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Sam Burns finally had enough. No more comebacks. No more close calls. He was done with all the stress of the result being in question until the bitter end.

After a bogey on the second hole Sunday during the championship match of the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, the 26-year-old from Louisiana unleashed seven birdies in a nine-hole stretch to build a massive lead over Cameron Young and win 6 and 5, capturing his fifth PGA Tour title in the last two years. Young collected his sixth runner-up finish on tour but is left searching for his first victory.

Burns played 119 holes in the last five days at Austin Country Club and completed a perfect 7-0 record. He takes home the $3.5 million top prize.

“What a week,” Burns said. “I’m so tired.”

While Burns’ record was flawless he had to work extremely hard over the past two days, in the last four matches since he went 3-0 in the group stage. In the Round of 16 he was down to Patrick Cantlay after nine holes, he was down early in the quarterfinals against Mackenzie Hughes and, although he was up early in the semifinal against his good friend Scottie Scheffler, he was 2 down after 12 holes to the No. 1 player in the world and had to go 21 holes before collecting that victory. Burns birdied the 18th in that match to send it into extra holes, leaving Scheffler to play Rory McIlroy in the consolation match.

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The birdie train for World No. 15 Burns got started on the fourth hole when he and Young both tied the hole. He got up and down for birdie from short, left of the green on No. 5, got up and down from 45 yards on the par-5 sixth for birdie and when Young made bogey on the seventh hole, Burns was quickly 3 up. Burns then birdied Nos. 10-13, and with the help of Young hitting it in the water on both the 12th and 13th holes, the match was quickly over.

“I kind of found something at the end of my match this morning with Scottie and was able to carry it on this afternoon,” Burns said.

Burns first PGA Tour victory came in May 2021 at the Valspar Championship and he followed it up later that year with another at the Sanderson Farms Championship, where, coincidentally, he defeated Young by a shot. Burns defended his 2021 Valspar title by winning again in 2022 and he defeated Scheffler in a playoff last May to win the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial.

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For Young, 25, his first victory seems to be getting closer and closer. Now World No. 17, he won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2021 and his first time in contention on the PGA Tour came in the aforementioned Sanderson Farms event against Burns. He shot a final-round 65 last summer at the Open Championship at the Old Course to finish second to Cam Smith by a shot.

This week at the Match Play, the 2022 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year overpowered match-play maestro Billy Horschel in the Round of 16, outlasted Kurt Kitayama in the quarterfinals and birdied two of the last three holes in the semifinal against Rory McIlroy to push the match into a playoff, where he’d win with birdie. While he took home $2.2 million for the runner-up finish, he finally ran out of steam late Sunday in the championship match and had little firepower to combat Burns.

“All I can take aways is that I played really well,” Young said. “I’ve got nothing bad to say about my week.”

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Tom Kim fuming with 'unsporting' U.S. team at Presidents Cup: "No need to look at someone and curse at them"

Tom Kim wasn't happy with the behaviour of some U.S. players after the third day of play at the 2024 Presidents Cup in Canada.

Tom Kim has accused the U.S. Presidents Cup team of behaving in an 'unsporting' manner after an absorbing third day in Canada.

Kim and his International teammate Si Woo Kim were defeated on the final hole by Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele in the Saturday foursomes. 

Cantlay sank a bomb at the final hole at Royal Montreal, prompting wild scenes from the U.S. players by the side of the green. 

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Si Woo Kim had an opportunity to half the match but his effort for birdie missed the right side of the cup, meaning Jim Furyk's dozen will take an 11-7 lead into the Sunday singles . 

Tempers flared in the early stages of their match when Tom Kim grew angry that Cantlay didn't concede a short putt . 

Kim, who was also involved in a spat with Scottie Scheffler on day one, told reporters that he understands that some of the behaviour is 'all part of it'. 

But some players were swearing at him, he said.

"I could hear some players cursing at us," he said. 

