Smylie Kaufman Predicts a Tight Battle at the Presidents Cup

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00:00I think this is a buzzer-beater. I've come, I've gone to, yes, the United States is

00:08gonna go and just absolutely wear them out. I'm not there. I think this is

00:14gonna be really close and part of me thinks that the international team is

00:21going to win. I feel it in my gut and I want to just make that prediction, but I

00:28think it's just, there's just too many guys like a Wyndham, like a Sahith, like a

00:35Sam Burns that I think step up, that it's just, it's just too, I think it's just

00:41too much and I think it ends up being very, very close. I think it comes down

00:46within, you know, the last couple matches. I'm gonna go with 15 and a half to 14

00:52and a half United States. Wow, I love it. That's gonna make for a

00:56compelling television. I agree with you, like it's, all of us want to find the

01:02world in which this thing gets interesting and the internationals pick

01:04off a home win and all of a sudden we care more about the President's Cup

01:08again, but I think for me where that whole thing breaks down is just looking

01:12at the Sunday singles lineup and that's no disrespect to the guys on the

01:15international side. It's a huge compliment to all the firepower the

01:18Americans have throughout the entire lineup and even the guys that aren't

01:21like obvious firepower guys like a Russell Henley, I think he's just gonna

01:25be a phenomenal match play competitor and, you know, do really well this week.

01:29So I think it's, I think Mike Weir could dial up some magic and those first three

01:34days and keep it close, but I just think singles is where it's just gonna be

01:38tough for them. I, you know, Jim Furyk didn't have the best go at it the last

01:42time he was the captain for the Ryder Cup, but I think he'll, I think he's

01:46learned a little bit from that experience and I actually think he's

01:48gonna be able to motivate these guys because it'd be easy for me to think

01:53that these guys are just gonna kind of show up and expect to win. I don't think

01:57Jim Furyk's really wired that way. I think he's gonna really, you know, try to

02:01get these guys intense and ready to go right from the get-go. I don't think it's

02:04gonna be easy. I think it's gonna be a battle. This golf course doesn't lend

02:08itself to to be able to just cruise around it. You got to be able to go out

02:12on that front nine, make some putts, and then on the back nine, play some

02:15strategic, you know, aggressive golf that's at really tight targets. So you're

02:21gonna have to go up and play some good golf and it's not easy to win on the

02:24road as I've laid out here before and I think the USA just

02:30narrowly gets it done. Well, there you go. So it's Smiley's on the record for 15

02:35and a half, 14 and a half. I have 17 to 13. Both of us have the Americans winning

02:40the President's Cup yet again. So we'll have to wait until, well, that's actually

02:45something I should know. Do you know, where are we next hosting the President's Cup?

02:49So back Quail Hollow again? The next President's Cup is, no, it's not at Quail

02:54Hollow. It's gonna be in the U.S. Where would it be? We're looking it up right

02:59now. Madonna. Oh, that's exciting. Yeah, that's gonna be sick. That's gonna be

03:04very sick. And then it's in rural Melbourne in 28, which is also very, very

03:09sick.