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Vincenzi’s 2024 Presidents Cup betting preview

For the first time since 2007, the Presidents Cup will be heading back to Canada. It’s once again the International team’s turn to host the event and Royal Montreal will serve as the event site for the second time.
In 2022, the U.S. team defeated the International team at Quail Hollow, 17.5-12.5 in an exciting event where an undermanned International team put up a valiant effort against the stacked United States roster.
Since the Presidents Cup’s inception, the U.S. team is 14-1-1 against the International team.
For the second consecutive Presidents Cup, the Internationals will be without some of their best players who are ineligible due to the fact they play on LIV. Players like Joaquin Niemann, Cameron Smith and Louis Oosthuizen will be watching from home as the Internationals try to pull off the upset.
Royal Montreal is a par-70 that will be played at 7,279 yards and features Bermuda-grass greens. It is the oldest course in North America and has been open for more than 150 years.
The first time Royal Montreal hosted the Presidents Cup, the United States team emerged victorious 19.5-14.5.
Thursday will feature five fourball matches, and Friday will have five foursome matches. On Saturday, the teams will play four fourball matches in the morning, and team play will conclude with four foursome matches in the afternoon. On Sunday, all 12 players on both teams will compete in a singles match.
Presidents Cup Bets
United States to Win Day 2 -145 (DraftKings)
United States to Win Tournament Foursomes -175 (DraftKings)
This year, fourballs will be played on day one, with foursomes taking place on day two. Over the years, the United States team has been dominant in foursomes. In the last two Presidents Cups that the International team has hosted (Australia in 2019, South Korea in 2015), the United States has won the foursomes 11.5-6.5 despite being on the road. In fourballs during those two Presidents Cup, the U.S. lost in total 12-6. At Quail Hollow in 2022, the U.S. won foursomes 6-3.
There’s been a stark contrast in success in fourballs vs. foursomes so the fact that they lines being offered on both are the same is a situation that should be taken advantage of.
Top Combined Point Scorer: Tony Finau +2000 (BetMGM)
I believe Tony Finau is extremely undervalued in this market. The 35-year-old is one of most experienced players on the United States side, having played in three Presidents Cup and two Ryder Cups. He also has a fantastic partner in Xander Schauffele in the day one fourballs. The fact they are putting Finau with Xander as the first pairing of the event shows how much confidence they have in him.
The odds don’t line up with the potential volume and advantageous pairings I expect Finau to receive.
Top International Point Scorer: Hideki Matsuyama +600 (BetMGM)
Conventional wisdom may lead some to believe that Matsuyama will sit a few sessions due to his nagging injuries, but that hasn’t been the case in the past. Hideki has only sat one session in the last three Presidents Cup, and I expect him to play all five once again at Royal Montreal.
Hideki has a strong partner in Conners in the first session in a matchup that I expect them to win. The Japanese star is the best player on the team and if the Internationals want to keep this close, Matsuyama must be at his best.
Top American Rookie: Russell Henley +600 (BetMGM)
Russell Henley is playing in the first session with the best player in the world. In this market, the former Georgia Bulldog has to beat Wyndham Clark, Sahith Theegala and Brian Harman, none of whom I am extraordinarily high on this week. Henley should be a strong partner for Scheffler and has a great chance to be top rookie if he plays in one of the foursome sessions.
Day 1 Winners: Internationals +190 (DraftKings)
I really like the matchups the Internationals drew in round one. Historically, they’ve been extremely competitive in the fourball sessions, and that’s why they chose to lead off with them. I think they get off to a hot start and beat the United States 3-2 on Thursday to kick off a competitive Presidents Cup.
Day 1 Matchup Bets (DraftKings)
Finau/Schauffele -142 over Day/An
Scott/Lee +105 over Morikawa/Theegala
Pendrith/Bezuidenhout -108 over Clark/Henley
Matsuyama/Conners -110 over Cantlay/Burns
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‘Don’t think I’ll sleep well tonight’ – LPGA pro offers candid take following rough AIG Women’s Open finish