"That part wasn't really... I don't think there was good sportsmanship there. 

"But it's all part of the fun. I understand it."

A reporter asked Kim: "Tom, I know the wound is still fresh, but just trying to read your body language. 

"It almost seems like there's some anger, or is it frustration?

"If it is anger, does that have anything to do with some of the sportsmanship issues you were referring to?

Kim replied: "No, absolutely not. I do it too. You see me out there throwing fist pumps and jumping on the green. 

"It's all part of it, I get it. I just don't think there's a need to look at someone and curse at them. I just don't think there's a need for it."

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He added: "I understand it. I don't get hurt about it. My feelings don't hurt at all. 

"I hope there's no negative comments. That's not what I'm trying to do here. 

"I just feel like there's always little things, like what could I have done better? It's just certain things like that. 

"I put my partner in some tough positions, and that to me is the most frustrating part of the day.

"He and I talked about when we got down early let's just push it to 18. 

"Obviously we did, and they had to play good to beat us, so claps to them."

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'he's an assassin:' patrick cantlay does it again in near darkness to give u.s. 11-7 lead at 2024 presidents cup, share this article.

MONTREAL – Patrick Cantlay is a menace late on Saturday afternoon in big international team competition.

One year after he gave the U.S. a glimmer of hope at the Ryder Cup in Rome with a clutch putt in the gloaming to beat Rory McIlroy and Matt Fitzpatrick, Cantlay sank a 15-foot birdie putt at 18 at Royal Montreal to win an exhilarating match that gave the U.S. an 11-7 leading and may have broken the International Team’s spirit at the 2024 Presidents Cup . Teammate Sam Burns called him an assassin and Cantlay’s partner, Xander Schauffele echoed that sentiment.

“I think it’s pretty fitting, it being all dark and all,” he said. “I could barely see him out there. Reading the putt with him was pretty entertaining, using some light from the board. I can tell you one thing, I’m never going to play him in the dark or at night. I’ll just wait for the morning.”

Cantlay’s birdie sent the Americans circling the green into a frenzy and secured a 1-up win over South Korea’s Si Woo Kim and Tom Kim in a match that had everything: incredible putts, hole outs, theatrics bordering on unsportsmanlike behavior, pettiness and it all coming down to a putt off at 18. It was the type of match that no one deserved to lose but Patty Ice proved he has a little more ice in his veins.

“Man, did it feel good when P.C. made that putt there in the dark,” Schauffele said.

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This was a rematch of Saturday’s foursomes at the 2022 Presidents Cup in which the South Korean pair stole a full point and knocked off the seemingly invincible American team. Kim squared already had knocked off Americans Keegan Bradley and Wyndham Clark in morning four-ball when they were the top two putters of the session.

And they weren’t done making putts. In the afternoon, the Kims fell 2 down through six holes. It was at six where Cantlay refused to give a short putt to Kim, and when the hole was over he pantomimed measuring the length of his putt that he was forced to make. Ian Kim or should we say Tom Poulter – he certainly has a way of getting under the skin of his U.S. opponents much like Ian Poulter once did at the Ryder Cup – answered with a 37-foot birdie putt at the ninth and danced around the green with an array of fist pumps. His theatrics pumped up the crowd and he celebrated in similar fashion one hole later when Si Woo Kim sank a 15-foot birdie putt to even the match.

The back and forth affair also included ridiculous par saves at 11 with Si Woo Kim drilling a 19-footer and Cantlay answering from 16 feet. Every time the U.S. pulled ahead as it did with a win at 13, the Internationals bounced back with a win as it did at 14. Schauffele made his own bomb from 33 feet at 15 and the Americans celebrated with a restrained knuckles tap and Schauffele giving Cantlay a slap on the butt.

Kim’s approach at 16 missed right and plugged in the grass above the greenside bunker. Schauffele was the one who eventually found it during a mad search by players and caddies and the Internationals were granted a free drop.

