Ex-US Presidents Cup vice captain reveals explosive Scottie Scheffler exchange led to fight: ‘You gonna punch me?’

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Kevin Kisner has shared new details of the extent of his heated confrontation with Camilo Villegas during the 2024 Presidents Cup.The American came close to a physical confrontation with his Colombian rival during the biennial clash between the United States and Internationals at Royal Montreal Golf Club.Kisner has detailed his explosive exchange with Villegas at the 2024 Presidents CupGettyKisner and Villegas were vice-captains on their respective teams, and the US ran out comfortable 18.5-11.5 victors amid unsavoury scenes.An incident between the two stemmed from an animated exchange between Scottie Scheffler and Tom Kim during the opening day’s four-ball session.Kim made a long birdie putt on the 7th and celebrated emphatically, before Scheffler hit back with his own birdie putt.When Kim drained another long birdie putt on the following hole, he and Sungjae Im walked towards the next tee before Scheffler and Russell Henley had completed their play.Villegas was the one who had told his players to move on, and when Kisner got wind of that, he made it clear he felt the actions of the International team were disrespectful.Things got chippy between the pair, who exchanged words on the course.Speaking two years on, the American PGA Tour star has revealed things went even further than the green.Kevin Kisner reveals extent of clash with Camilo Villegas at Presidents Cup“Obviously, they have a long history of playing against each other,” Kisner said, during a recent appearance on the Fore Play podcast.“Tom made a putt and went nuts, and then Scottie made a putt and went nuts, and kind of like bowed up towards Tom in his direction.“The next hole, Tom made another long putt, and we had two putts to tie, and Camilo told his team to walk off the green and go to the next hole.Things got heated as Henley and Scheffler (L) went up against Kim and Im (R)GettyAssistant captain Villegas was accused of unsportsmanlike conductGetty“I was like 50 yards from the green, I just watched it, and then when Scottie and Russ both missed their putts to tie, they walked by me and said, ‘what the hell was that? What are they doing, walking off’?“And I just told them, ‘calm down, I got it.'”Kisner went on to detail exactly what was said between him and Villegas.“So when they hit off the next tee, I just walked up to Camilo. I was like, ‘what are you doing? Like, that was the most unsportsmanlike thing I’ve seen,'” he explained.“And he goes, ‘bro, don’t worry about us, bro’. And I was like, ‘no, I’m gonna worry about ‘us’ because that’s my team you’re affecting’.“I said, ‘if you want to play that way, we can all play that way, or you can just play normally.'”Kisner has revealed his clash with Villegas went beyond the greenGettyThe 2018 Open Championship runner up went on to reveal that the confrontation didn’t end with the match, and claimed Villegas approached him later on.“After the match, he came up to me talking all kinds of trash,” Kisner said.“And I just stood right in front of him in his face and stared at him. Everybody on TV saw it, I think. What are you gonna do, fight me out here? You gonna punch me?”The US, of course, went on to win the Presidents Cup in convincing fashion.They will be out to defend their crown later this month, when the action unfolds at Medinah Country Club in Illinois from September 24–27.