The United States continued its dominance in the Presidents Cup by defeating the international team 18½-11½.
The US led 11-7 before Sunday's 12 games, needing 4½ points on the final day to defend its title in Canada.
Xander Schauffele put the Americans on their way with a 4&3 victory over Australian Jason Day in the opening tournament.
Team USA also received full points from Russell Henley and Patrick Cantlay, leaving them close to victory despite No.1 Scottie Scheffler losing to Hideki Matsuyama.
Canada's Corey Conners scored the biggest win of the day when he defeated Tony Finau 5&3, although the United States edged closer to victory when Keegan Bradley won four of the first five holes on the back nine to go three up with three to play.
Sam Burns got a share of the spoils with Tom Kim, while Bradley survived a tiebreaker over Si Woo Kim at the final hole to take the US to the 15.5 points needed with five games to go.
“Wow, that was unbelievable,” said Bradley, who will captain the U.S. in next year's Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black. “I didn't know if I was going to do this again and just to be able to play in this tournament, and win a point… oh my god.
“The last time I played in a team game, I was the point of losing the 2014 Ryder Cup. If this is my last round as a player – maybe it is – I'm happy with that.”
Sahith Theegala leveled his match against Byeong Hun An after wasting a birdie chance on his final hole, while Collin Morikawa beat Adam Scott 2&1 and Max Homa beat Mackenzie Hughes 2&1 in the match below.
Although they also lost heavily, the Internationals played very well – especially when they won all the foursomes matches on Friday after losing four balls on Thursday.
With the scores tied at 5-5, international captain Mike Weir made the questionable decision to use the same eight players in both the four-ball and four-ball sets on Saturday, resulting in a 6-2 win for the USA, and an 11-7 lead. in the game.
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