The Australians made their presence felt in the Sunday singles at the Presidents Cup, contributing three points out of a possible four as the Internationals came within a whisker of winning the event for just the second time.

Adam Scott led the final day charge, handing Players’ Champion Rickie Fowler a 6 & 5 drubbing to draw first blood for the Internationals and set up a thrilling finale at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club in Korea.

Steven Bowditch and Marc Leishman scored upset wins in their matches, Bowditch accounting for Jimmy Walker while Leishman claimed the biggest scalp of the week with a 1 up win over World Number One Jordan Spieth.

Jason Day was the only Australian not to win his singles match, Open champion Zach Johnson too good for the World Number Two.

After a disappointing showing in the four balls and foursomes, the Australians came out firing on Sunday, Scott posting the first point of the day with his thrashing of Fowler and setting the tone for a courageous fight back.

The former Masters champion found the putting form which had eluded him most of the week, four straight birdies from the seventh taking him to an unassailable lead and the match finishing on the 13^th green.

Playing four groups behind Scott in the sixth match of the day Bowditch staged one of the comebacks of the week after making the turn 1 down to multiple PGA TOUR winner Walker.

The Queenslander turned the match on the back nine, racing to a 3 up lead through 14 before eventually closing it out 2 up on the 18^th green.

Leishman, though, was the standout performer on Sunday winning a tight encounter with 2015’s duel Major winner and player of the year Jordan Spieth.

Spieth was fast out of the gate taking a 2 up lead through two holes but the cool Victorian wasn’t fazed and made a brilliant birdie at the ninth to head to the back nine all square.

Not to be denied Spieth immediately won the 10^th, Leishman squaring the match at 12 before the American again got his nose in front at 13.

Leishman squared the match for the final time with a birdie at 14 then took a decisive 1 up lead on the very next hole which he held till the 18^th.

The three Australian points were crucial in giving the Internationals a chance to win the Cup for just the second time, and first since 1998, but it wasn’t to be.

The ultimate pressure fell to rookies Anirban Lahiri of India and local hero Sang Moon Bae but both made crucial errors at vital moments to allow the Americans to triumph again.

Lahiri, who didn’t have his best game all week, showed enormous heart to square his match with PGA TOUR star Chris Kirk thanks to a brilliant up and down birdie at the par-4 14^th.

The pair remained square until the 18^th where Lahiri, facing a three-foot putt to halve the match, faltered and missed, the US gaining an unexpected point.

The outcome of the four days’ play hung in the balance as the final match of the day between Sang Moon Bae and Bill Haas arrived at the 18^th with Haas holding a slender 1 up lead.

Bae needed to win the hole to earn a half point and tie the contest at 15 points apiece but under almost unimaginable pressure, in front of a home crowd, missed a greenside chip, handing Haas a 2 up win and the American team the Cup.