The team of Kim Si-woo and Kim Joo-hyung won a complete victory over the U.S. group in a four-ball match on the first day of the Presidents Cup.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Tae-yong = Kim Si-woo and Kim Joo-hyung gave the international team a valuable point on the first day of the Presidents Cup, a golf competition against the U.S. team.

Kim Si-woo and Kim Joo-hyung, who were paired as members of the international team, won a complete victory over the American pair of Chris Gotterup and Patrick Cantlay in the four-ball match play on the first day of the tournament held at Medina Country Club Course 3 (par 70) in Chicago, Illinois, USA on the 25th (Korean time), leading by 3 holes with 2 holes remaining.

A four-ball game is a type of game in which two players from each team hit their own balls to record a better score.

In the five-ball game on the first day of the tournament, the international team, along with Kim Si-woo and Kim Joo-hyung, and Matsuyama Hideki and Hisatsune Ryo (Japan) won, earning two points.

The Matsuyama-Hisatsune pair won by 3 holes, with 1 hole remaining, over the Cameron Young-Zander Schoffley pair.

The United States won three four-ball games and took a 3-2 lead on the first day of the tournament.

In the past Presidents Cup record, the international team is inferior to the United States with 1 win, 1 draw, and 13 losses.

The pair of Kim Si-woo and Kim Joo-hyung, who led by one hole until the 12th hole, widened the gap with the American team to two holes with Kim Joo-hyung's par putt on the 13th hole (par 3).

In the 14th hole (par 4), Kim Si-woo's birdie putt made it 3 holes away, and in the 16th hole (par 3), Kim Joo-hyung hit his tee shot 50cm and caught a birdie.

Cantlay of the United States also got a birdie, but the match ended as he was three holes behind and could not catch up in the remaining two holes.

Seongjae Lim played in the first group with Australian Lee Minwoo, but lost to the group Scotty Scheffler and Sam Burns by one hole.

The pair of Lim Seong-jae and Lee Min-woo had a tight battle until the 16th hole, but failed to save par on the 17th hole (par 4) and were overtaken by Scheffler, who made par.

The team of Lim and Lee attempted to tie the score at the 18th hole (par 4), but tied with par, giving one point to the American team.