The frustrating narrative doesn't have anything to do with the Presidents Cup as an event, but instead with the U.S.team room, camaraderie, and the idea that the Americans simply haven't cared enough about the other, more marquee and historic team event, the Ryder Cup."I think that’s something that’s probably been frustrating for us as American players, is some of the narrative that have gone on over the course of my team match play career," Scheffler told reporters at Medinah on Tuesday.
"Stuff like Patrick Cantlay not wearing his hat or stupid rumors that simply aren’t true, like meeting in a different team room and the Americans aren’t a close team.It’s something for us that can be very frustrating at times because it’s very much untrue."This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.
If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.Scottie Scheffler of the U.S.
Team looks on while playing a practice round prior to the Presidents Cup at Medinah Country Club Course No.3 on Sept.
21, 2026, in Chicago, Illinois.(Ben Jared/PGA TOUR via Getty Images)US PRESIDENTS CUP PLAYERS EXPLAIN HOW CHRISTIAN FAITH BUILDS FRIENDSHIPS AND PUTS GOLF IN PERSPECTIVE"I feel like our team has really banded together over the last five or six years since I've been a part of this," the World No.
1 continued later on."I'm excited to get this week started.
The guys have been great this week, and I think our team as a whole is just really excited."Scheffler's call back to Cantlay not wearing a hat dates back to the 2023 Ryder Cup in Italy, when Jamie Weir of Sky Sports created the drama by reporting that the U.S.team room was "fractured" while claiming Cantlay was playing without a hat as some form of protest about players not being paid in the Ryder Cup.Weir also claimed that Cantlay did not attend the gala dinner earlier in the week, despite photo evidence...