“He got a great lie,” John Wood reported on NBC.

Still, Si Woo Kim was shortsided and anything inside 5 feet would be outstanding. Kim opened his sand wedge wide and lofted his ball high in the air. It landed softly and turned into the hole. As Sahith Theegala had dubbed it earlier in the week, a Mongolian Reversal of the highest order as instead of a good chance of falling 2 down with 2 to go, the match suddenly was tied once more.

“Hurt more than I thought it would,” Schauffele said. “Pat and I were sitting back there, we both have match play minds, and we both said Si Woo’s going to get this up-and-down, and then he holed it. Pat looked at me and said, ‘I guess 4 is not enough, we’re going to make some birdies.’ That’s exactly what P.C. did coming in.”

Did he ever.

“That was big,” U.S. Captain Jim Furyk said. “If you had to hand select someone to hit a big putt on your team, I think Pat would come to a lot of people’s minds.”

Cantlay’s 17-footer, aimed “a cup outside with some speed,” made sure the U.S. wouldn’t lose the final match. Si Woo Kim still had a chance to tie the hole but he finally flinched and missed a big putt from an inch closer than Cantlay.

This was the ninth career Presidents Cup match for Cantlay and Schuaffele together, the most in event history. They’ll likely play many more in the years to come but it will be hard to top this one when Patty Ice was Patty Clutch.

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Shigeki Maruyama bringing out smiles and great play from Hideki Matsuyama at the Presidents Cup

One secret weapon for the International team at the Presidents Cup might be someone not even hitting a shot

MONTREAL — Shigeki Maruyama was all smiles, just like always, watching from in front of the 12th green as Hideki Matsuyama and Sungjae Im delivered a record-tying rout over America’s best foursomes duo Friday at the Presidents Cup.

Maruyama was known as the “Smiling Assassin” during his career. His value as an assistant captain for the International team is that Matsuyama is now smiling, too.

It’s been like that all summer. That smile is infectious.

“Hideki’s rhythm is really important to him, the way he goes about his daily routine,” Maruyama said through his son, Sean, who played college golf at UCLA. “When he feels he needs a word to cheer him up, I step in and talk to him and it gets him to lighten up.”

Maruyama has been the Japan national coach at the Olympics since golf returned in 2016. Matsuyama had his best Olympic moment in Paris, winning a bronze medal. Two weeks later, he won the first PGA Tour playoff event at the FedEx St. Jude Championship .

Photos from Paris of Matsuyama looking free and happy caught the attention of International captain Mike Weir. He had one extra assistant to appoint, and the choice was obvious.

“You saw him at the Olympics. They were both smiling. He makes Hideki feel comfortable,” Weir said after watching Matsuyama and Im win 7 and 6, handing Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele their first foursomes loss in the Presidents Cup.

“That’s how I got the idea, the Olympics,” Weir said. “I had the option for a fifth assistant and I thought, ‘That’s the guy.’ Hideki has always been on his own.”

Matsuyama has been the lone Japanese player at the Presidents Cup since 2013. Before that, Ryo Ishikawa was the only Japanese player on the International team in 2011 and 2009. For three editions, there was none.

The only time the International team had two Japanese players was in 1998 with Maruyama and Joe Ozaki.

“It’s been very helpful,” Matsuyama said through an interpreter. “The last time he came was 2013. He’s helping a lot, a lot of good advice. I’m really happy that he’s on our team.”

Maruyama, a three-time winner on the PGA Tour who won 10 times on the Japan Golf Tour, has been a mentor to the former Masters champion for more than a decade. They first connected when Matsuyama was playing in Japan and sought him out for advice on the short game.

They have stayed connected ever since, smiling and laughing, with a few motivational messages sprinkled in there.

One such moment came at the Sony Open in 2022 , where Matsuyama hit 3-wood to 3 feet in a playoff to win in Hawaii for his eighth career PGA Tour title.

