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Americans have Presidents Cup nearly locked

Saturday September 29, 2007 | 19:21:07 238 words, 1705 views

MONTREAL - Day No. 3 at the Presidents Cup was like someone with split personality disorder.

The morning foresomes saw an American romp, as Capt. Jack’s boys took all five matches against the sons of Player.

A lot of those matches weren’t even close, and only one made it to the 18th hole.

“It was an amazing morning,” Nicklaus said.

But in the afternoon, the Internationals stormed back, taking two of four four-ball matches and halving another.

Still, heading in to tomorrow’s singles, the U.S. has a commanding lead: 14.5 to 7.5.

Here are the results:

Morning foursomes

Steve Stricker/Hunter Mahan (U.S.) def. Trevel Immelman/Rory Sabbatini (I) 2 up
Phil Mickelson/Woody Austin (U.S.) def. Retief Goosen/Stuart Appleby (I) 5 and 4
Tiger Woods/Jim Furyk (U.S.) def. Adam Scott/Ernie Els (I)
Lucas Glover/Scott Verplank (U.S.) def. Vijay Singh/Mike Weir (I) 2 and 1
David Toms/Zach Johnson (U.S.) def. Nick O’Hern/Geoff Ogilvy (I) 2 and 1

Afternoon four-ball

Stewart Cink/Jim Furyk (U.S.) def. K.J. Choi/Angel Cabrera (I) 1 up
Phil Mickelson/Woody Austin (U.S.) halved against Adam Scott/Retief Goosen (I)
Mike Weir/Ernie Els (I) def. Charles Howell III/Lucas Glover (U.S.) 4 and 2
Vijay Singh/Stuart Appleby (I) def. Steve Stricker/Hunter Mahan (U.S.) 1 up
Tiger Woods/David Toms (U.S.) def. Nick O’Hern/Geoff Ogilvy (I) 5 and 3

Stayed tune to WorldGolf.com for complete Presidents Cup coverage.

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Comment from: ronmon [Visitor] · http://mon

I agree. I left to play 18 with things still interesting. When I checked in and saw 12-5, I blinked and shook my head...couldn't believe that USA skunked ROW. I'm guessing about 20-14, USA, although it could be worse.

Permalink 2007-09-29 @ 21:03

Comment from: Andy Brown [Visitor] · http://www.golfswingsecretsrevealed.com/blog

What the Presidents Cup badly needed was a strong showing from the International team or more importantly an even contest. With just a day to go and the International team leading by a huge margin one fails to see how they are going to make a fight of this one. Despite fielding a strong team it is unfortunate that the international team finds themselves in this situation right now where they will have to play out of their skin to prevent Team U.S.A. from defending their title. The Presidents Cup has always been presented as an alternative to the Ryder Cup and to add th dimension of team play in a sport like Golf where most players through the year gun for individual glory.

The Ryder Cup has been a great success story followed and watched keenly across the globe largely because of the intense competition and the two teams have left us with some memorable Ryder Cups like the one in 1969 when Jack Nicklaus conceded a putt that resulted in the first ever tied Ryder Cup. Unfortunately the same has not been the case with the Presidents Cup. Intense competition has always been missing and in the nascent history of the Presidents Cup, the International team has only won once. If the Presidents Cup wishes to be considered as a parallel to the Ryder Cup it will have to provide far greater competition and enthralling golf. Lets hope on the final day the international team can pull the rabbit out of the hat and provide us with a spectacle that we will remember for a long time

Andy Brown

Permalink 2007-09-30 @ 02:37

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