With captain Mike Weir pulling the levers and deploying a bunch of different pairings, the Internationals swept the USA in Friday foursomes matches before a raucous and partisan crowd in Canada.

It was 5-0 on the day when South Korea’s Si Woo Kim nailed a 15-foot par-saver at the 18th giving he and Ben An a 1-up win over Scottie Scheffler and Russell Henley. It is the first time ever that Presidents Cup matches have been swept two days in a row.

After a disastrous start on Thursday where the USA swept the four-ball matches 5-0, Weir’s team is now level at 5-5 overall with two days to play.

Scott partnered Canadian Taylor Pendrith in a 5&4 demolition of Sahith Theegala and Collin Morikawa. Day and South Africa’s Christiaan Bezuidenhout defeated Max Homa and Brian Harman 1 up.

“We didn’t get defeated,” said Scott. “There’s a lot of fight in this team. We’re not gonna go away.”

Min Woo Lee sat out the day’s contests on his Presidents Cup debut.

It was the veteran Scott’s 22^nd point in Presidents Cup matches, making him the ‘winningest’ International player in the history of the event ahead of Ernie Els. This is his 10^th appearance, and the Australian closed out the match with a nice putt in close from the fringe at the 14^th hole.

Scott and Pendrith made five birdies and never trailed in the match.

Day and Bezuidenhout had a tougher time against Max Homa and Brian Harman with their match going to the 18^th hole where Day hit a superb lob shot from the left rough to effectively finish the match.

The Internationals set the tone early with Hideki Matsuyama and Sungjae Im beating Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay 7&6, rolling in seven consecutive birdies to stop the match at the twelfth green. It was the shortest match in Presidents Cup history.

“I had a good feeling about this when we were up here a couple weeks ago scouting,” said Scott. “We played a little bit, felt easy to me. I’ve played with lots of different guys, and I knew that we were going to be a good pairing, and the captains seemingly found a lot of good pairings in this format today.

“But (it) felt easy. The momentum got going our way, and in this format, that’s a big advantage. Happy to close it out like we did.”

The Montreal crowd was a factor today as local heroes Mackenzie Hughes and Corey Conners smashed Wyndham Clark and Tony Finau 6&5.

On Saturday there are eight matches in four-ball and foursomes format followed by 12 singles clashes to close out the contest on Sunday, local time.

The USA is protecting a 12-1 record with one tie, and is chasing a 10^th consecutive Presidents Cup win.

Adam Scott celebrates a putt going down at the fifth today in his win. Image: Getty

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