The winner’s lei still draped around his neck, Matsuyama’s phone started buzzing. It was a text from Maruyama telling him he had one more to go. They always talked about Matsuyama having more PGA Tour wins than any other Asian-born player.

K.J. Choi of South Korea was at eight.

Matsuyama took care of that by winning at Riviera — where Maruyama was once a member — and then added to the total later in the year. This is his sixth time playing in the Presidents Cup. Only Adam Scott, making his 11th appearance, has played more.

Neither knows what it’s like to win one.

There’s still three more sessions, and the International shutout on Friday brought the score back to 5-all.

Weir had a hunch his fifth assistant would pay dividends. Weir said he even showed videos to the young players on the team of Maruyama playing the Presidents Cup in Australia, where he teamed with Craig Parry to beat Tiger Woods and Fred Couples, and teamed with Ozaki to take down David Duval and Phil Mickelson.

“He’s just a great character. I think it puts a smile on Hideki’s face,” Weir said. “He’s been fantastic in the team room. They called him the ‘Smiling Assassin’ back then. He’s a lighthearted guy and fun to be around.”

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Presidents Cup Round 5: Preview Sunday's Singles matchups, betting outlook

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It all comes down to Sunday Singles.

After each team exchanged sweeps on the first two rounds of play at the 15th Presidents Cup, the U.S. Team built an 11-7 lead heading into Sunday's final day of competition. The U.S. won each of Saturday's two sessions, 3-1, to take a four-point lead.

International Team Captain Mike Weir and U.S. Team Captain Jim Furyk have made their picks for Sunday. Scroll below for how the pairings shape up for Sunday Singles.

Round 5: Singles match pairings (all times ET)

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12:02 p.m.: Xander Schauffele (U.S.) vs. Jason Day (International)

Sunday's leadoff match will feature Schauffele, a two-time major winner this season, representing the U.S. Team against one of the International Team’s spiritual leaders in Day, who is making his fifth appearance in the biennial competition and first since 2017. Day, 36, is 1-1 this week and should be fresh after sitting for both Saturday sessions; the Australian holds a disappointing 6-12-4 overall record at the Presidents Cup but is 2-2 in Singles. Schauffele is 3-1 this week, including two crucial victories Saturday, and he holds a 9-4-0 overall mark at the Presidents Cup, with a perfect 2-0 mark in Singles.

Golfbet outlook: Both teams lead with strength to score an opening point, but Schauffele has momentum after Saturday’s theatrics and has a significant advantage in Strokes Gained data this week. He’ll be a heavy favorite to win this one.

12:14 p.m.: Sam Burns (U.S.) vs. Tom Kim (International)

If he’s not yet the International Team’s emotional center, Kim is well on his way, and he’ll look to provide an early spark in Sunday’s second match. The fiery South Korean, just 22 years young, will square off against the traditionally easygoing Burns, who is a perfect 3-0 this week in a rebound from a disappointing 2022 Presidents Cup where he went 0-3-2. That competition at Quail Hollow was Kim's coming-out party, where he gained notoriety for his passion despite a pedestrian 2-3 record. Kim is 1-2 this week, but a statement Singles victory Sunday could prove instrumental to an International Team rally effort.

Golfbet outlook: Kim has been the emotional sparkplug of this International Team, but there are questions about how much gas he has left in the tank after going two matches on Saturday. He’ll have an uphill battle to hand Burns his first loss of the week, but expect Kim to have a great chance to do so.

12:26 p.m.: Scottie Scheffler (U.S.) vs. Hideki Matsuyama (International)

The world No. 1 Scheffler was emotional Saturday afternoon after teaming with Russell Henley to defeat Matsuyama and Sungjae Im in Foursomes; it marked Scheffler's first alternate-shot victory across the Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup in six tries. He'll hope to carry that momentum into Sunday's third Singles match against a formidable adversary in Japan's Matsuyama, who is 2-1-2 overall in Presidents Cup Singles (Scheffler is 0-1). Both players have competed in all four matches this week; Scheffler is 3-1, while Matsuyama is 1-3.

