A Presidents Cup win was there for the Internationals, and they blew it

As sports fans in this country know full well, the better team doesn’t always win. The 2025 World Series proved that rather painfully, as did the 2026 Olympic Men’s Hockey gold medal game. Supporters of the International side in golf’s biennial Presidents Cup — a fandom born of patriotic pride for the mishmash of countries or, simply, a desire to see “The Shield” finally pull off another victory — may sympathize with that sentiment. For the most part, the world squad outplayed, out-putted, out-captained and out-clutched the U.S.A. through three days of play at Medinah Country Club near Chicago, and…