Internationals stun as they take 7-3 lead over USA at Presidents Cup

[p]Trailing 3-2 after Thursday's opening four-ball matches, the Internationals won all five of day two's foursomes to open up a four-point cushion heading into the weekend at Medinah Country Club.[/p][p]Canadian duo [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/conners-corey/SABiQcB3/"]Corey Conners[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/taylor-nick/bRN84Bas/"]Nick Taylor[/a] produced one of the most notable victories, taking down world number one [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/scheffler-scottie/bXfIuBYu/"]Scottie Scheffler[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/burns-sam/Ya8WURp6/"]Sam Burns[/a] 1-up in a tense battle.[/p][p]The Canadians edged into the lead on the 12th hole when Conners drilled his second shot to six feet for Taylor to tap in a birdie.[/p][p]Taylor then made sure of victory on the 18th with an extraordinary approach shot from the fairway that finished just two feet from the hole for an easy par.[/p][p]Burns had a chance to square the match, but his 17-foot birdie putt curled agonizingly around the cup as the Internationals claimed the win.[/p][embed guid="464e310d-d42d-43b2-9d7d-62f93f71e4d2" url="https://x.com/GolfChannel/status/2103607066770145548?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Earlier, Japan's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/matsuyama-hideki/GOHJOEb5/"]Hideki Matsuyama[/a] and South Korea's Im Sung-jae partnered to get the first point of the day with a 3&2 defeat of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/henley-russell/4xlMJb5S/"]Russell Henley[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bridgeman-jacob/xdp19XIg/"]Jacob Bridgeman[/a].[/p][p]Former Masters champion Matsuyama rolled in a 19-foot par putt to clinch victory on the 16th.[/p][p]New Zealand's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fox-ryan/bR9ztYXn/"]Ryan Fox[/a] and Australia's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lee-min-woo/IwMMLluD/"]Min Woo Lee[/a] dug deep to win a nervy duel with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/morikawa-collin/0UlRrMgE/"]Collin Morikawa[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/clark-wyndham/x4NXN7qb/"]Windham Clark[/a] 1-up to add another Internationals point.[/p][p]The sweep was completed with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/scott-adam/QkZT3jCc/"]Adam Scott[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bezuidenhout-christiaan/dGMGZTKC/"]Christiaan Bezuidenhout[/a] scoring a 3&2 defeat of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/thomas-justin/jV7EtuiD/"]Justin Thomas[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/young-cameron/WAjf7EFq/"]Cameron Young[/a] before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kim-joohyung/G28Un9r8/"]Tom Kim[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kim-si-woo/AVOmsy0G/"]Kim Si-woo[/a] downed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cantlay-patrick/bwQM8qSt/"]Patrick Cantlay[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/schauffele-xander/OnIoiVkm/"]Xander Schauffele[/a] 4&3.[/p][embed guid="f0f7017b-8161-46f0-a1ea-31c29339cd6e" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHUqeM_FhFw&pp=ygUOUHJlc2lkZW50cyBDdXA%3D" social-type="youtube" /][p]The win was only the third time the Internationals have swept a session since the Presidents Cup was first held in 1994.[/p][p]They are attempting to win the biennial team golf tournament for the first time since 1998 while the United States are chasing an 11th-straight victory in the Ryder Cup-style event.[/p][p][b]"We just wanted to come out and win the session," [/b]International captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ogilvy-geoff/pEzphDSi/"]Geoff Ogilvy[/a] said afterwards.[/p][p][b]"The guys were all in a great frame of mind, but you never imagine going five zip...but we've seen it in these events when you get some momentum, it inspires all the groups," [/b]he said.[/p][p][b]"It was an incredible day for us."[/b][/p][p]United States captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/snedeker-brandt/fZGcwae8/"]Brandt Snedeker[/a] paid tribute to the rivals' performance, but insisted there was still all to play for with 20 points up for grabs over the weekend.[/p][p][b]"Hats off to the International team," [/b]Snedeker said. [b]"They went out there and played great and made a ton of putts.[/b][/p][p][b]"I feel terrible for our guys - they grinded out there and it just wasn't meant to be. But that being said, there's still 20 points out there. There's still a lot of golf here left to play,"[/b] the captain added.[/p][p][b]"I've said it all week - we have high-quality, high-character guys. They are fierce competitors. We're going to kind of wash this off on the way home tonight."[/b][/p]