Presidents Cup 2024 LIVE: Saturday’s pairings and matches, scores, tee times and how to follow action at Royal Montreal

The 2024 Presidents Cup is heating up in Montreal as Team USA look to maintain their dominance over the Internationals in the event.

The Internationals have only won one of the 14 events held so far and suffered a heavy loss at Quail Hollow in 2022.

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Furyk and Weir will meet as captains in the 2024 Presidents CupCredit: GettyHome favourite and 2003 Masters champion Mike Weir is the International captain this year and has a host of big names at his disposal.

But USA captain Jim Furyk also has a star-studded team including the best two players in world golf right now – Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele.

And the Americans got off to the perfect start on Thursday, winning all of the opening fourball matches to take an early 5-0 lead.

MORE ON PRESIDENTS CUPBut the Internationals hit back in stunning style in Friday’s foursomes, traditionally the USA’s strongest format, claiming victories across the board to level the scores at 5-5 heading into the weekend.

Presidents Cup 2024: Dates and how to followThe 2024 Presidents Cup is being held at Royal Montreal Golf Club in Quebec, Canada.

It is taking place from Thursday, September 26 to Sunday, September 29.

The Royal Montreal is the oldest golf club in North America and celebrated its 150th anniversary year in 2023.

It held the Presidents Cup in 2007 when Jack Nicklaus’ Team USA won 19 1⁄2 – 14 1⁄2.

talkSPORT 2 will bring you live coverage from Montreal throughout the week.

To tune in to talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream.

You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

The action will also be shown on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Golf each day. More details here.

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Montreal will host the 2024 Presidents CupCredit: GettyPresidents Cup 2024: MatchesThe latest leaderboard from Canada can be found here.

All times UK

Day 1 (Thursday): Five fourball matchesMATCH 1 (4:35pm) – Tony Finau / Xander Schauffele BEAT Byeong Hun An / Jason Day 1UP
MATCH 2 (4:53pm) – Collin Morikawa / Sahith Theegala BEAT Min Woo Lee / Adam Scott 1UP
MATCH 3 (5:11pm) – Russell Henley / Scottie Scheffler BEAT Sungjae Im / Tom Kim 3&2
MATCH 4 (5:29pm) – Keegan Bradley / Wyndham Clark BEAT Christiaan Bezuidenhout / Taylor Pendrith 1UP
MATCH 5 (5:47pm) – Sam Burns / Patrick Cantlay BEAT Corey Conners /Hideki Matsuyama 2&1

Day 2 (Friday): Five foursome matchesMATCH 1 (6:05pm) – Hideki Matsuyama / Sungjae Im BEAT Patrick Cantlay / Xander Schauffele 7&6
MATCH 2 (6:19pm) – Taylor Pendrith / Adam Scott BEAT Collin Morikawa / Sahith Theegala 5&4
MATCH 3 (6:33pm) – Christiaan Bezuidenhout / Jason Day BEAT Max Homa / Brian Harman 1UP
MATCH 4 (6:47pm) – Corey Conners / Mackenzie Hughes BEAT Tony Finau / Wyndham Clark 6&5
MATCH 5 (7:01pm) – Si Woo Kim / Byeong Hun An BEAT Russell Henley / Scottie Scheffler 1UP

Day 3 (Saturday): Four morning fourball matchesMATCH 1 (12:02pm) – Scottie Scheffler / Collin Morikawa v Taylor Pendrith / Adam Scott
MATCH 2 (12:20pm) – Tony Finau / Xander Schauffele v Corey Conners / Mackenzie Hughes
MATCH 3 (12:38pm) – Keegan Bradley / Wyndham Clark v Si Woo Kim / Tom Kim
MATCH 4 (12:56pm) – Sam Burns / Patrick Cantlay v Hideki Matsuyama / Sungjae Im

Day 3 (Saturday): Four afternoon foursome matchesDay 4 (Sunday): 12 singles matches

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Scheffler’s USA dominated the Internationals on day one of the 2024 Presidents CupCredit: GettyPresidents Cup 2024: The teamsThe two teams were fully confirmed on Tuesday, September 3.

Weir’s International team is made up of six qualifiers and six captain’s picks.

The six qualifiers made the team via the Presidents Cup International Team Points List, which is based on the Official World Golf Ranking.

Hideki Matsuyama, Sungjae Im and Adam Scott lead the team while the emergence of Tom Kim will be a vital weapon as will Jason Day rediscovery his best.

Weir has then called up a trio of Canadian players in Corey Conners, Taylor Pendrith and Mackenzie Hughes.

For Team USA, Furyk also has had six captain’s picks to add to the six qualifiers who earned the most FedEx Cup points.

Scheffler and Schauffele are the star names while fans will be excited to see Sahith Theegala in action after he was the sixth and final qualifier.

Keegan Bradley, who will captain USA’s Ryder Cup side at Bethpage Black next year, has been selected as have Tony Finau, Russell Henley and 2023 Open champion Brian Harman.

Presidents Cup 2024 teams

Team International

Hideki MatsuyamaSungjae ImAdam ScottTom KimJason DayByeong-hun AnChristiaan BezuidenhoutCorey ConnersTaylor PendrithMackenzie HughesSi Woo KimMin Woo LeeTeam USA

Scottie SchefflerXander SchauffeleCollin MorikawaWyndham ClarkPatrick CantlaySahith TheegalaKeegan BradleySam BurnsTony FinauRussell HenleyBrian HarmanMax HomaHow Scottie Scheffler’s caddie Ted Scott has earned more money than Viktor Hovland, Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Thomas

Presidents Cup 2024: The formatUnlike the Ryder Cup, the Presidents Cup is played across four days and includes four sets of team matches and 12 singles on Sunday.

The teams will play for a total of 30 points across the event.

Fourball matches see teams of two compete against each other with each golfer playing his own ball. The lowest score across the four players on each hole wins.

Foursome sees each duo take alternate shots to complete the hole.

Read More on talkSPORTEach player is required to play at least one match before Sunday’s singles which will involve all 24 players.

The teams for each day’s play will be announced shortly before each session.

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