Why the Presidents Cup Is Sparking Excitement and Debate on X

Last updated: September 25, 2026 (UTC)

The Presidents Cup is drawing steady golf conversation on X this week, as fans and official accounts react to live results, player pairings and the scene at Medinah Country Club. According to posts circulating on X, the International Team has picked up several match wins, while a Bill Murray crowd moment and a lineup of Chicago personalities have given people plenty to talk about beyond the scoreboard.

What started the conversation

Much of the discussion follows the matches as they happen. A post from the official @PresidentsCup account celebrated “another one” for the International Team, saying the Canadian pairing of Taylor and Conners defeated Scheffler and Burns, 1-up. The post itself frames the pairing as a “Canadian duo” and presents the win as part of a run for the International side.

Another notable post came from @GolfDigest, which said Team USA got “SWEPT on Friday” at the Presidents Cup, adding a shocked-face emoji. The post presents the day as a surprise for the American side.

Alongside the results, a post from the @PGATour showed Bill Murray firing up the crowd to open the event, with the caption “AMERICA! CHICAGO! AMERICA!” It has drawn more than a thousand likes, making it one of the most visible posts in the conversation.

Backing Team USA

Support for the American side shows up most clearly in a post from @BoJackson, which gave a shoutout to Jackson Koivun and Justin Thomas as partners for the day. The post leaned into college loyalties, pairing “War Eagle” with “Roll Tide,” and urged the duo on in blunter terms. It has picked up close to 2,000 likes, the highest count among the posts in this roundup.

One user wished the U.S. Team and one of its members good luck at what they described as the 16th Presidents Cup, adding that play runs Thursday through Sunday on NBC, Golf Channel and Peacock. Another post shared a set of Day 2 foursomes picks.

The official account also highlighted a moment for the Americans earlier in the event. A @PresidentsCup post pointed to what it called a “clutch birdie” by Sam Burns on the 14th to tie his match against Min Woo Lee and Sungjae Im.

The International Team’s moment

For fans of the International side, the official account has supplied most of the talking points. Its post about Taylor and Conners describes the result as “another one” for the team, which, according to that post, means it was not their only win of the session. A separate @PresidentsCup post said Scott and Bezuidenhout proved “a powerful pairing” as “yet another point” went to the International Team, and another @PresidentsCup post praised an “immaculate approach” by Adam Scott on the 13th.

The Canadian angle has its own thread. Before play began, @GolfCanada posted that Corey Conners would pair with Nico Echavarria in the first Thursday four-ball session, while Nick Taylor would sit out that session. Taken together with Golf Digest’s post about a Friday sweep, the posts circulating on X describe the International Team as the side enjoying the better stretch so far.

A Chicago crowd and familiar faces

The atmosphere at the course has become a storyline of its own. Beyond the Bill Murray clip from the PGA Tour, @RobbieGould09 posted “What an atmosphere today,” tagging Medinah Country Club, the PGA Tour and the Presidents Cup. Gould also appears in a post from @peggykusinski, which highlighted Chicago athletes “repping” the event, naming D. Rose and Josh Giddey alongside him.

One post laid out what it called the “1st Tee Experience,” listing a longtime Chicago sports public address voice as the starter, a local anthem singer performing on Thursday, a local radio and arena host on the microphone, and a promised “surprise appearance from a Chicago legend.” The post does not say who that legend would be.

The appeal of the format itself is also part of the conversation. One user wrote that the Presidents Cup is “awesome” and that nothing in golf beats match play “when the players care.” That is a personal opinion, but the post drew more likes than several of the official account’s match updates. Elsewhere, @PGAPappas promoted a driver giveaway open to entries throughout the event.

Not everyone is enjoying the broadcast

Not all of the reaction is about golf. In a post that has drawn more than a hundred likes, @kclairerogers wrote that their whole timeline was people complaining about “Taylor’s new songs and the Presidents Cup commercials.” The post does not detail what the complaints are, and it is the only post in this roundup raising criticism of how the event is being presented, so it reflects one user’s description of their own feed rather than evidence of a wider backlash.

What remains unclear

Several points in the conversation are still open or rest on single posts:

• The Friday sweep comes from Golf Digest’s post, and the Taylor and Conners result comes from the official Presidents Cup account. The posts provided do not give the full points standings or a breakdown of every match.
• One post says play runs Thursday through Sunday, so the posts discussed here cover only part of the event.
• The claim that match play is the best format in golf is one user’s opinion.
• The identity of the “Chicago legend” promised in the first tee post is not stated in that post.
• The complaints about commercials and music are described secondhand in one post, without specific examples.

For now, the discussion on X is a mix of live scores, team loyalties and reactions to the scene at Medinah. By likes, Bo Jackson’s shoutout to Koivun and Thomas and the PGA Tour’s Bill Murray clip are the most visible posts, while the official account’s updates track the International Team’s run of wins.

Sources / posts referenced

• @BoJackson on X: “Shoutout to Jackson Koivun and @JustinThomas34, partners at the @PresidentsCup today. #WarEagle, #RollTide…”
• @PGATour on X: “🗣️ AMERICA! CHICAGO! AMERICA! Bill Murray ignites the crowd to kick off the @PresidentsCup.”
• @PresidentsCup on X: “Another one for the @IntlTeam! The Canadian duo of Taylor and Conners defeat Scheffler and Burns, 1-up. …”
• @GolfDigest on X: “Team USA gets SWEPT on Friday at the Presidents Cup. 🤯”
• @RobbieGould09 on X: “What an atmosphere today @MedinahCC @pgatour @PresidentsCup”
• @kclairerogers on X: “My whole timeline is ppl complaining about Taylor’s new songs and the Presidents Cup commercials”
• @peggykusinski on X: “Chicago athletes repping @PresidentsCup DRose @joshgiddey @RobbieGould09”
• @PGAPappas on X: “Callaway Quantum USA 250 Driver Land of the Long Ball Giveaway is open to enter throughout the Presidents…”
• @PresidentsCup on X: “A clutch birdie by Sam Burns on the 14th to tie the match against Min Woo Lee and Sungjae Im. #PresidentsCup”
• @PresidentsCup on X: “An immaculate approach on the 13th by Adam Scott. #PresidentsCup | #IntlTeam”
• @GolfCanada on X: “The first Presidents Cup pairings are set! For Thursday Four-Ball, 🇨🇦 Corey Conners will pair with 🇨🇴…”
• @PresidentsCup on X: “Scott and Bezuidenhout prove to be a powerful pairing as yet another point goes to the @IntlTeam! …”