Golfbet outlook: Matsuyama has quietly been near the bottom in Strokes Gained data this week, and he and Sungjae Im coughed up a Foursome match to Scheffler and Henley on Saturday afternoon. Matsuyama’s short game struggles will cost him in this one.

12:38 p.m.: Russell Henley (U.S.) vs. Sungjae Im (International)

Henley, 35, waited 13 years as a pro to make his U.S. Team debut in international team competition, and it has been a memorable rookie showing with a 2-1 record, playing all three matches alongside Scheffler. He'll face one of the International Team's likely long-term stalwarts in Im, the South Korean who has become a team-room favorite for his exuberance and "Gangnam Style" dances. Kim is just 1-3 this week but has played well for the most part; this match could yield plenty of birdies and come down to the wire.

Golfbet outlook: Im let one get away alongside Matsuyama, and now he’ll face Henley who no longer benefits from having Scheffler alongside him. This one will be pretty close to a coin flip in the eyes of oddsmakers, so the handicap may come down to whether we’ll see the Im from Thursday or the guy that played much better the last two days.

12:50 p.m.: Patrick Cantlay (U.S.) vs. Taylor Pendrith (International)

The understated Cantlay has delivered plenty of big-time moments in international team competition, and another came as darkness encroached upon Royal Montreal on Saturday night, as he drained a 17-foot birdie to essentially snatch victory from the jaws of defeat; he and Schauffele bested Tom Kim and Si Woo Kim, 1-up, in a crucial Foursomes match that provided the U.S. Team a four-point lead into Sunday. Cantlay is 3-1 this week, and he's a perfect 2-0 in Presidents Cup Singles; he is hard to beat. For the International Team to deliver an epic comeback, they'll need to steal a few matches like this one. Canada's Pendrith will have one major factor on his side though: the Canadian crowd. Pendrith is 2-2 this week, including a crucial Saturday Foursomes win alongside Adam Scott, which kept the U.S. Team from sweeping the session.

Golfbet Outlook: Cantlay put one American hand on the trophy with his birdie putt in the gloaming on the 18th green. He’ll have a decided edge in betting markets against Pendrith, whose highs have been high this week but who has also displayed a shaky hand at certain moments.

1:02 p.m.: Keegan Bradley (U.S.) vs. Si Woo Kim (International)

Inside the ropes, this could be the loudest match on the course. Bradley is preparing to captain the U.S. Team at next year's Ryder Cup, and he'll surely bring ample fire and energy to his Singles match – as will his adversary in Kim, whose Saturday included a hole-out from thick rough short of the 16th green in Foursomes that elicited a gallop around the green and a "night, night" celebration in homage to Stephen Curry. Bradley has compiled a 1-1 record this week, while Kim is 2-1 with his only loss coming to Cantlay and Schauffele, 1-down, in that electric Saturday Foursomes match alongside Tom Kim.

Golfbet outlook: Tom Kim has gotten more attention, but Si Woo Kim has statistically been the best player this week at Royal Montreal. Expect him to get another point here to end a stellar week.

1:19 p.m.: Tony Finau (U.S.) vs. Corey Conners (International)

It's a tale of two styles in the day's seventh match, as the power-hitting Finau will square off against one of golf's preeminent precision players in Conners, a Canadian in his second Presidents Cup appearance who will look to feed off the crowd's energy. Conners has played all four matches this week and compiled a 1-3 record, including a heartbreaking 1-down loss to Burns and Collin Morikawa in Saturday afternoon Foursomes (playing alongside Mackenzie Hughes), and will be hungry to finish the week strong. Finau is 2-1 this week and sat out Saturday afternoon.

Golfbet outlook: Conners is one of two Canadians to go all five sessions, but he’s now 1-7 all time at the Presidents Cup. Hard to bet against that trend when facing a savvy veteran like Finau, who beat Conners in a Saturday Four-ball match.

