SUNRIVER — The United States team collected 5.5 points in singles matches on Sunday to win the 31st PGA Cup 17.5-8.5 over Great Britain and Ireland at the Sunriver Meadows Golf Course.

The win marks the U.S. team’s third-consecutive Llandudno International Trophy and 20th all-time victory in the biennial event that features top club professionals, according to a news release from PGA of America. This is also the first time the U.S. has won three straight PGA Cups since 2007-11.

The Americans entered Sunday’s finale with a 12.0-4.0 lead, needing just a single point to retain and 1.5 points to win outright.

Michael Block (Mission Viejo, Calif.), John Somers (Trinity, Fla.), Ben Polland (Jackson Hole, Wyo.), Tyler Collet (Vero Beach, Fla.) and Brad Marek (Berkeley, Calif.) won their singles matches, while Jesse Mueller (Phoenix, Ariz.) earned a half point to conclude a dominant three-day stretch for the U.S.

“It’s been the highlight of my professional career,” U.S. Captain and PGA of America Honorary President Jim Richerson was quoted in the news release. “It’s a really neat experience for someone who hasn’t had the experience of being in a PGA Cup. I think the team atmosphere is just different.

“With this team atmosphere you have 10 PGA Professionals who are working everyday at their clubs back home, and they get to come together as a team. They get to spend time getting to know one another. It’s such a great connector bringing people together.”

Richerson, who is now 2-0 as a U.S. captain (2022 Women’s PGA Cup), tabbed the veteran Block to leadoff against Great Britain-Ireland’s Craig Lee. Block birdied the par-4 15th and parred the par-3 16th to go 2-up. Block then birdied the par-5 17th to halve the hole and close out the 2 & 1 win.

Polland, the 2024 PGA Professional Champion, continued his stellar week with a nail-biting 1-up win over Great Britain-Ireland’s Paul McKechnie, who won the 16th and 17th holes to bring the match all square heading to the 18th tee. Polland ended the match with authority when he drained a 28-foot putt for birdie to win 1-up.

Polland led the way for the U.S. team Friday through Sunday with a perfect 5-0 record.

“Being able to even play five matches in one of these is fun, let alone winning all of them,” Polland said. “The experience of playing in the matches, the team format and all that was so fun. This is the best event that we play in.”

The third Women’s PGA Cup will also be played at Sunriver Meadows, Oct. 4-6. The international team competition was formed in 2019 with the last edition featuring women’s PGA club professionals from six PGA Associations: Australia, Canada, Great Britain & Ireland, South Africa, Sweden and the United States.