First off, hats off to Team USA for its highly dramatic win at the Presidents Cup. Down three points going into Sunday's singles matches, Team USA stormed back and won 9.5 of 12 points to claim the biannual competition. That meant the USA team has won every Presidents Cup since 2005, an unprecedented string for just about any modern-day team sporting competition.

The International team fought well and valiantly and closed out matches more consistently before Sunday. It appeared they had the Yanks' number this time. But after falling behind following Saturday's matches, Captain Brandt Snedeker graciously—and, some would say, in cagey fashion—took some of the blame for his team's lagging performance.

He said: "I tried to work my tail off to put these guys in the best situation possible, and I don’t think I’ve done a very good job this week to be where we are right now…They look to me to put them in the best position where they’re comfortable. I hold myself to a high standard. I don’t think I’ve done the best job for them in that room."

By falling on his hybrid, Captain Snedeker tried to divert attention from his players' uninspiring play, including some of his captain's picks. As in many team sports at the college and professional levels, head coaches often do the same, taking the heat even when no controversial coaching decisions are involved. One thing for sure, players admire coaches when they do it.

In any event, Snedeker's team responded as if they were playing at old Soldier Field and not Medinah Country Club, which was a fair test with its new look shorn of its historic parkland roots. The 7-point margin, 9.5 to 2.5, set a record for a final-day thrashing. And three of Snekeker's rookies all won their matches—Chris Gotterup, Jacob Bridgeman and 21-year-old Jackson Koivun, who took down Si Woo Kim, the International's top-ranked player.

The same usual result— USA triumphing again over the Internationals—prompted the usual reflections on how to make this Cup more competitive. But if you look at Sunday's matches more closely, the outcome could've been different. The final seven matches all made it to the 17th hole, and five of those went to 18.

Hideki Matsuyama and See Woo Kim were both up in their matches on the back nine and missed short putts, allowing their opponents back in. Likewise, Patrick Cantlay, only 1-up at 16 against Adam Scott, holed an improbable 57-foot birdie and later watched Scott miss his 15-foot birdie. Those matches and points could have gone the other way.

So I'm not so sure the Presidents Cup isn't competitive. It hasn't been, that's for sure, but International players outside of Europe are very good and getting better and more comfortable.

Golf writer Gary VanSickle keeps writing and arguing that the Presidents Cup should be, in essence, a semi-finals match-up to see who meets the reigning Ryder Cup champion. Keep both Cups but connect them.

The trouble with this scenario, however creative and out of the box it may be, is that it ignores the fact that neither the PGA of America nor the European PGA will stand aside and allow their player members not to play in the Ryder Cup. It's their lucrative and prestigious event.

To enhance the event for spectators, how about eliminating Thursday and, following the Ryder Cup format, hold morning and afternoon matches on Friday? Under the current set-up, there's not much golf on Thursday and Friday, with just five matches on the course each day.

Sorry to end on a sour note. I must say I'm weary of the excessive nationalism and unruly fan behavior surrounding both of the Cups. Enough is enough. Both factors are polluting the waters of spirited but respectful competition. I mean, on day one at the first tee, I heard American fans cheering when an International player's tee shot found the bunker. On the first day at the first tee??

And can it get any lower than a fan on Sunday yelling in the middle of Nico Echavarria's backswing resulting in a mishit?

I always admire the line from late Senator and former Harvard professor Patrick Moynihan about the general decline in public behavior and mores: "We keep having to define deviancy downward."

Thankfully, Scottie Scheffler immediately stepped in, called out the offender, and told him that behavior is uncalled for. Furthermore, he later conceded Echavarria's chip so he wouldn't lose the hole. Because of Scheffler, sportsmanship was the real winner in the match, 1-up.

Final Thoughts on the Presidents Cup by Terry Moore

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