Inside U.S. golf’s latest foursomes nightmare: How shocking sweep happened

News By: Dylan Dethier September 25, 2026 Justin Thomas and Cameron Young were handed a loss in their foursomes match Friday. Getty Images For a moment, before everything went very wrong, the U.S. Presidents Cup team jumped out to a 1-up lead in Friday’s first match. That flash of red was hardly a surprise, given the firepower involved on the U.S. side. But a favorite’s early lead can feel like a foregone conclusion — even when it’s not. That first match was a massive mismatch, after all. It pitted arguably the two best golfers in the world (Scottie Scheffler and…