The International Presidents Cup Rally Can Be Directly Tied To Wild Fan Who Changed Shirts 7 Times To Inspire His Team

Mackenzie Hughes' beer-chugging attempt to inspire the International team to their first Presidents Cup didn't quite land yesterday, as the underdogs proceeded to lose every single four-ball match against the USA team. Undeterred by yesterday's nightmarish results, the gallery at the Royal Montreal Golf Club was no less spirited on Friday, punctuated by one of the most impassioned fans you'll ever see at any sporting event. International captain Mike Weir couldn't help but commend the man once he eventually made his way down from the grandstands to the first tee box, but I'm just stunned at this guy's mobility beneath so many layers. He's not what you'd consider lithe or sinewy. Doesn't extinguish his raging inferno of International squad fandom whatsoever. Turns out his name is Cameron Hughes. A different Hughes on a different day made everything hit different, I suppose! https://twitter.com/NBCSports/status/1839732381101547885 Sungjae Im and Hideki Matsuyama went off in the Day 2 foursomes against Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele. Clutch as Xander has been throughout the season en route to two major wins, he and Cantlay are getting routed today. As of this writing, they're 7-down through 11 holes! Dormie on the 12th tee!? That's about as lopsided a duel as you'll ever see in match play. Dormie just means the disparity in match play score matches the number of holes remaining. Xander and Cantlay, 7-down with seven holes left. Not great, Bob. Every other match of the five live have the International side leading at least 2-up, save for the last one, which only recently went all-square through seven on this not-quite-updated graphic: https://twitter.com/IntlTeam/status/1839746587133706394 Weir was taking a lot of heat this morning on social media for not playing 22-year-old young stud Tom Kim. Considering Kim is one of the International team's better players, has youth on his side, and therefore could be counted on as a workhorse, I also thought it was a boneheaded move not to get him out there as much as possible. To his credit, Weir didn't waver, and didn't panic despite the 5-0 hole after on Day 1. Maybe that was such a ballsy move that it's exactly the move the International side needed. That gives the players who are going out confidence in the plan, and must be reassuring to them that Weir didn't call an audible because of how Thursday went. Look at these guys. They are roaring back. https://twitter.com/GolfChannel/status/1839742673013375361 https://twitter.com/GolfChannel/status/1839747788839506390 https://twitter.com/GolfChannel/status/1839749445186990291 The Internationals haven't held the Cup since 1998. That was the only time in this event's history. A historic comeback here would do wonders to make this thing matter a fraction as much as the Ryder Cup. We'll see if they can pull it off. I guess second time was the charm for opening-hole antics to rally the troops! Scenes are wild in Montreal, y'all. We might have ourselves a ballgame at the 2024 Presidents Cup after all. https://twitter.com/EPatGolf/status/1839746936083185897 https://twitter.com/PaulHodowanic/status/1839723795189510582