Internationals eye Presidents Cup Golf title

They aim to beat United States for first time since 1998

MONTREAL:

The Internationals will try to defeat the United States for the first time since 1998 and snap a nine-event losing streak when the 15th Presidents Cup begins Thursday at Royal Montreal.

US golfers dominate the all-time rivalry 12-1-1 and seek their 10th consecutive victory since a draw in 2003 at South Africa.

"We're determined to go out there this year and change the script. I have a lot of belief in this team," Australian Adam Scott said. "I've never seen our team look so confident."

The lone win by the non-European Internationals came in 1998 at Australia's Royal Melbourne while the Americans are coming off a 17.5-12.5 home triumph in 2022 at Quail Hollow.

"It's just an extremely emotional week as far as there's ups, there's downs," US captain Jim Furyk said. "The US team gets on a run, then the International team gets on a run. It's kind of a roller coaster ride."

Canada's Mike Weir captains the Internationals squad against a US lineup featuring eight of the world's 14 top-ranked players with all 12 in the world's top 25.

"Jim has a great team. There's always going to be difficult matches," Weir said. "We've got a tall challenge, but the guys are up for it, they're ready for it, and they're embracing that."

Weir has his charges concentrating on the formidable American lineup, not past failures.

"We've got a lot of young guys on the team and they're not remembering past defeats or anything like that," he said. "Not really leaning into that."

"We're putting forward our strongest team for quite a while," Scott said. "We're putting together a formidable team."

"You never know what can happen," 2025 US Ryder Cup captain and 13th-ranked Keegan Bradley said. "They all work really hard and I know they're highly motivated to win this Presidents Cup."