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INCHEON. — The first Presidents Cup in Asia was an outstanding success and should come back to the continent in the future, according to winning US golf team captain Jay Haas. Yesterday’s thrilling finale saw the valiant International team lose by just a single point 15,5-14,5 on the final green after 30 matches over four days in the closest encounter since the cup was shared in 2003.

With packed home galleries cheering his every move at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club in Incheon, Bae Sang-Moon couldn’t quite deliver at that crucial, pressure-filled moment.

Instead it was captain Haas’s son Bill who secured the dramatic win to take the Cup back to the United States for the ninth time in its 11-edition history.

The biennial showdown now returns to the US to be hosted at Liberty National in New Jersey in two years time and will then go to Melbourne in 2019.

Haas senior said before leaving Korea Sunday night that he had loved every minute of his stay and said Asia deserved to host the event again, hopefully in 2023.

“I think the event should come back in the future, without question,” he said.

There had been fears earlier in the week that the over-enthusiastic fans clicking away on cameras would be a problem. — AFP.