The 2026 Presidents Cup is here.
The biennial match play competition between the U.S. and International teams kicks off Thursday at Medinah Country Club in Chicago with four-ball matches. Captain Brandt Snedeker and the Americans are out to defend home soil and win the Presidents Cup for an 11th straight time, while Captain Geoff Ogilvy's International squad looks to spring a major upset. And getting off to a good start on Day 1 is critical for both teams.
Follow along with Golfweek below for live updates, scores, highlights and more from Thursday's action at the 2026 Presidents Cup.
Presidents Cup 2026 live scoring
Keep tabs on every match in real time with our 2026 Presidents Cup live results page.
Presidents Cup schedule, Day 1 matches
Here's a look at the pairings and matches for Thursday's four-balls session at the Presidents
Cup:
- Match 1 (12:35 p.m. ET)
- Scottie Scheffler/Sam Burns vs. Min Woo Lee/Sungjae Im
- Match 2 (12:53 p.m. ET)
- Cameron Young/Xander Schauffele vs. Hideki Matsuyama/Ryo Hisatsune
- Match 3 (1:11 p.m. ET)
- Justin Thomas/Jackson Koivun vs. Corey Conners/Nico Echavarria
- Match 4 (1:29 p.m. ET)
- Wyndham Clark/Collin Morikawa vs. Ryan Fox/Adam Scott
- Match 5 (1:47 p.m. ET)
- Chris Gotterup/Patrick Cantlay vs. Tom Kim/Si Woo Kim
Presidents Cup TV, streaming
Golf Channel will have all the coverage of Day 1 action at the Presidents Cup, beginning with the Opening Ceremony at 12 p.m. ET and running through the end of play Thursday.
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Presidents Cup 2026 betting odds, expert picsk
See betting odds expert picks for the 2026 Presidents Cup, where the U.S. enters as a heavy favorite to win.
How does the Presidents Cup work?
The Presidents Cup is a team competition held every two years in which 12 players from the U.S. take on 12 international players in a series of matches across four days. Check out the full breakdown of each format.
Who's on the U.S. Presidents Cup team?
The members of the 2026 U.S. Presidents Cup team are Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns, Russell Henley, Collin Morikawa, Chris Gotterup, Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay, Jacob Bridgeman and Jackson Koivun. Read more about each player.
Who's on the International Presidents Cup team?
The members of the 2026 International Presidents Cup team are Si Woo Kim, Ryan Fox, Hideki Matsuyama, Min Woo Lee, Tom Kim, Adam Scott, Corey Conners, Sungjae Im, Nico Echavarria, Ryo Hisatsune, Nick Taylor and Christiaan Bezuidenhout. Read more about each player.
Where is the 2026 Presidents Cup?
Medinah Country Club, located 25 miles west of downtown Chicago, is the host of the 2026 Presidents Cup.
There are three 18-hole championship courses on the property, but the one they'll be playing this week is Medinah No. 3, which has previously hosted many major golf events, including three U.S. Opens, two PGA Championships and the 2012 Ryder Cup. But the course will look much different than it did the last time we saw it on the big stage. In 2022, Medinah No. 3 underwent a full renovation orchestrated by International Captain Geoff Ogilvy and his team at OCM Design.
Presidents Cup past winners
The U.S. has historically dominated the Presidents Cup, amassing a 13-1-1 record since the event's inception in 1994. In the most recent edition, the Americans won the 2024 Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal Golf Club in Canada by a score of 18½ to 11½. The International Team's only victory came in 1998. The 2003 Presidents Cup ended in a tie.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: 2026 Presidents Cup scores, Day 1 live updates, highlights, Thursday tee times, pairings
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