Presidents Cup 2017: U.S. leads Internationals by two points after Day 1

Hailey Hernandez

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The 2017 Presidents Cup is underway at Liberty National as the U.S team tries to capture its seventh straight trophy. The Americans with Jordan Spieth and Dustin Johnson are facing perhaps their toughest competition yet against a strong International team led by Jason Day and Hideki Matsuyama. 

The Presidents Cup is played with 30 matches with a mix of foursomes, four-ball and singles matches. Each match is worth one point, but if a match is tied after 18 holes, each team will recieve a half point. The magic number for one team to secure a victory is 15.5 points. 

Thursday and Saturday morning will start with five foursome matches. A foursomes match is played between two U.S. and two International players and each side will play one ball with the players alternating to hit tee shots. For Friday and Saturday afternoon, the game switches to a four-ball match. A four-ball match is when two U.S. players face off against two International players with players play the better ball of their side. Sunday will be singles matches, with one U.S. player going head-to-head against an International player.

Presidents Cup 2017: Teams, tee times, TV schedule

Presidents Cup 2017: Live updates, highlights 

Follow along with all of the action from Day 1 of the Presidents Cup:

U.S. leads 3.5 to 1.5 after Day 1.

The Americans have never lost after leading first session.

Phil misses his par putt on 18 that would've won his match with Kisner against Day and Leishman.

And Tiger does not approve.

The Internationals get a point from Oosthuizen and Grace's 3 and 1 win against Koepka and Berger.

Team U.S. moves up on the Internationals 3-0 after DJ and Kuch win their match. 

A chance here for the International team.

Spieth and Reed win their match, 5 and 4. Team U.S. leads the Internationals 2-0.

Teamwork makes the dream work, right Kis?

Day and Leishman now go one-up in their match for the Internationals.

Rickie and JT get the first match point for the U.S. team with a 6 and 4 win.

Spieth and Reed are up by 3 with 7 holes left.

Scores update:

DJ holes a shot from the bunker. 

Rickie and JT are charging.

Lefty sticks his approach shot on No. 3.

Having trouble watching on TV? You're not the only one. So far coverage is hard to follow, delayed and it skips around too much.

Kisner and Mickelson... 🤜🤛

Phil's conversation with Bill Clinton...probably.

Phil and Kevin Kisner and Marc Leishman and Jason Day are the last foursome of the day to tee off.

Frame this one, Phil.

Had a feeling the Rickie-JT match would be a good one. Rickie delivers on the 3rd hole.

Presidents Cup rookies Brooks Koepka and Daniel Berger are the next ones on the tee against Branden Grace and Louis Oosthuizen. 

Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed will be up against Emiliano Grillo and Si Woo Kim.

Dustin Johnson and Matt Kuchar are on the tee now to face off against International players Jhonattan Vegas and Adam Scott. 

Americans Rickie Fowler and Justin Thomas start off the first foursome match against Hideki Matsuyama and Charl Schwartzel. 

Three former presidents are standing behind the first tee at Liberty National. 

 

Hailey Hernandez