Presidents Cup 2026: Format, Standings, and How to Watch Sunday Singles
The 10.5-7.5 score is Saturday’s result, and Sunday’s 12 singles matches will decide the 2026 Presidents Cup the same day this piece was published. Once the final score is in, this page should be updated with the result rather than read as a live snapshot of an unfinished day.
Everything else on the page is unaffected; the figures below still say when they were read.
- 🔑 The International team leads the United States 10.5-7.5 entering Sunday singles at the 2026 Presidents Cup, a lead built on a Friday foursomes sweep and a split Saturday. It is the first time the International side has entered the last day with a lead on American soil in the event’s history.
- Sunday’s 12 singles matches are worth 12 of the 30 total points, and 15.5 wins the Cup outright. The International team needs 5 more points to reach that number; the United States needs 8, since every point Sunday is won outright or halved between two players.
- NBC and Peacock carry all 12 singles matches live from noon to 6 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, 27 September 2026, at Medinah Country Club in Illinois. The first match tees off at 12:02 p.m. ET, with pairings going off roughly every 12 minutes.
- The United States has won 13 of the previous 15 Presidents Cups, including 10 straight since a tie in 2003. The International team’s only outright win came in 1998 at Royal Melbourne, by a wide margin on its own home course.
- This piece covers the standings and matchups as they stood entering Sunday morning, 27 September 2026, and does not forecast who wins the final day. No betting odds, spreads, or win-probability figures appear anywhere on this page.
The International team leads the United States 10.5–7.5 entering Sunday’s 12 singles matches at the 2026 Presidents Cup, needing just 5 more points to win the Cup outright for the first time since 1998. Play resumes at Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois, with live coverage on NBC and Peacock from noon Eastern on Sunday, 27 September 2026 — the first time all week that every player in the 24-man field tees off in head-to-head singles.
Where do the standings stand entering Sunday?
The International team leads the United States 10.5 to 7.5 as of Saturday evening, 26 September 2026, with only Sunday’s 12 singles matches left to play. The lead was built session by session: the U.S. won Thursday’s four-ball 3–2, the International team swept Friday’s foursomes 5–0 to take a 7–3 lead, and Saturday split down the middle — the U.S. won the morning four-ball 2.5–1.5 before the two sides shared the afternoon foursomes 2–2.
| Session | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Thu four-ball | U.S. | 3–2 |
| Fri foursomes | Int’l | 5–0 |
| Sat AM four-ball | U.S. | 2.5–1.5 |
| Sat PM foursomes | Split | 2–2 |
It is the first time in the event’s history that the International team has entered the final day with a lead on American soil.
How does the scoring work, and what does each team need Sunday?
Thirty points are available across the week, and the first team to 15.5 wins the Presidents Cup outright. Sunday’s 12 singles matches carry 12 of those points on their own — 40% of the entire event decided in one afternoon. Entering Sunday, the International team’s 10.5 points mean it needs 5 more to reach 15.5; the United States’ 7.5 points mean it needs 8. Every singles match is worth a full point to the winner, or a half-point to each side if it’s halved.
What are the Sunday singles tee times and matchups?
All 12 singles matches tee off between 12:02 p.m. and 2:14 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, 27 September 2026, going off in pairs roughly every 12 minutes. Captains Brandt Snedeker (U.S.) and Geoff Ogilvy (International) set the order Saturday evening.
| Time (ET) | International | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| 12:02p | Ryo Hisatsune | Cameron Young |
| 12:14p | Tom Kim | Wyndham Clark |
| 12:26p | Corey Conners | Justin Thomas |
| 12:38p | Nico Echavarria | Scottie Scheffler |
| 12:50p | Sungjae Im | Sam Burns |
| 1:02p | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | Chris Gotterup |
| 1:14p | Hideki Matsuyama | Collin Morikawa |
| 1:26p | Adam Scott | Patrick Cantlay |
| 1:38p | Si Woo Kim | Jackson Koivun |
| 1:50p | Min Woo Lee | Jacob Bridgeman |
| 2:02p | Nick Taylor | Russell Henley |
| 2:14p | Ryan Fox | Xander Schauffele |
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler goes off fourth, against Nico Echavarria. The anchor match — last off the tee, at 2:14 p.m. — pairs Ryan Fox against Xander Schauffele.
How can I watch Sunday’s singles?
NBC and Peacock carry every Sunday singles match live from noon to 6 p.m. Eastern on 27 September 2026. Golf Channel handled the opening two days on Thursday and Friday, with NBC and Peacock joining partway through Saturday; Sunday’s singles session runs on NBC and Peacock exclusively, start to finish. Medinah Country Club sits in Medinah, Illinois, just outside Chicago.
Has a lead like this been overturned before at this course?
Medinah has seen a comparable final-day swing once before, in a different event. At the 2012 Ryder Cup, played on the same course, Europe trailed the United States 10–6 after Saturday and won 8 of the 12 Sunday singles points to take the Cup — remembered as the largest final-day comeback in that event’s history. The Presidents Cup has its own history of tight finishes: the International team’s only outright win came in 1998 at Royal Melbourne, and the 2003 edition finished tied 17–17 after a playoff between Tiger Woods and Ernie Els was halted for darkness. What Sunday 27 September 2026 adds to that history will be decided on the course, not forecast here.
The bottom line
Twelve matches, 12:02 p.m. to mid-afternoon, on NBC and Peacock: that’s the whole day. The International team arrives needing 5 points, the United States needing 8, and both numbers are simple arithmetic rather than a forecast — we’re not calling a winner before singles tee off. For the full rosters, the world-ranking gap between the two sides, and how the format works session by session, our preview from before the week began has the details.