But the Internationals can take some solace in how they closed things out on Thursday. Specifically, the final swing of the day from Tom Kim on the par-3 16th hole.

A walk-off ace would have been something. But the gimme birdie was enough for Kim and Si Woo Kim to close out Chris Gotterup and Patrick Cantlay, 3 and 2. And while trailing yet again after Day 1, the Internationals one-point deficit is the closest opening session since 2013 so they shouldn’t be hanging their heads just yet.