Shigeki Maruyama was all smiles, just like always, watching from in front of the 12th green as Hideki Matsuyama and Sungjae Im delivered a record-tying rout over America's best foursomes duo Friday at the Presidents Cup.

Now 54 years of age, the three-time PGA Tour winner emerged as an unlikely star in 1998 following a famous 20.5–11.5 drubbing over the Americans, who had a prime Tiger Woods in their formidable 12-man squad.

Hideki Matsuyama was described by some of his teammates as a Japanese sensation, leader, master and great golfer. The version that everybody on the International Team truly hopes will show up at the Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal Golf Club starting on Thursday is assassin.

Twenty-six years have passed since Shigeki Maruyama produced a performance for the ages, going a perfect 5-0-0 in his Presidents Cup debut at Royal Melbourne in Australia. That performance powered what has since become the lone International Team victory to date against the United States in the biennial competition.

Canadian golf great Mike Weir leads the International team against the USA in the Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal Golf Club; Weir has played in five and has been a captains assistant in the last three;

So maybe this Presidents Cup won't be a walkover after all. One day after getting pasted, 5-0, in the Thursday fourballs round, the International Team swung back hard at the United States. Leading the charge: Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama and Sungjae Im,

Matsuyama and Im had an incredible Day Two at the Presidents Cup, putting the first International point on the board with authority.