GOLF: Americans win Presidents Cup easily, beating International team for seventh consecutive time.

Win is the Americans’ seventh straight at the Presidents Cup event

The Americans won the JERSEY CITY,

Presidents Cup for the seventh consecutive time, and this one was no contest.

With most of the work already done, a dominant U.S. team needed only one point from the 12 singles matches Sunday. Kevin Chappell halved the opening match with Marc Leishman, and victory was ensured when Daniel Berger went 3 up with three to play against Si Woo Kim.

Berger wound up winning his match, and the Americans’ celebration was on.

President Donald Trump arrived at Liberty National Golf Club about 45 minutes before the Americans secured the gold trophy that he was to present to them. Trump, the honorary chairman of the matches, is the first sitting president to attend on the final day and present the trophy.

“This is a juggernaut of a U.S. team,” said Nick Price, in his third and final stint as the International team captain, all of them losses. “They’re an overpowering team that played some phenomenal golf. It was tough to watch, especially being on the receiving end.”

The Americans had an 11-point lead going into Sunday. All that remained was the margin of victory, and to see if they could become the first team to win all five sessions in the Presidents Cup.

That was the motivation from U.S. captain Steve Stricker, and the players responded with some of their best golf.

So thorough was this beating that Chappell and Charley Hoffman could have clinched the cup Saturday evening if they had won their fourballs match. Stricker sent them out at the top of his lineup to give them a chance to finish the job. Chappell nearly did. Hoffman was beaten by Jason Day, who had gone nine straight matches without winning until a 2and-1 victory.

Instead, the clinching match fell to Berger, who had told Sky Sports in an interview Saturday: “Our goal from the minute we got here was to crush them as bad as we can. I hope that we close them out today and we go out there tomorrow and beat them even worse.”

Berger won his match on the 17th green with the Americans, who had finished gathered around and ready to start their party. Hoffman ran over and sprayed Berger with champagne, and Berger took a swig from the bottle before handing it over to Stricker for a quick guzzle.

“They came in here riding a ton of momentum and a ton of confidence,” Stricker said. “It was about getting out of their way.”

The Americans, who won 19-11, have a 10-1-1 record in the Presidents Cup. The only loss was at Royal Melbourne in 1998, which ended just 12 days before Christmas. The matches return to Australia in two years for another preChristmas test for the Americans.

Other tournaments.

Brooke Henderson won the weather-delayed New Zealand Women’s Open, finishing off a 3-under-par 69 for a fivestroke victory. … Paul Dunne held off Rory McIlroy in the final round of the British Masters to claim his first European Tour title. Dunne made seven birdies and an eagle in a closing 61 to finish 20-under-par overall — three strokes ahead of McIlroy.