MONTREAL – Xander Schauffele hit four straight birdies on Sunday to lead a rush of reds, and the Americans made the result as inevitable as ever, winning the Presidents Cup for the 10th straight year.

Sam Burns completed an unbeaten week, Russell Henley capped his impressive Presidents Cup debut with a win and Keegan Bradley – next year’s Ryder Cup captain – scored the winning point when Si Woo Kim missed a 10-foot putt on 18 . Hole.

With five games remaining, the Americans had the 15 1/2 points needed to win.

“Wow, that was incredible,” said Bradley, who hasn’t played for a U.S. team in 10 years. “The last time I played I was close to losing the Ryder Cup. If this is my last round as a player – maybe it is – I’m happy with it.”

The Internationals needed everything to go right at the Royal Montreal. All they could manage was a good fight, more close matches, but still no trophy.

Their only victory since those Games for players from around the world except Europe came at Royal Melbourne in 1998, long enough ago that Tiger Woods made his Presidents Cup debut. The USA’s winning streak dates back to 2005.

The Americans named captain Jim Furyk, who was at the helm in France five years ago when they lost to Europe in the Ryder Cup.

“These players were great,” Furyk said. “It was a really good group of twelve, a relaxed group. I had great leadership at the front. They really made the captain’s job easy and these guys gave their heart and soul this week. They played really well on the back nine.”

Furyk dispatched Schauffele against Jason Day in the opening game, and the cool Californian made five birdies in eight holes to take control early. It ended on the 15th hole.

“All 12 of our guys can compete,” Schauffele said. “My goal was simply to set the tone and get red on the board as early as possible, and I achieved that.”

He holed a 45-foot birdie putt on the opening hole, Day was within birdie range, took the lead for the first time with a 25-foot birdie putt on the par-3 fifth and never let his foot off the gas.

Burns was the only player without a loss. Tom Kim missed a 6-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole for the lead and sank his tee shot to within 3 feet on the par-3 17th. Burns responded with a 4-foot pitching wedge for matching birdies, and the American moved up and down the final hole to score half a point, pushing the Americans closer.

Kim was the spark for the Internationals with his punches and the way he egged Scheffler on with his celebrations in the opening session. He said the tide would turn at some point, and the 22-year-old South Korean firmly believed it would be Sunday.

Just not this Sunday.

“When you lose so many times, I feel like there’s always a story for people to come back. A win doesn’t last forever,” Kim said. “There will be times when lip-outs go our way. A few breaks, a few jumps will go our way and that will make a difference. We play great and sometimes fall short, but “I’m not losing hope.”

The Internationals picked up a point in the Battle of the Masters Champions as Hideki Matsuyama defeated Scottie Scheffler and Corey Conners delivered an easy victory over Tony Finau. But they trailed 11-7 before the 12 singles. It would never be enough.

In three Presidents Cups they had won only the 12 individual meetings, each by a margin of six or more points.

Now the Internationals have to wait another two years until the 2026 Games in Medinah, outside Chicago.

The Americans avoided not winning a trophy – they lost the Ryder Cup to Europe outside Rome last year – for the first time since 1998. Winning that gold trophy never seemed like hard work, even if the games were closer.

Adam Scott turns 46 in two years and there’s a chance he may have competed in his eleventh and final Presidents Cup without ever being on the winning side. He had to play the final hour of his match with Collin Morikawa and lost 2 and 1, knowing it wouldn’t matter.