The U.S. held off an Internationals comeback to win the Bridges Cup at Haesley 9 Bridges in South Korea.
OISIN KENIRY
In what turned out to be an exhilarating closing session, the U.S. crew of elite mid-amateurs held onto its result in defeat the Worldwide squad, 17-15, to wins its third straight Bridges Cup.
The 12-man American crew got here out firing within the opening session Monday at Haesley 9 Bridges in South Korea, however the Internationals clawed again within the three-day competitors to get inside two factors to start Wednesday’s singles session.
However with 12 factors up for grabs, it was actually anybody’s sport. And early on in Wednesday’s matches, it appeared the Worldwide squad was driving that momentum for a possible comeback.
“After 9 holes, it actually seemed as if the Internationals may have had an opportunity to squeak it,” mentioned Simon Holmes, a golf skilled and Bridges Cup commentator on-site this week.
The Internationals — behind a powerful opening trio of Matthew McClean, Hugh Foley and Lukas Michel — received tightly contested matches early, however Drew Kittleson lastly put purple on the board with a 2-and-1 win over Jacob Austin.
The items then began falling into place for the Individuals.
They took 5 of the final eight matches — Scott Anderson, Andrew Medley and Drew Stoltz all received their matches 5 and 4 — to stay undefeated within the three playings of the Bridges Cup.
“The Internationals arrived with no actual sparkle, and so they didn’t carry out early, and so they had been behind so many factors that they thought the sport was misplaced,” Holmes mentioned. “However the best way they fought again, the depth of the competitors, the quantity of stress that was created immediately for the gamers and definitely the captains, simply goes to indicate that the Bridges Cup, the mix of 8AM and CJ, and this idea of mid-am crew golf is an absolute winner.”
Even after the U.S. clinched the 16 factors wanted to retain the cup, Joseph Deraney, who was 2 down after 9 holes within the anchor match towards Angus Carrick, received three holes on the again 9, together with the 18th with an extended birdie putt, to clinch a 1-up victory and the outright win for the U.S. The singles session ended as a 6-6 cut up between the 2 groups.
For full outcomes from the 2024 Bridges Cup, click on right here. Under are the entire outcomes from the singles session on Day 3.
DAY 3 SINGLES RESULTS:
