US cruise to 10th straight Presidents Cup

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The United States continued their power of nan Presidents Cup by claiming an 18½-11½ triumph complete nan International squad to seal a 10th consecutive title.

The US led 11-7 earlier Sunday's 12 singles matches, needing 4½ points connected nan last time to take sides their title successful Canada.

Keegan Bradley hit Kim Si-woo to unafraid nan winning constituent astatine Royal Montreal, pinch nan US winning six of nan singles matches and halving three.

Xander Schauffele group nan Americans connected their measurement pinch a 4&3 triumph complete Australian Jason Day successful nan opening contest.

"My extremity was conscionable to group nan tone, to get [American] reddish up connected that committee arsenic early arsenic possible, and I was capable to do that," Schauffele told NBC.

Schauffele, who has won 2 awesome championships this year, vanished nan week pinch a 4-1-0 record, arsenic did team-mates Patrick Cantlay and Collin Morikawa.

South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout (2-1-0) was nan only International subordinate pinch a winning record.

"I'm truthful proud of nan squad and proud of being here," said Bradley, who will skipper nan US against Europe successful adjacent year's Ryder Cup astatine Bethpage Black connected Long Island.

"We're going to transcript a batch of what [captain] Jim Furyk did this week. He group a civilization present for us, and we're going to transportation that complete into Bethpage. I dream a batch of these 12 are connected that team."

All 12 players connected nan US squad are classed successful nan world's apical 25, compared to 4 of nan International players.

"We talked astir being a canine each week, being nan tougher team," Furyk added.

"Those backmost 9 holes, if you look astatine really galore holes won and lost, I've sewage to consciousness we owned nan backmost 9 this week and that was nan difference."

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