The United States continues its path to a tenth consecutive Presidents Cup through defeat Global Team 3-1 in fourballs this Saturday morning at Royal Montreal (Montreal, Canada) and came away with an 8-6 lead in the afternoon foursomes.
The teams were tied (5-5) after trading back-and-forth sessions on the first two days, but the Americans showed no negative effects from their loss on Friday and took the lead again.
World number one Scottie Scheffler, paired with Collin Morikawa, failed to make a birdie in his first 15 holes, but grew more important to take the first American point of the day, 2-1 against Australian Adam Scott and Canadian Taylor. Pendrith.
The internationals, desperate to beat the Americans for the first time since 1998, tied as the South Korean duo of Kim Si-woo and Tom Kim defeated American Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley and Wyndham Clark 4 and 3.
But Xander Schauffele and Tony Finau put the United States back in front with a 3 and 2 victory over Canadians Corey Conners and Mackenzie Hughes in a game the Americans never trailed.
In the match that closed the morning session, Patrick Cantlay led the pair with Sam Burns and won 2 and 1 against the Japanese Hideki Matsuyama and the South Korean Im Sung-jae.
Source: La Verdad
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