The Internationals just turned the 2026 Presidents Cup upside down. At Medinah Country Club outside Chicago, the International Team swept all five Friday foursomes matches, erasing a 3-2 deficit from Thursday and vaulting to a commanding 7-3 lead over the United States, according to PGA Tour's official match recap.

It marked just the seventh session sweep in Presidents Cup history and the first since 2024 — but this one carries extra weight because it came against a U.S. side that arrived at Medinah having won ten consecutive editions and carrying a lopsided 13-1-1 record in the competition's history. The International Team's last outright victory came in 1998, with a tie in 2003 its only other blemish on the Americans' modern dominance.

The carnage was thorough. Corey Conners and Nick Taylor edged Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns 1-up. Hideki Matsuyama and Sungjae Im routed Russell Henley and Jacob Bridgeman 3&2. Ryan Fox and Min Woo Lee held off Collin Morikawa and Wyndham Clark 1-up. Adam Scott and Christiaan Bezuidenhout knocked off Justin Thomas and Cameron Young 3&2. And Tom Kim paired with Si Woo Kim to blow out Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay, 4&3 — a result Golf Channel called part of a "relentless" International performance.

Putts Fell, Captains Reacted

The putters did the damage. Adam Scott drained a 44-foot birdie on the 7th, Matsuyama answered with a 20-footer at the 12th, and Si Woo Kim's 21-foot birdie at the par-3 ninth had the Korean duo pumping their fists, per PGA Tour's shot-by-shot recap.

"IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE. YOU WOULD NEVER IMAGINE DOING FIVE SETS." — International captain Geoff Ogilvy

Ogilvy admitted even his own team was stunned by the scale of the rout, while U.S. captain Brandt Snedeker didn't hide his frustration afterward. "They went out there and played great. They made a ton of putts," Snedeker said, according to a recap from Sky Sports. "I feel like our guys hit a bunch of great putts and just couldn't find the bottom of the hole. I feel terrible for the guys — they grinded and gave me everything they had today, and it wasn't meant to be."

The format doesn't get any easier for a U.S. comeback. Saturday brings a marathon double session — four-ball followed by foursomes, eight matches in all — before Sunday's 12 singles matches close it out. The International Team needs to reach 15.5 points to finally end its 28-year title drought, per NBC Sports' breakdown of the format.

Whether Friday's sweep proves to be the turning point of the week or just a dramatic blip, it's already reshaped the storyline of a Cup the Americans were expected to cruise through.