1:31 p.m.: Wyndham Clark (U.S.) vs. Min Woo Lee (International)

Lee, an International Team rookie, has played just one match to this point (Thursday Four-ball, where Lee and Adam Scott fell to Sahith Theegala and Collin Morikawa, 1-down), but the 26-year-old Australian should bring ample energy after sitting for both Saturday sessions. He'll tango against the 2023 U.S. Open champion Clark, who is 1-2 this week and should also be well-rested after sitting Saturday afternoon.

Golfbet outlook: What will we get out of Lee after two full days off? He’ll need to play better than he did on Thursday to have a shot against the former U.S. Open champ. Clark has been solid for the most part, which might be good enough to win this matchup.

1:43 p.m.: Sahith Theegala (U.S.) vs. Byeong Hun An (International)

The Presidents Cup rookie Theegala sat out both Saturday sessions after playing the first two days alongside Collin Morikawa, winning in Thursday Four-ball and falling in Friday Foursomes. The imaginative Californian will relish the challenge of Singles against the second-time Presidents Cup participant An, a South Korean who is also 1-1 this week and sat for both Saturday sessions.

Golfbet outlook: This match features two spectators from Saturday, and it’s one where oddsmakers should give Theegala a slight edge. But don’t sleep on An, who hasn’t played since scoring a pivotal point on Friday and will be motivated to add a second point to his personal haul.

1:55 p.m.: Collin Morikawa (U.S.) vs. Adam Scott (International)

Two past major champions, a Californian and an Australian, will do battle in Sunday’s 10th match. Both players have competed in all four matches this week; Morikawa has compiled a 3-1 record, with Scott at 2-2 including a crucial point in Saturday afternoon Foursomes alongside Pendrith. Morikawa is 1-1-1 in Singles across the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup, while Scott holds a 5-5-0 record in Presidents Cup Singles.

Golfbet outlook : This match could have some fireworks between two leaders of their respective teams. Scott admitted to being a little gassed after Saturday’s double dip, so give an edge to Morikawa in his quest to win three matches in a row.

2:07 p.m.: Brian Harman (U.S.) vs. Christiaan Bezuidenhout (International)

Harman is 0-2 this week, both in Foursomes alongside Max Homa, with both players set to anchor the U.S. Team’s lineup for Sunday Singles. Bezuidenhout sat for both Saturday sessions after teaming with Jason Day for a 1-up victory in Friday Foursomes, a day after he and Pendrith fell to Bradley and Clark, 1-down, in Thursday Four-ball. Bezuidenhout held the No. 12 spot in Sunday Singles in his Presidents Cup debut in 2022, defeating Kevin Kisner. Harman is a Presidents Cup rookie.

Golfbet outlook: Statistically speaking, this match is between two of the worst players this week at Royal Montreal as Harman and Bezuidenhout have combined to go 1-3. Bezuidenhout beat Harman in a Friday Foursomes match for that lone combined point, but the American will be favored to return the favor come Sunday.

2:19 p.m.: Max Homa (U.S.) vs. Mackenzie Hughes (International)

The final match features two emotionally charged competitors, captain’s selections who wear their hearts on their sleeves. Homa has compiled an 0-2 mark this week, both matches in Foursomes alongside Brian Harman, after compiling a 7-1-1 mark across the 2022 Presidents Cup and 2023 Ryder Cup – he’ll be motivated to avoid being shut out. Hughes, a proud Canadian, is 1-2 this week including two tight Saturday losses, and he would relish the moment if the Presidents Cup is still in doubt as this match reaches its conclusion – as would Homa.

Golfbet outlook : It’s unlikely that this match will matter in deciding who wins the Cup, but if it does expect Hughes to have an edge in front of partisan fans. He has had spots of strong play, while Homa hasn’t been able to rekindle his match-play form from Quail Hollow and Rome.