of five sessions in the books, the International Team holds an 8.5-5.5 edge over the U.S. Team at the 2026 Presidents Cup. The Americans responded to an International sweep of Friday Foursomes (5-0) to win Saturday morning Four-ball, 2.5-1.5, cutting into a four-point deficit at Medinah Country Club, Course No. 3. The Brandt Snedeker-led U.S. squad won the first Four-ball session 3-2.

The U.S. Team, which has won the past 10 Presidents Cups and entered the week with a 13-1-1 record, now faces a significant challenge against an International Team seeking its first outright victory since 1998. The International Team also played to a tie in 2003.

Saturday features two sessions and eight total matches, with four Foursomes matches in the afternoon following four Four-ball matches in the morning. Twelve Singles matches will be played Sunday. A total of 20 points are available across the final three sessions, and the first team to reach 15.5 points will claim the Presidents Cup.

Here’s everything you need to know as Saturday’s action unfolds in the Windy City, including recaps from each session and the latest afternoon pairings as they are announced.

Saturday afternoon Foursomes

Match 15

2:15 p.m. ET: Tom Kim/Si Woo Kim (International) vs. Xander Schauffele/Patrick Cantlay (U.S.)

• Recap: To come

Match 16

2:29 p.m. ET: Corey Conners/Nick Taylor (International) vs. Russell Henley/Jacob Bridgeman (U.S.)

• Recap: To come

Match 17

2:43 p.m. ET: Adam Scott/Sungjae Im (International) vs. Cameron Young/Chris Gotterup (U.S.)

• Recap: To come

Match 18

2:57 p.m. ET: Ryan Fox/Min Woo Lee (International) vs. Sam Burns/Wyndham Clark (U.S.)

• Recap: To come

Saturday morning Four-ball

Match 11

Min Woo Lee/Sungjae Im (International) vs. Justin Thomas/Jackson Koivun (U.S.), Tied

• Recap: Any nerves the Auburn upstart showed Friday quickly turned into confidence. After a 309-yard drive that split the fairway at Medinah Country Club, Course No. 3's opening hole, Koivun, despite losing his footing on his follow-through, stuck the approach to 8 feet and calmly rolled in a birdie to give him and Thomas an early 1-up advantage. Beginning at the sixth hole, Koivun began exchanging birdies with Im, as the rookie birdied Nos. 6 and 8, sandwiched by a pair of par-3 birdies by Im, at Nos. 7 and 9. The Americans had a 2-up lead through 14 holes, but the Internationals never wavered, as Lee birdied the par-4 15th and Im leveled the match with a par on the 16th hole. After finding the fairway on the par-4 18th, Thomas’ approach came up short. However, the fiery American hit a fabulous chip to 14 inches, matching Im’s par as both teams shared the point.

Match 12

Si Woo Kim/Tom Kim (International) def. Collin Morikawa/Wyndham Clark (U.S.), 2 and 1

• Recap: Morikawa and Clark came out swinging, taking an early 1-up lead and holding the advantage through the turn. But the Koreans began to chip away on the back nine, with Si Woo Kim rolling in a clutch birdie on the par-3 ninth to keep the Internationals within one before adding another birdie on the 11th to win the hole. The momentum shifted late on Saturday, as Si Woo and Tom Kim came through with back-to-back birdies on Nos. 16 and 17 to flip the match and move 2-up. The Koreans closed it out 2 and 1, tallying another point for the Internationals.
  

Match 13

Chris Gotterup/Cameron Young (U.S.) def. Nick Taylor/Corey Conners (International), 2 and 1

• Recap: Gotterup and Young wasted no time putting the U.S. in control, winning the opening four holes to jump out to a 4-up lead. The highlight came on the short par-4 fourth, where both Americans drove the green before Young buried a 39-foot eagle putt, sending a roar through Medinah and leaving Gotterup’s 20-footer untouched. Taylor and Conners began to chip away on the back nine, cutting the deficit to 2-up through 14, but Gotterup answered on the 15th, sinking a massive 34-foot birdie putt to push the U.S. advantage back to 3-up. Taylor got one back with a birdie on the 16th, but Gotterup answered on 17, draining a clutch putt to match Conners’ birdie and secure the U.S. point, 2 and 1.

Match 14

Scottie Scheffler/Sam Burns (U.S.) def. Hideki Matsuyama/Ryo Hisatsune (International), 2 and 1

• Recap: In a match that never saw either team lead by more than one hole, Scheffler and Burns came out victorious, winning 2 and 1. Scheffler’s birdie at the third gave the Americans a lead until the seventh, but Matsuyama holed a 35-footer at the seventh to tie the match. At the par-3 ninth, both Matsuyama and Burns stuck their tee shots inside 8 feet, but only Burns converted, giving the Americans a 1-up lead heading to the back nine. The Internationals answered, with Matsuyama making birdie at Nos. 10 and 13 to put his team 1-up. After both teams tied the 14th, Scheffler and Burns blitzed the Japanese duo in the final three holes, as Scheffler birdied 15 to level the match before Burns closed out the Internationals by sticking his approaches on 16 and 17 within five feet, ultimately sealing Matsuyama and Hisatsune’s fate.