Can US team find Scottie Scheffler a perfect match at Presidents Cup?

MEDINAH, IL — Scottie Scheffler isn't as bad representing the United States in team golf as his record suggests.

But the record is bad. Or at least way worse than anybody would expect from the world's No. 1 golfer. So much so that Scheffler, after answering a few different questions from reporters trying to dissect what the issue could be, finally felt compelled to remind everyone that bad in Scheffler's case isn't the same as any other golfer.

"My singles match play record is pretty darn good, if you actually look at it," Scheffler said Tuesday, Sept. 22, when he met with reporters at Medinah Country Club outside Chicago ahead of the 2026 Presidents Cup.

But figuring out why the PGA Tour's most dominant golfer since Tiger Woods hasn't yet translated that success to team golf is a question that perplexes even Scheffler at this point.

Scheffler's performance at the Presidents Cup – and what golfer U.S. team captain Brandt Snedeker pairs him with for the event's foursomes and fourball sessions – will be heavily scrutinized when the best American golfers face the top international golfers from outside Europe beginning Thursday, Sept. 24.

Scheffler even wondered aloud Tuesday whether it's…

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