U.S. completes Sunday singles comeback at Presidents Cup

Golf Digest

Now that the U.S. has completed its comeback to win another Presidents Cup, it's worth revisiting some of the takes that were dished out before Sunday singles even began. That's not to suggest some of them were off base (example: the U.S. stinks at foursomes), but the U.S.'s dominant effort on Sunday at Medinah is a reminder to maybe just hold off on the doom and gloom until the clock hits zero. On Saturday, some folks would have had you believing World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is unplayable in team events and that captain Brandt Snedeker should be sent on a rocket ship to the sun for the way he structured the final matches, not to mention the previous four sessions. And how about Jacob Bridgeman over J.J. Spaun? BRUTAL.

Meanwhile, with his singles victory over Nico Echavarria, Scheffler went 3-1-0 on the week. And Snedeker's Sunday lineup took the final session 9.5-2.5. And guess who made the winning putt? Yup, Jacob Bridgeman.

Again, it's not to say that some people aren't correct in certain criticisms of how the U.S. side operates, but it's all just a little silly, and very overblown, when there's still 12 points up for grabs on Sunday.

Final grades for all 24 players at the Presidents Cup

After the U.S. pulled off a furious Sunday rally to win the Presidents Cup 17-13, we graded the performances of everyone who competed

By Tod Leonard

What You Need to Know

Alex Myers

Scottie Scheffler surprised many by confronting an unruly fan at Medinah on Sunday. The World No. 1 already had a commanding lead on Nico Echavarria and didn't need any help from the fans. One clown in the Chicago crowd decided to get himself involved, though, yelling in Echavarria's backswing on the par-4 14th. Scheffler immediately walked over and called the fan out, saying "there's no place for that." Scheffler then made an even classier gesture up on the green.

Coleman Bentley

Donald Trump greeted Adam Scott with some not-so-subtle gamesmanship on the first tee. True to form, the POTUS made himself the main character at Medinah on Sunday. Just ask Adam Scott's right arm.

Christopher Powers

As insufferable as athletes have made this saying, Scottie Scheffler likes to "keep the main thing the main thing." The main thing being golf. He doesn't really want to talk about much else. Not LIV, not politics and certainly not the decision, whether it was his or U.S. captain Brandt Snedeker's, to sit out Saturday afternoon's foursomes session at the Presidents Cup. The thing Scheffler doesn't understand, of course, is that golf fans were very puzzled by that move, and wanted to know more about what went into it. NBC's Cara Banks was doing her job asking Scheffler about it on Sunday, but the World No. 1 was irked by the timing of it. He had just won his singles match against Nico Echavarria, earning the Americans another huge point. Sitting out a day earlier was the last thing on his mind, hence his chippy reaction.