Presidents Cup was much closer than it appeared, thanks to this mind-boggling stat

The United States won the Presidents Cup once again, this time by a score of 18.5-to-11.5, winning for the 10th straight time.

Their defeat of the Internationals at Royal Montreal marked the largest margin of victory by an away team in Presidents Cup history, leading one to assume that the U.S. steamrolled to glory once again.

But that was not the case.

Of the 30 matches contested this week, the U.S. won only one more hole than the Internationals—a mind-boggling reality.

The competition was astonishingly close, especially after the home team knotted the score at five on Friday. Nobody saw that coming, especially since the U.S. swept the

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