The 16th Presidents Cup gets underway on Thursday at Medinah Country Club’s No. 3 Course outside of Chicago.
The first session features five fourball matches, the first of which tees off at 12:35 p.m. ET. The par-4 first hole for the competition is usually the fifth hole for members, with the 18th hole of the alternate routing being the regular fourth hole.
Thursday’s session will be followed by a five-match foursomes session on Friday, two four-match sessions of each team format on Saturday, and a 12-match singles session on Sunday.
Here are the complete Thursday fourball matchups and starting times, along with a breakdown of each match (ET):
- Match 1, 12:35PM – Sungjae Im/Min Woo Lee (Int.) vs. Sam Burns/Scottie Scheffler (U.S.)
- Match 2, 12:53PM– Ryo Hisatsune/Hideki Matsuyama (Int.) vs. Xander Schauffele/Cameron Young (U.S.)
- Match 3, 1:11PM – Corey Conners/Nico Echavarria (Int.) vs. Jackson Koivun/Justin Thomas (U.S.)
- Match 4, 1:29PM – Ryan Fox/Adam Scott (Int.) vs. Wyndham Clark/Collin Morikawa (U.S.)
- Match 5, 1:47PM – Si Woo Kim/Tom Kim (Int.) vs. Patrick Cantlay/Chris Gotterup (U.S.)
Day 1 of the 2026 Presidents Cup gets underway as the world’s top players battle for the first points of the competition.
TALE OF THE TAPE
MATCH 1
| TIME (ET) | INTERNATIONAL | UNITED STATES | ||||
| 12:35 PM | Sungjae Im | Min Woo Lee | AVG/TOT | Sam Burns | Scottie Scheffler | AVG/TOT |
| World rank | 60 | 30 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 4.5 |
| Fourball record | (3-2-1) | (0-1) | (3-3-1) | (2-1-1) | (2-0-1) | (4-1-2) |
| SG TTG rank | 97 | 25 | 61 | 59 | 1 | 30 |
| SGP rank | 18 | 68 | 43 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Birdie average | 107 | 31 | 69 | 11 | 1 | 6 |
MATCH 2
| TIME (ET) | INTERNATIONAL | UNITED STATES | ||||
| 12:53 PM | Ryo Hisatsune | Hideki Matsuyama | AVG/TOT | Xander Schauffele | Cameron Young | AVG/TOT |
| World rank | 67 | 27 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 6.5 |
| Fourball record | Rookie | (3-6-2) | (3-6-2) | (3-3) | (0-0-1) | |
| SG TTG rank | 34 | 19 | 26.5 | 16 | 7 | 11.5 |
| SGP rank | 114 | 86 | 100 | 49 | 108 | 78.5 |
| Birdie average | 81 | 25 | 53 | 67 | 23 | 45 |
MATCH 3
| TIME (ET) | INTERNATIONAL | UNITED STATES | ||||
| 1:11 PM | Corey Conners | Nico Echavarria | AVG/TOT | Jackson Koivun | Justin Thomas | AVG/TOT |
| World rank | 55 | 61 | 58 | 57 | 25 | 41 |
| Fourball record | (0-3) | Rookie | (0-3) | Rookie | (6-0) | (6-0) |
| SG TTG rank | 45 | 139 | 92 | NR (2) | 23 | 12.5 |
| SGP rank | 131 | 54 | 92.5 | NR (54) | 87 | 70.5 |
| Birdie average | 109 | 137 | 123 | NR (11) | 91 | 51 |
MATCH 4
| TIME (ET) | INTERNATIONAL | UNITED STATES | ||||
| 1:29 PM | Ryan Fox | Adam Scott | AVG/TOT | Wyndham Clark | Collin Morikawa | AVG/TOT |
| World rank | 22 | 45 | 33.5 | 5 | 11 | 8 |
| Fourball record | Rookie | (5-12-4) | (5-12-4) | (1-1) | (2-0) | (3-1) |
| SG TTG rank | 77 | 26 | 51.5 | 22 | 10 | 16 |
| SGP rank | 94 | 97 | 95.5 | 21 | 63 | 42 |
| Birdie average | 44 | 74 | 59 | 3 | 2 | 2.5 |
MATCH 5
| TIME (ET) | INTERNATIONAL | UNITED STATES | ||||
| 1:47 PM | Si Woo Kim | Tom Kim | AVG/TOT | Patrick Cantlay | Chris Gotterup | AVG/TOT |
| World rank | 14 | 31 | 22.5 | 28 | 7 | 17.5 |
| Fourball record | (3-0) | (2-2) | (5-2) | (3-3) | Rookie | (3-3) |
| SG TTG rank | 2 | 17 | 9.5 | 4 | 14 | 9 |
| SGP rank | 109 | 83 | 96 | 107 | 32 | 69.5 |
| Birdie average | 3 | 25 | 14 | 55 | 22 | 38.5 |
Day 1 of the 2026 Presidents Cup gets underway as the world’s top players battle for the first points of the competition.