Team USA Seeks 11th Consecutive Presidents Cup Victory

Team USA celebrated at Royal Montreal in September 2024 and holds a winning record of 12-1-1 against the International Team.

PORT ST LUCIE, Florida – The 2026 Presidents Cup from historic Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois, features World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and 2026 U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark lead a United States team seeking an 11th consecutive Presidents Cup victory against an International squad featuring major champions Hideki Matsuyama, Ryan Fox, and Adam Scott.

NBC Sports and Peacock will provide Live weekend coverage beginning Saturday, Sept. 26, with Presidents Cup action from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET, followed by Sunday Singles coverage from Noon to 6 p.m. ET on also on NBC and Peacock.

Now in its 16th edition, the biennial match-play competition pits the United States against an International Team representing players from outside Europe. First contested in 1994 at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Va., the Presidents Cup has been dominated by the United States, which owns a 13-1-1 all-time record, including an 18.5-11.5 victory over the International Team at Royal Montreal Golf Club in 2024.

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The two 12-man team rosters for Team USA and the Internationals.

2026 PRESIDENTS CUP BROADCAST TEAM

NBC Sports’ 2026 Presidents Cup broadcast team includes play-by-play commentator Dan Hicks, who has called every Presidents Cup since 2000, analyst Kevin Kisner, who has been a part of the Presidents Cup twice as a player (2017, 2022) and once as an assistant captain in 2024, on-course reporter Jim “Bones” Mackay, who has caddied in or commentated at every Presidents Cup dating back to its inception in 1994, and on-course reporter John Wood, who has caddied in or commentated at every Presidents Cup since 2007.

This week’s Presidents Cup coverage will be produced by NBC Sports’ lead golf producer Tommy Roy who has produced every Presidents Cup for NBC Sports since 2000 alongside co-producer Tom Randolph director Joe Martin, and co-director Jeff Jastrow.

Broadcast Team

* Play-by-Play: Dan Hicks, Terry Gannon

* Analyst: Kevin Kisner, Brad Faxon, Notah Begay III (Saturday), Paul McGinley (Saturday)

* On-Course: Smylie Kaufman, Jim “Bones” Mackay, John Wood

* Interview/Reports: Cara Banks

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The Presidents Cup will further enhance Medinah’s championship pedigree, with the club becoming the sixth United States venue to host the biennial event. Course No. 3 boasts a rich tournament history that includes three U.S. Opens, two PGA Championships, the 2012 Ryder Cup, the 1988 U.S. Senior Open, the 2019 BMW Championship, three Western Opens (BMW Championship), and a variety of other professional championships.

https://www.presidentscup.com/teams

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As a caddie, greenkeeper, and Ouimet Scholar from Marshfield Country Club on Boston’s South Shore, Leigh developed his love for the game at an early age. The BA from Amherst College and MA from Dartmouth prepared him for his 36-year career in education, most of it teaching Advanced Placement English and coaching varsity golf. In 1986, a sabbatical from teaching students to writing stories for “Golf World” magazine prepared him for his second career in golf journalism. Leigh is a low-handicap golfer who has won the Golf Writers Association of America’s championship seven times. He is currently a member of Southers Marsh Golf Club in Plymouth, MA, and PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, FL.

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