President's Cup Day 2: U.S. Team Dominates Again... Im Sung-jae Draws

Secured 4 points with 3 wins and 2 draws in the interim total... International team adds only 1 point

Im Sung-jae, who participated as a member of the International Team in the 2022 Presidents Cup, is watching the matches of his partners with Scottie Scheffler of the U.S. Team at the 18th hole during the four-ball match on the second day, the 23rd (local time). / Photo by EPA Yonhap News

The U.S. team continued its overwhelming dominance on the second day of the Presidents Cup.

On the 23rd (local time), the U.S. team secured a one-sided victory with 3 wins and 2 draws against the International team in the four-ball matches held at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. In four-ball matches, two players each play their own ball, and the better score on each hole counts as the team score. With this win, the U.S. added 4 points to lead the International team, which earned only 1 point, with an overall score of 8 to 2.

Im Sung-jae paired with Sebastian Mu?oz (Colombia) and drew against the U.S. team of world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns.

The U.S. team took the lead on the 5th hole with a birdie by Scheffler, but Im Sung-jae immediately responded with a birdie on the next hole to tie. The U.S. team regained the lead on the 7th hole with a birdie by Burns, but Mu?oz's birdie on the 8th hole evened the match again. However, Burns birdied the 9th hole, allowing the U.S. team to finish the front nine one hole ahead.

Scheffler and Burns extended their lead to two holes with a birdie on the first hole of the back nine, the 10th hole. But Im Sung-jae and Mu?oz narrowed the gap by winning the 13th hole, and the match ended in a tie after Mu?oz's dramatic birdie on the final hole.

Im Sung-jae and Mu?oz earned 0.5 points from the draw. The International team’s Mito Pereira (Chile) and Christiaan Bezuidenhout (South Africa) also drew with the U.S. team’s Kevin Kisner and Cameron Young, adding another 0.5 points.

On the 23rd (local time), during the second day of the 2022 Presidents Cup, Korean players Siwoo Kim (from left), Juhyung Kim, and Sungjae Im are cheering for the International Team's match. /AFP-Getty Images [Image source=AFP Yonhap News]

The other three matches all ended in losses for the International team, conceding 3 points to the U.S. team. Kim Joo-hyung (20), who played alongside Hideki Matsuyama (Japan), lost by three holes to the U.S. duo of Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele. Adam Scott and Cam Davis (both from Australia) were defeated by Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas by two holes. Corey Conners and Taylor Pendrith (both from Canada) lost by one hole to Billy Horschel and Max Homa.

Kim Si-woo and Lee Kyoung-hoon did not participate in the second day’s matches.

The Presidents Cup will continue on the third day, the 24th, with four four-ball matches in the morning and four foursome matches in the afternoon. The final day will feature 12 singles matches to decide the overall winner. A win earns 1 point, and a draw earns 0.5 points.

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