The fifteenth Presidents Cup is within the books, so it’s time handy out some participant grades.
Taking into consideration gamers’ information, strokes-gained statistics and different intangible elements, here’s a dedication of who handed and who failed at Royal Montreal:
A+
Patrick Cantlay (U.S.): Overcame some driving struggles and rode stellar method play to a 4-1 report. His birdie putt on the final on Saturday evening to win his foursomes match in opposition to Si Woo Kim and Tom Kim was maybe probably the most pivotal second of the week.
Xander Schauffele (U.S.): Capped a 4-1 week of his personal with a beatdown of Jason Day. His standing because the Individuals’ fearless chief was additional solidified.
A
Russell Henley (U.S.): What a debut for the 35-year-old rookie, who paired properly with Scottie Scheffler and was one of the best putter on both group (+3.87 strokes gained) en path to a 3-1 exhibiting.
Collin Morikawa (U.S.): The third U.S. participant to go 4-1. Morikawa could have misplaced over 2.5 strokes on the greens, however he made up for it tee to inexperienced.
A-
Keegan Bradley (U.S.): Solely received the decision for 3 matches, although received two of them. The putter was stable, and he held on to earn the clinching level.
Max Homa (U.S.): Regardless of his 1-2 report, Homa completed third in whole strokes gained for the week whereas main the sector in strokes gained method (+6.25). Had he had one other foursomes associate apart from Brian Harman, Homa may’ve simply been 3-0.
Si Woo Kim (Int.): He and Tom Kim virtually single handedly stored the Internationals’ spirits excessive. Si Woo went 2-2, pouring in large putt after large putt, and chipping in late in his Saturday foursomes match. Nonetheless, he bumped into Bradley in singles in what was a must-win match.
B+
Sam Burns (U.S.): Misplaced strokes for the week, primarily due to his irons (-5.99), however he received probably the most out of his recreation, posting a 3-0-1 report.
Corey Conners (Int.): He will get Most Helpful Canadian, as he performed in all 5 classes and went 2-3.
B
Tom Kim (Int.): Went 1-2-1, capped by a tie with Sam Burns in singles, and teamed with Si Woo Kim to supply some nice moments. However a few of his feedback have been both distracting or gas for the Individuals – or each.
Scottie Scheffler (U.S.): The world No. 1 earned extra factors this week than he had in his earlier three cups mixed, and his 2-5-3 report getting into the week improved to 5-7-3. However he missed some essential putts and dropped his singles match in opposition to an inconsistent Hideki Matsuyama.
B-
Sungjae Im (Int.): Statistically, he was the second-worst participant in Thursday foursomes, however he was among the many Internationals’ greatest for the rest of group play, a stretch that was highlighted by he and Hideki Matsuyama’s 7-and-6 drubbing for Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay. The 1-4 report in all probability ought to’ve been higher.
Adam Scott (Int.): Went 2-3, and although he handed Ernie Els for many profession factors amongst Worldwide gamers, he’s nonetheless one match win wanting tying Els’ report for many profession match wins.
C+
Wyndham Clark (U.S.): His 1-2-1 week was so-so, however Clark clearly received beneath a number of the Worldwide gamers’ skins (see Ben An’s now-deleted tweet), which in all probability counts for one thing.
Jason Day (Int.): We’ll do not forget that up-and-down at No. 18 to win his foursomes match on Friday, however Day disappeared after that, not enjoying in any respect on Saturday after which getting blown out by Xander Schauffele in singles.
C
Sahith Theegala (U.S.): Went 1-1-1 in his cup debut, capped by a tie with Ben An. Made simply 5 birdies all week, although 4 of these got here in opposition to An.
C-
Mackenzie Hughes (Int.): Sat out the primary season after which went 1-3 whereas enjoying the remainder of the way in which. He misplaced 1.18 pictures on the greens regardless of being picked largely due to his placing.
Byeong Hun An (Int.): The 1-1-1 report is just not horrible, however his fast Twitter fingers definitely weren’t useful on Saturday evening – and that now-deleted remark in all probability gave Wyndham Clark somewhat additional motivation on Sunday.
Hideki Matsuyama (Int.): He seemed nice on Friday alongside Sungjae Im, and he did beat the world No. 1 in singles to cap a 2-3 week. However within the different three classes, he was actually dangerous.
D+
Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Int.): The one Worldwide with a successful report, although he was statistically the fourth worst participant of all the competitors. He misplaced strokes in each side, and he was benched all day Saturday.
Tony Finau (U.S.): He misplaced almost 5 pictures with the putter, although managed to complete at 2-2.
Taylor Pendrith (Int.): Gutted out a 2-3 report, however the method participant, particularly the wedges, put his group in robust positions.
D
Brian Harman (U.S.): No participant misplaced extra strokes this week than Harman (-8.54). He went 0-3, one among simply two gamers on both facet to go point-less.
Min Woo Lee (Int.): Performed simply twice, and at 0-1-1, he most definitely didn’t cook dinner.
Finest and worst
In accordance with strokes-gained knowledge from DataGolf.com
Finest general: Xander Schauffele (U.S.), +8.89
Worst general: Brian Harman (U.S.), -8.54
Finest putter: Russell Henley (U.S.), +3.87
Worst putter: Tony Finau (U.S.), -4.53
Finest across the inexperienced: Si Woo Kim (Int.), +2.94
Worst across the inexperienced: Hideki Matsuyama (Int.), -4.97
Finest on method: Max Homa (U.S.), +6.25
Worst on method: Sam Burns (U.S.), -5.99
Finest off the tee: Collin Morikawa (U.S.), +3.06
Worst off the tee: Jason Day (Int.), -3.86
Finest in foursomes: Si Woo Kim (Int.)
Worst in foursomes: Brian Harman (U.S.)
Finest in four-balls: Xander Schauffele (U.S.)
Worst in four-balls: Hideki Matsuyama (Int.)
Finest in singles: Xander Schauffele (U.S.), +4.76
Worst in singles: Tony Finau (U.S.), -4.45