Originally Published: October 10, 2009
Saturday four-ball matches
 International Team: Angel Cabrera, Adam Scott |
 U.S. Team: Anthony Kim, Jim Furyk |
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| Match Status: U.S. wins 2 Up | |||||||||||||||||||
| Match summary: The Americans never trailed, and they never had it easy, either.
Cabrera and Scott bogeyed the second hole and Furyk birdied the third for a 2-up lead, only for Cabrera to make birdies on two straight holes to square the match at the turn. Furyk's birdies at the 10th and 13th restored the 2-up lead, and Scott finally pitched in with a 6-foot birdie on the 16th to close the gap. Kim made an 8-foot birdie on the 17th to halve the hole and keep a 1-up lead, and Furyk clinched it with a fairway metal to 15 feet for a conceded eagle. -- The Associated Press |
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| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | T |
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| U.S. | 1 Up | 2 Up | 2 Up | 2 Up | 2 Up | 2 Up | 1 Up | 1 Up | 1 Up | 1 Up | 2 Up | 2 Up | 2 Up | 1 Up | 1 Up | 2 Up | |||
| International Team: Robert Allenby, Geoff Ogilvy | U.S. Team: Stewart Cink, Lucas Glover |
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| Match Status: International wins 2 and 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Match summary: The International team never trailed, and it was never seriously challenged. Allenby gave the team its first lead with a birdie on the third and another at the par-5 fifth.
Ogilvy, winless the first two days and benched in the morning, got in on the act with birdies on the seventh and the 10th as the International team built a 4-up lead. The Americans hung around long enough to make it to the 17th, where Allenby drove the green for a two-putt birdie. Glover was the only American without a point in team matches. -- The Associated Press |
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| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | T |
| Int'l | 1 Up | 1 Up | 2 Up | 2 Up | 3 Up | 3 Up | 3 Up | 4 Up | 3 Up | 3 Up | 3 Up | 3 Up | 3 Up | 2 Up | 2&1 | ||||
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| International Team: Ernie Els, Mike Weir |
U.S. Team: Zach Johnson, Justin Leonard |
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| Match Status: International wins 5 and 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Match summary: Coming off a missed putt that cost his team victory in the morning, Weir got back on track with a birdie on the opening hole to give the International team a lead it never relinquished.
This turned out to be the biggest rout of the afternoon, with Weir adding a birdie on the fourth, Els holing out for birdie from a bunker on the ninth and rolling in a 25-foot birdie putt on the 12th. The Americans didn't win a single hole. -- The Associated Press |
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| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | T |
| Int'l | 1 Up | 1 Up | 1 Up | 2 Up | 2 Up | 2 Up | 2 Up | 3 Up | 3 Up | 3 Up | 4 Up | 4 Up | 4 Up | 4 Up | 5&3 | ||||
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| International Team: Y.E. Yang, Ryo Ishikawa | U.S. Team: Tiger Woods, Steve Stricker |
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| Match Status: U.S. wins 4 and 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Match summary: After narrowly winning in foursomes, this match was no contest.
Stricker opened the scoring with a birdie to win the third hole, and then he started rolling them in from all over Harding Park -- 35 feet on the sixth hole, another long putt on the eighth, yet another on the 10th for a 5-up lead. Woods didn't have to contribute anything. The Asian duo made a late rally, with Ishikawa making two long birdie putts. He couldn't make it three in a row on the 16th, however, where the match ended. -- The Associated Press |
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| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | T |
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| U.S. | 1 Up | 1 Up | 2 Up | 3 Up | 4 Up | 4 Up | 5 Up | 5 Up | 6 Up | 5 Up | 4 Up | 3 Up | 4&2 | ||||||
| International Team: Vijay Singh, Tim Clark | U.S. Team: Phil Mickelson, Sean O'Hair |
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| Match Status: Halved | |||||||||||||||||||
| Match summary: Singh and Clark tag-teamed beautifully with birdies to build a 2-up lead at the turn, and after trading birdies, the International team kept a 2-up lead with seven holes to play.
Mickelson cut into the lead with a birdie at the 12th, O'Hair squared the match with a birdie on the 13th, and they halved the rest of the holes. Clark hit it to tap-in range on the par-3 14th, only for Mickelson to roll in a 40-foot birdie to halve the hole. O'Hair made a 3-foot birdie to halve the 17th, and all four players arrived at the 18th with a birdie chance. Clark was 25 feet away and missed, Singh and O'Hair missed from 15 feet, and Mickelson missed his putt from 10 feet. -- The Associated Press |
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| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | T |
| Int'l | 1 Up | 1 Up | 1 Up | 1 Up | 1 Up | 2 Up | 2 Up | 2 Up | 1 Up | 2 Up | 1 Up | ||||||||
| AS | AS | AS | AS | AS | AS | Halved | |||||||||||||
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2009 PRESIDENTS CUP
With Tiger's rout of Y.E. Yang in Sunday singles, the U.S. continued its dominance vs. the International squad, winning the Presidents Cup 19½-14½. Bob Harig
'09 Player Records: U.S. | InternationalTeams: U.S. roster | International roster
Results: Day-by-day
Course: Harding Park Golf Course
Where: San Francisco, Calif.
Yardage/Par: 7,137 yards, par-71
Day 4
- Harig: Woods exacts a bit of revenge
- Sobel: Grading all 24 players
- Day 4 Presidents Cup highlights
- Sobel: It's all about the big 3 for U.S.
- Tiger finishes 5-0 to help U.S. clinch
- Sobel: Analyzing the U.S. victory
- Presidents Cup zoom photo gallery
- Sobel's Sunday singles analysis
- Sunday singles scores
Day 3
- Harig: Tiger, Stricker a dynamic duo
- Day 3 Presidents Cup highlights
- Sobel: Tough climb for Internationals
- Tiger-Yang highlight Sunday matches
- Americans increase lead to 3
- Sobel: four-ball, foursomes analysis
- Sat. scores: Four-balls | Foursomes
EARLIER COVERAGE
