The international team this Saturday recovered two points from the deficit and cut the distances to four points (7-11) with the group USAa day after closing President’s Cup.
After the great suffering seen in the first two days, when USA amassed a six-point lead, this Saturday the international team won five games from eight scheduled and lost three, played in foursome and four-ball mode.
The morning opened with the ‘foursome’ tests, where each couple played the ball in turn to hit, and there was a distribution of points.
For the United States, Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas won over Sungjae Im and Corey Conners (9.5 to 5.5), and Tony Finau and Max Homa they defeated Si Woo Kim and Cameron Davis (9.5 to 5.5).
For the international team, Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama defeated Cameron Young and Colin Morikawa (9.5 to 6.5) and Kyoung Hoon Lee and Joohyung Kim they defeated Sam Burns and Scottie Scheffler (9.5 to 7.5).
It is in ‘four-ball’, a mode where each player plays a ball and the best result of each pair is considered valid, when the international team is back, winning 3-1.
The Colombian Sebastian Munoz and Sungjae Im they won 9.5 to 6.5 over Tony Finau and Kevin Kisner; Tom Kim and Si Woo Kim they defeated Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele 9.5 to 8.5; Adam Scott and Cameron Davis they won 9.5 to 8.5 against Billy Horschel and Sam Burns.
The only American couple to win their showdown is Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomaswho defeated Hideki Matsuyama and Taylor Pendrith (9.5 to 5.5)
Despite the return of the international team, the United States reached the final day, to be played in singles and with twelve points at stake, with a firm advantage.
This tournament, which is usually held every two years and has returned after being postponed from 2021 to 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic, pits a team made up of golfers from the United States against a team made up of international players, without Europeans, that They will face each other in four days of alternating tests with different modalities.
Source: La Verdad
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