An opening round of 77 left LPGA pro Jenny Shin with a mountain to climb at last week’s AIG Women’s Open.
However, fighting back with rounds of 69 and 67, Shin found herself six shots off the lead and just outside the top 10 heading into Sunday as she went in search of her first major victory.
Shin, who won the US Girls’ Junior at just 13, couldn’t back those rounds up on Sunday, though, and after playing her opening nine holes of the final round in level par, she then bogeyed three holes coming home to slip down the leaderboard and eventually finish T23.
Taking to X following the final round, Shin offered a frustrated and honest take on how she was feeling, posting: “Don’t think I’ll sleep well tonight. What a crappy way to finish.”
Don’t think I’ll sleep well tonight. What a crappy way to finish
— Jenny Shin (@JennyShin_LPGA) August 3, 2025
Shin has made 11 cuts in 13 starts on the LPGA Tour this season, but has been plagued by frustrating Sunday finishes throughout the year. Shin ranks 102nd on tour this year out of 155 for Round 4 scoring in 2025.
Miyu Yamashita won the 2025 AIG Women’s Open with a composed final round of 70 to win her first major of her career by two strokes.
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How a late golf ball change helped Cameron Young win for first time on PGA Tour

Cameron Young won the Wyndham Championship on Sunday for his first victory on the PGA Tour.
Young dominated all weekend at TPC Sedgefield, running away from the pack to win by six strokes and put himself in contention for a Ryder Cup pick in September.
Ahead of the event, the 28-year-old switched to a Pro V1x prototype golf ball for the first time, following recent testing sessions with the Titleist Golf Ball R&D team.
Interestingly, Young played a practice round accompanied by Fordie Pitts, Titleist’s Director of Tour Research & Validation, at TPC Schedule early last week with both his usual Pro V1 Left Dot ball and the new Pro V1x prototype.
Per Titleist, by the second hole Young was exclusively hitting shots with the Pro V1x prototype.
“We weren’t sure if he was going to test it this week, but as he was warming up, he asked to hit a couple on the range,” Pitts said. “He was then curious to see some shots out on the course. Performance-wise, he was hitting tight draws everywhere. His misses were staying more in play. He hit some, what he would call ‘11 o’clock shots,’ where again he’s taking a little something off it. He had great control there.”
According to Titleist, the main validation came on Tuesday on the seventh hole of his practice round. The par 3 that played between 184 and 225 yards during the tournament called for a 5-iron from Young, or so he thought. Believing there was “no way” he could get a 6-iron to the flag with his Left Dot, Young struck a 5-iron with the Pro V1x prototype and was stunned to see the ball land right by the hole.
“He then hits this 6-iron [with the Pro V1x prototype] absolutely dead at the flag, and it lands right next to the pin, ending up just past it,” Pitts said. “And his response was, ‘remarkable.’ He couldn’t believe that he got that club there.”
Following nine holes on Tuesday and a further nine on Wednesday, Young asked the Titleist team to put the ProV1x balls in his locker. The rest, as they say, is history.
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Rickie Fowler makes equipment change to ‘something that’s a little easier on the body’

Rickie Fowler fired an opening round of one-under par on Thursday at the Wyndham Championship, as the Californian looks to make a FedEx Cup playoff push.
Fowler is currently 61st in the standings, so will need a strong couple of weeks to extend his season until the BMW Championship, where only the top 50 in the standings will tee it up.
Heading into the final stretch of the season, Fowler has made an equipment switch of note, changing into new iron shafts, as well as making a switch to his driver shaft.
The 36-year-old revealed this week that he has switched from his usual KBS Tour C-Taper 125-gram steel shafts to the graphite Aerotech SteelFiber 125cw shafts in his Cobra King Tour irons, a change he first put into play at last month’s Travelers Championship.
Speaking on the change to reporters this week, Fowler made note that the graphite shafts offer “something that’s a little easier on the body.”
“I mean, went to the week of Travelers, so been in for, I guess that’s a little over a month now. Something that’s a little easier on the body and seemed to get very similar numbers to where I was at. Yeah, it’s gone well so far.”
Fowler has also made a driver shaft change, switching out his Mitsubishi Diamana WB 73 TX for a UST Mamiya Lin-Q Proto V1 6 TX driver shaft in his Cobra DS-Adapt X, which he first implemented a couple of weeks ago at the John Deere Classic.
However, according to Fowler himself, the testing and potential changes are not done yet.
“Probably do some more testing in some different weight configurations with them once I get some time. Yeah, I feel like we’re always trying to search, one, to get better but are there ways to make things easier, whether that’s physically, mentally, whatever it may be. So yeah, I thought they were good enough to obviously put into play and looking forward to doing some more testing.”
Fowler gets his second round at TPC Sedgefield underway at 7.23 a.m ET on Friday.