The United States won another Presidents Cup, this time by a score of 18 1/2 to 11 1/2, throttling a lively but overwhelmed international team and continuing its remarkable two-decade streak of dominance. The United States has now won the Presidents Cup 13 of the 15 times the event has been played.

Xander Schauffele set the pace early Sunday by completely dominating former world No. 1 Jason Day in singles 4 and 3 at the Royal Montreal Golf Club. A few games later, Keegan Bradley, the captain of the 2025 US Ryder Cup team, outlasted Si Woo Kim to grab the winning point.

“That was incredible. I said all week that I didn’t know if I could ever do it again,” Bradley said afterwards. “Just playing in this tournament and then getting the point, gosh, the last time I played it was the point where I was going to lose the Ryder Cup. If this is my last round as a player then maybe that’s it. I’m happy with it.”

The United States started the day with an 11-7 lead thanks to a five-game sweep on Thursday and two 3-1 victories on Saturday. Needing 4 1/2 points to win the 2024 Cup, the Americans began dismantling the international team from the first game.

Day took an early 1-up lead over Schauffele, but the two-time major winner fought back, tying the game on the fourth hole, then winning the next five holes in a row to take a 5-up lead on the turn. After some back and forth on the back nine, Schauffele won the match on the 15th hole. He, Collin Morikawa and Patrick Cantlay each finished the week with a record of 4-1-0, leading the United States team.

Sam Burns and Tom Kim drew, giving each team half a point. Hideki Matsuyama delivered a blow to the Internationals, winning 1 Up over world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler. International team Corey Conners defeated Tony Finau 5&3. But Team USA’s Russell Henley took home a 3-2 victory over Sungjae Im, and Cantlay’s 3-1 win over Taylor Pendrith brought the United States within a single point of victory.

To do justice to the game, Bradley took the decisive point over Si Woo Kim and won by 1 up on the 18th hole. Bradley, who has openly expressed his preference for team games, was notoriously left out of the Ryder Cup squad last year but was later named Ryder Cup captain for next year. He has enjoyed a career resurgence in recent years and performed so well on the field that he was named to Jim Furyk’s squad for the American Presidents Cup this year.

“I can’t describe what it felt like outside today,” said Sahith Theegala. “It was so intense in the morning, and even in the afternoon it felt like every shot meant the world, and it did. Every hit meant the world. You can never let the international team in because they have so many talented people there and you can’t give them a bit of light or hope.

After the clinch, Wyndham Clark and Min Woo Lee were tied, as were Theegala and Byeong Hun An. Morikawa defeated Presidents Cup legend Adam Scott 2&1. The Internationals’ Christiaan Bezuidenhout defeated Brian Harman 2&1 and Max Homa defeated Mackenzie Hughes 2&1 to open the official celebrations.

“We take all the energy we have to beat each other. Now let’s put them together and channel them and try to beat someone else. “It’s really fun,” Clark said. “It’s also really refreshing for golf. It’s so individual, and now you turn to each other, cheer each other on, help each other. It’s really a lot of fun.”

Entering this year’s competition, the United States had won 12 of the 14 competitions, with the 1998 Internationals winning one. In 2003 the teams were tied. Given the United States’ overwhelming advantage, the future of this event should be discussed, but for now, United States rule appears to be assured for at least another two years. The next Presidents Cup will be held in 2026 at Medinah Golf Club near Chicago.