David CannonEditor's Note: Jena Sims is an actress in TV and film and an occasional Loop correspondent. She also happens to be the girlfriend of U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka, which meant Sims had her first experience last week as a “significant other” during the Presidents Cup at Liberty National. Our assignment for Sims was to peel back the curtain of what goes on behind the scenes for players and their supporters during a team event like this, or at least to the extent she could without running afoul of U.S. captain Steve Stricker. From personalized gift exchanges to coordinated outfits to a glimpse inside the team room, what follows is Sims' photographic account of her week in Jersey City and Manhattan.
One of the traditions of a team event is that every wife and girlfriend on the U.S. side gives everyone else a personalized gift. I gave everyone these sunglasses with “Presidents Cup” inscribed on the lens.
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JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) The banner posted on the side of the grandstand at the first tee loudly proclaimed the Presidents Cup as ”The U.S. versus The World.” That sounded like a compelling competition except for one small problem.

When did Europe move to another planet?

The PGA Tour has pleaded for patience in letting the Presidents Cup mature into a must-see event, referring to a Ryder Cup that once was even more one-sided. During a 50-year stretch, the Americans captured the Ryder Cup 20 out of 21 times.

Then again, they were beating up on a Britain and Ireland team trying to recover from World War II, the worst kind of home game. The turning point was in 1979 when all of Europe became eligible, which included Seve Ballesteros, perhaps the most important figure in Ryder Cup history.

The International team comes from every country outside Europe. What else can it add?

What can it do?

It’s difficult enough playing under a flag with no significance except for one week every t..

The Black Men Xcel Summit Golf Tournament is one of 34 amateur golf events that are part of the Genesis Invitational series in 2017, which means players were treated to Genesis-sponsored experiences, including a chance to win a brand-new Genesis G80 luxury sedan with a hole-in-one on the designated hole-in-one holes throughout the three-day tournament.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) President Donald Trump looked over at an American team that never had it so easy in the Presidents Cup and delivered an unassailable message in fewer than 140 characters.

”I have to say our Team USA: Wow, did you play well,” Trump said.

The Americans were never better.

They didn’t become the first team to win all five sessions, the only source of motivation on Sunday. They didn’t win by the widest margin since these matches against the International team began in 1994.

So powerful was this U.S. team that it needed to do little more than show up.

Daniel Berger, one of five newcomers to the American team, delivered the decisive point in the fourth of 12th singles matches. Phil Mickelson, a part of 23 consecutive team events, won the final point in his 100th career singles match.

The score was 19-11, and it could have been worse.

”Honestly, it was really weird being out there today, knowing there was no chance of losing,” Dustin Johnson who halved his ..

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) Brooke Henderson won the weather-delayed New Zealand Women’s Open on Monday, finishing off a 3-under 69 for a five-stroke victory.

The 20-year-old Canadian led by four shots through six holes Sunday when the final round was suspended after a day of heavy rain, high wind and threatened lightning strikes. She returned Monday morning to the Windross Farm course and easily held off China’s Jing Yan for her second LPGA Tour victory of the season and fifth overall.

Henderson finished at 17-under 271. She also won the Meijer LPGA Classic in June in Michigan.

”I was feeling pretty comfortable out there and I was just trying to keep it at minus 17 as long as I could,” Henderson said after receiving the trophy, $195,000 winner’s check and a ceremonial feather cloak presented by indigenous Maori. ”I had a couple of bogeys but made a lot of birdies and it was probably some of the best golf I’ve played in a while.

”I’m super excited to win outside North America fo..

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) A brief look at Sunday in the Presidents Cup at Liberty National:

RESULT: United States 19, International 11.

SINGLES: International 7 1/2, United States 4 1/2.

SERIES: The Americans won for the seventh straight time to lead 10-1-1.

TROPHY: President Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to present the trophy.

WINLESS: Nick Price became the first captain to lose three times.

MATCH OF THE DAY: Hideki Matsuyama made eight birdies and an eagle, and he still had to go 17 holes to beat Justin Thomas.

SHOT OF THE DAY: Matt Kuchar drove to 2 feet for eagle on No. 12.

KEY STATISTIC: Phil Mickelson set records this week for victories overall (25), in fourballs (10) and in foursomes (12).

NOTEWORTHY: This was the largest margin of victory since the Americans won by eight points in 2000.

QUOTEWORTHY: ”They’re an overpowering team that played some phenomenal golf. It was tough to watch, especially being on the receiving end.” – Price.

NEX..

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) Capsules from the singles matches Sunday at the Presidents Cup:

Marc Leishman, International, halved with Kevin Chappell, United States.

The Americans needed only one point to win the Presidents Cup, and Chappell started out as if he wanted it to be him. He holed a bunker shot for eagle on No. 2 and birdied the next two holes in building a 2-up lead. Leishman caught him when Chappell hit into the water on the par-5 ninth and hit his tee shot into a TV tower on No. 10. Leishman went 1 up twice on the back nine, and Chappell squared the match twice with pars. On the 18th, Chappell missed from 20 feet, and Leishman missed from 15 feet for a halve.

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Jason Day, International, def. Charley Hoffman, United States, 2 and 1.

Day had gone nine straight matches without a win in the Presidents Cup and finally put some semblance of his game together. Hoffman stayed with him on the front nine, and took a 1-up lead at the turn with a birdie at the par-5 ninth. Day ho..

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings. Or in this case, Jordan Spieth and Dustin Johnson show off their pipes.
On Sunday evening, Team USA had a predictably jovial press conference following its 19-11 thumping at the 2017 Presidents Cup. But no one could have seen this coming.
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When the question of favorite song sung by the fans at Liberty National came up, it was Jordan Spieth who first burst into a rendition of “Si-Woo shakin' that ass,” a play on International Team member Si-Woo Kim and Groove Armada's 1999 track, “I see you baby (shakin' that ass).” And Spieth really got into it:
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Moments later, Dustin Johnson gave everyone in the room another (pleasant) surprise by jumping in with his own version:
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And a declaration.
“Best song, ever,” the ..

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, England (AP) Paul Dunne held off a thrilling challenge from Rory McIlroy in the final round of the British Masters on Sunday to claim his first European Tour title.

Dunne, who sprang to prominence after sharing the 54-hole lead in the 2015 British Open while still an amateur, shot seven birdies and an eagle in a closing 61 to finish 20 under par.

The 24-year-old Irishman sealed victory in style by chipping in on the 18th to finish three shots clear of McIlroy and secure a place in the world’s top 100 for the first time.

McIlroy’s 63 was the lowest score of an injury-plagued season which he will bring to an early, self-imposed end next week.

European Ryder Cup vice-captain Robert Karlsson, who began the day with a one-shot lead, finished third on 16 under, with Graeme Storm, David Lingmerth and Florian Fritsch all on 14 under.

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