If you like to watch a good ass-kicking, then Sunday’s Presidents Cup broadcast may be for you. So far, this 2017 edition of what has been a historically uncompetitive event has looked like an Alabama-Vandy game. It’s the most lopsided edition in a contest that’s been lopsided since it started in 1994. The Americans take a 14.5 to 3.5 lead into Sunday’s singles session, where they will improve to 10-1-1 in Presidents Cup play.
Presidents Cup 2017 live stream: How to watch Sunday online
The Presidents Cup could be over early, but if you want to watch dominance, then this Sunday singles may be what you’re looking for.
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The U.S. team needs just one point to clinch the cup. They will have 12 opportunities to do it against an International team that has won only two of the first 18 matches outright. It’s not a matter of if it will happen, but when. It could come as early as 3 p.m. or so if leadoff man Kevin Chappell can get ahead by a few holes and close out Marc Leishman early on the 14th or 15th hole. That would leave the final three hours of coverage as just a formality with the cup already clinched.
When the winning point is clinched, the teams don’t just walk off the course. All the matches are finished out and the full 30 points are allotted. The U.S. has several different records in sight. All 12 team members could finish the week with a winning record. They could become the first team to ever win all five sessions of a Presidents Cup. These are unthinkable and unheard of in these team match play events.
The USA could also set an all-time points record. So there are several different goals that team captain Steve Stricker set overnight in what’s become a drama-free competition.
NBC will have the coverage all afternoon. Even Johnny Miller, the legendary lead analyst, was bagging on his own network’s Sunday ratings for such a lopsided event. If you’re unable to watch on TV, or would just prefer to put football there instead, you can stream it all afternoon:
Sunday’s Day 4 coverage
Television:
Noon. to 6 p.m. — NBC
Online streams:
Noon to 6 p.m. — NBC Sports/ Golf Channel simulcast stream
Radio:
Noon to 6 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 93/208 and streamed here)
So if you’re looking for some titanic, competitive struggle, this is not the spot for you. If you want to watch excellence and dominance, then maybe it’s worth your time. There’s an argument now being thrown out there that this is the best team ever assembled for these match play events. It’s certainly the core of one which could compete in these Ryder and Presidents Cups for the next decade or two.
Here’s the lineup for Sunday’s final singles session:
- Kevin Chappell (USA) vs. Marc Leishman (INTL), 12:04 p.m.
- Charley Hoffman (USA) vs. Jason Day (INTL), 12:15 p.m.
- Justin Thomas (USA) vs. Hideki Matsuyama (INTL), 12:26 p.m.
- Daniel Berger (USA) vs. Si Woo Kim (INTL), 12:37 p.m.
- Matt Kuchar (USA) vs. Charl Schwartzel (INTL), 12:48 p.m.
- Patrick Reed (USA) vs. Louis Oosthuizen (INTL), 12:59 p.m.
- Dustin Johnson (USA) vs. Branden Grace (INTL), 1:10 p.m.
- Brooks Koepka (USA) vs. Adam Scott (INTL), 1:21 p.m.
- Jordan Spieth (USA) vs. Jhonattan Vegas (INTL), 1:32 p.m.
- Kevin Kisner (USA) vs. Anirban Lahiri (INTL), 1:43 p.m.
- Phil Mickelson (USA) vs. Adam Hadwin (INTL), 1:54 p.m.
- Rickie Fowler (USA) vs. Emiliano Grillo (INTL), 2:05 p.m.
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