Written by the AP at ESPN.com
President Donald Trump showed up about an hour after the final match was underway Sunday at the Presidents Cup. Had he shown up much later, he might have missed the start of a long celebration for an American team that rarely had it this easy.
This contest really was over before it started.
“Honestly, it was really weird being out there today, knowing there was no chance of losing,” Dustin Johnson said after going unbeaten in five matches. “I don’t know how to explain it, but it was like playing golf with my buddies. We were going to win no matter what.”
The Americans so thoroughly defeated and demoralized the International team that they needed just one point from 12 singles matches to win the gold trophy. Daniel Berger delivered the cup-clinching moment in the fourth match.
Charley Hoffman, one of five Americans who had never experienced cup competition as a pro, chased after Berger and sprayed him with champagne, and then Berger grabbed the bottle for a sip before he passed it to U.S. captain Steve Stricker
The final score was 19-11, and it was the seventh straight victory for the Americans. They extended their dominance to 10-1-1 in this contest, if it can even be called that.
“This is a juggernaut of a U.S. team,” said Nick Price in his third and final stint as the International captain, all of them losses. “They’re an overpowering team that played some phenomenal golf. It was tough to watch, especially being on the receiving end.”
The only consolation was keeping the Americans from a record rout.
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