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After their brilliant rally in the Friday four-balls it is imperative that the Internationals don't throw it all away with another poor showing in the Saturday morning foursomes. They have to play inspired golf again. A split of the matches would be a good result for captain Price's men in my opinion and it starts at 7am local time or 6pm EST tonight.
Eight points are on the line, as the four-balls will follow the mornings play and will be announced during the foursome matches.
Now to the captains picks, where Jay Haas has brought back two of his four teams from Friday, Bubba Watson & J.B. Holmes, and also Jordan Spieth & Dustin Johnson and remember they all won their foursomes matches on Thursday.
Meanwhile Nick Price would be daft if he broke up Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace who are 2-0 and as a result are paired for the third straight session, but he has put together 3 new teams in an effort to improve those foursome results. Remember there is a lot of strategy in foursomes as the guys play alternate shots. Often something as simple a pairing guys who play the same type of ball can be a big factor.
Louis Oosthuizen & Branden Grace vs. Patrick Reed & Rickie Fowler (6:05 p.m. ET Friday)
Oosthuizen and Grace are a solid 2-0 and are coming off a huge win over Spieth and Johnson in four-balls after they beat Reed and Matt Kuchar in foursomes on Thursday. Reed can be a real sparkplug for the US team when he gets rolling, even so I pick the South Africans until somebody beats them.
Adam Scott & Marc Leishman vs. Bubba Watson & J.B. Holmes (6:16 p.m. ET Friday)
Scott and Hideki Matsuyama lost in Thursday's foursomes to Watson and Holmes, 3 & 2, The American pairing are 2-0 and despite some wildly inaccurate play off the tee, they pull off some amazing recovery shots and Holmes in particular has been putting well, something I can't say for Adam Scott who'd be smart if he returned to the long putter while he still can in 2015. Again I pick the Americans until somebody beats them.
Sangmoon Bae & Hideki Matsuyama vs. Bill Haas & Matt Kuchar (6:27 p.m. ET Friday)
Danny Lee will sit the foursomes out, a smart move since he is struggling with nerves in this format but Sangmoon Bae is full of confidence and will now partner Matsuyama and I sense a win here against the steady if unspectacular Bill Haas and Matt Kuchar who will make the Asian youngsters earn a point. A halve will not be a surprise.
Jason Day & Charl Schwartzel vs. Jordan Spieth & Dustin Johnson (6:38 p.m. ET Friday)
Spieth and Johnson lost to Oosthuizen and Grace on Friday but that was four-balls, this is foursomes where they played very well on Thursday, also I don't expect Spieth to play as badly as he did today again, however Day had very little help from Scott in this mornings halve with Mickelson and Johnson and his pairing with in form Schwartzel should be a good move. I see a halve here in a tight match.
Bryan Angus
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