Scottie Scheffler’s gaudy Foursomes record gets worse at Presidents Cup
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Presidents Cup Highlights | Day 2 Foursomes | 2026
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MEDINAH, Ill. – There are ample legitimate ways to explain away Scottie Scheffler's latest loss.
Just as there have been nearly every time Scheffler has teed it up in Foursomes in his Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup career.
Statistically, Scheffler played well, one of the best performers of the day. He was anchored down by his teammate Sam Burns, who had a day he’d like to forget. Their opponents were sharp, too. The Canadian duo of Nick Taylor and Corey Conners far outperformed expectations, converting nervy putts throughout the back nine and creating heroics on the 18th hole to solidify their 1-up win.
It all sounds so familiar, because it is.
On Friday, Scheffler moved to 1-8-0 in his Foursomes career across the Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup. He’s undoubtedly played better than that record suggests, an unlucky byproduct of the vagaries of match play. Yet at some point the record becomes so gaudy that context is stripped away. The viable, unsustainable reasons it got to...