Brandt Snedeker gave Donald Trump a prominent share of the credit after the United States staged a remarkable final-day comeback to win the Presidents Cup. For Canada’s Corey Conners and Nick Taylor, the celebrations at Medinah Country Club marked the end of a week in which their International team had come closer than most to breaking the American hold on the trophy.
The US began Sunday’s singles three points behind and finished with a 17–13 victory. The turnaround was the largest on the final day of a Presidents Cup, according to NBC Sports’ account of its broadcast. It gave the Americans an 11th consecutive win in the competition.
Snedeker’s message to Trump
Trump, the tournament’s honorary chairman, attended Sunday’s play and spoke briefly at the first tee. After the trophy ceremony, Snedeker said the president had told him he would bring the team energy when it needed it. The captain had replied that Trump would receive the credit if the Americans pulled off the comeback. “He gets all the credit,” Snedeker said, as quoted by OutKick.
It was Snedeker’s tribute to a high-profile guest, rather than a measurable explanation for the score. In an interview carried by NBC Sports, he also praised the players for refusing to lose faith and singled out rookies Jackson Koivun and Jacob Bridgeman. Bridgeman supplied the decisive point against Min Woo Lee.
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The Canadians were part of the challenge
Conners and Taylor had helped put the International team in position to win. Playing together, they won two foursomes matches before the singles, including a Friday victory over Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns. On Sunday, Conners lost to Justin Thomas, while Taylor halved his match with Russell Henley, according to the PGA Tour’s final player records.
The International team represents countries outside the United States and Europe. Its 2026 roster included the two Canadians but no Mexican golfer. Mexico’s absence from the line-up did not make this a US–Canada contest: the visitors also drew players from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Colombia.
That distinction matters when weighing the captain’s remark. Trump was a visible part of the American celebration, but the result was decided in 12 head-to-head matches. The International team had led 10½–7½ going into them; the US took 9½ of the available 12 points to turn a rare opportunity for the visitors into another American victory.
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