Jim Furyk has clear message in response to rival team's wild celebrations at Presidents Cup

The United States raced into a 5-0 pb aft Thursday's fourballs, but mislaid each 5 foursomes matches connected Friday to permission the Presidents Cup connected a weapon borderline heading into time three

Jim Furyk, the skipper of Team USA, has urged his players to usage the International team's exuberant celebrations arsenic substance for their information pursuing a singular comeback astatine the Presidents Cup.

The Americans stormed to a 5-0 pb astatine Royal Montreal during Thursday's fourballs, but were brought backmost down to world by Mike Weir's spirited planetary squad successful Canada connected Friday. The US's mediocre foursomes grounds continued, losing each 5 matches and evening the contention astatine 5-5 up of Saturday's action.

Friday's rout by the International squad was adjacent much awesome than the American's triumph connected Thursday, with Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele suffering a 7&6 decision to Hideki Matsuyama and Sungjae Im successful the apical lucifer earlier Sahith Theegala and Collin Morikawa were beaten 5&4 by Adam Scott and Taylor Pendrith.

Wyndham Clark and Tony Finau besides had a dismal day, losing 5&6 to location favourites Corey Conners and Mackenzie Hughes. Even world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler couldn't unafraid a constituent for the Americans, arsenic helium and Russell Henley were defeated 1 up by Si Woo Kim and Ben An.

Max Homa and Bryan Harman mislaid by the aforesaid people to Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Jason Day connected a momentous time successful Montreal, which was concluded by Kim astatine the last. The South Korean drained a agelong putt to unafraid the 5th constituent of the time and ignite monolithic celebrations connected the 18th greenish successful beforehand of a roaring crowd.

Furyk urged his players to usage the infinitesimal arsenic information for Saturday's matches. "We're going to person to get acceptable for tomorrow, we've got a pugnacious lucifer connected our hands," helium told Golf Channel. "I deliberation they're good alert of the challenge. We got to ticker them leap astir connected the greenish and celebrate.

"I anticipation that sticks with everyone, I anticipation it's a pit successful their tummy tonight. We'll regroup and get immoderate bully pairings retired determination successful the greeting and it's our crook to travel retired firing."

The International squad was dismissed by galore pundits aft Thursday's play, with respective lamenting the lack of LIV Golf stars specified arsenic Cameron Smith and Joaquin Niemann from the PGA Tour-run event. However, Mike Weir's men silenced their critics successful an bonzer fashion, and Furyk conceded his squad couldn't support up.

"I said it past night, their backs against the wall, they person to travel retired firing," helium said. "They weren't blessed astir what happened yesterday, and I knew we'd get a large propulsion early."

"Usually, you spot immoderate momentum swings successful this, and we weren't capable to crook the momentum today. When I look astatine the scores, it mightiness not needfully beryllium astir america not playing arsenic good arsenic we liked, they played a batch of large play my chapeau is disconnected to them."