MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) \u2014 U.S. captain Brandt Snedeker is blaming himself for the American deficit in the Presidents Cup.<\/p>\n
The U.S. outscored the International team 4 1\/2 to 3 1\/2 on Saturday, but it trails by three points going into the final session of 12 singles matches. The Americans have won the last 10 editions of the Presidents Cup dating to a tie in 2003 in South Africa.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hold myself to a high standard,\u201d Snedeker said. \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve put these guys in situations where I was trying to, I should say, or wanted to, to give them the comfort level they needed. I mean, there\u2019s several different ways, whether it\u2019s through matchups, whether it\u2019s through whatever. There\u2019s a thousand different ways I can think of right now. I\u2019ve been honestly second-guessing myself a lot to be in this situation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Snedeker, 45, did not offer any specifics on where he felt he let his team down. But one of his most questionable decisions was resting world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler for Saturday afternoon’s foursomes.<\/p>\n
Scheffler and Sam Burns beat Hideki Matsuyama and Ryo Hisatsune, 2 and 1, in their fourballs match in the morning. Scheffler, 30, played in every session in the 2024 Presidents Cup and 2025 Ryder Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had some ideas about Scottie puts the world on his shoulders, and he puts his whole team on his shoulders and takes a lot on,\u201d Snedeker said. \u201cI was really trying to get him some energy for tomorrow. I know tomorrow is going to be a big day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scheffler is lined up against Nico Echavarria for Sunday’s singles matches. Echavarria hasn’t played since Thursday.<\/p>\n
Scheffler found out he was being held out of foursomes during his TV interview after his fourballs victory with Burns.<\/p>\n
\u201cScottie took it great,\u201d Snedeker said. \u201cI couldn\u2019t get to him before, so the TV people told him before I could get to him. Scottie is a team guy. He wants whatever is best for this team. He\u2019d run through a wall for all those guys in that room. He took it like a champ.\u201d<\/p>\n
Snedeker also waited until Saturday to put Chris Gotterup and Cameron Young together, while acknowledging it was a pairing that they \u201chad circled early on in this process of kind of putting those two guys together in alternate shot.\u201d Gotterup and Young won both their matches Saturday.<\/p>\n
In Friday’s alternate-shot session, Snedeker put Young with Justin Thomas in a 3-and-2 loss. Gotterup played fourballs with Patrick Cantlay on Thursday (a 3-and-2 loss) and sat out Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like a team reflects their captain, and to this point, I haven\u2019t held up my end of the bargain,\u201d Snedeker said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to get our heads down tonight and come out and work hard tomorrow. I know what kind of person I am. I know how hard I\u2019ve worked to be in this position. I know what kind of guys we have on that team. … They\u2019re going to go out there and give it everything they\u2019ve got.\u201d<\/p>\n
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