Presidents Cup Teams http://www.presidentscup.com/
Presidents Cup foursome results, and Friday fourball pairings http://www.presidentscup.com/livescoring.html
Official world rankings http://www.owgr.com/ranking
If you are just getting up and about and thinking of watching a little Presidents Cup action, you are too late.!!
Korea is 13 hours ahead of EST, and play for day one foursomes is already in the books and I have good news and bad news..
First the good news is for the American team and supporters as they have got off to a dream start, up 4-1. The bad news is for the event itself. The last thing the Presidents Cup needs is another USA win
especially another whitewash. With a losing 8-1-1 record, it is time for the International Team to make a match of it.
Only the South African pairing of Branden Grace and Louis Oosthuizen managed a win, 3&2 over Matt Kuchar and Patrick Reed.
Playing with his Aussie mate Steven Bowditch, Jason Day did manage to make a monster putt on the 17th to get to 1 down against Mickelson and Zach Johnson, but ended up conceding the match on the 18th. Phil has now won 21 Presidents Cup matches, second to Tiger's 24.
Big bombers Bubba Watson and fill in JB Holmes got just the start International captain Nick Price didn't want, a sold 3&2 win over Adam Scott who has gone off the radar since winning the Crown Plaza in May 2014, after he got married following the Masters and subsequently had a daughter Bo Vera Scott, and Japan's Hideki Matsuyama.
Anirban Lahiri is Indian and has had a dream year, now ranked 39th in the world and the little Thailand star Thongchai Jaidee is a great competitor but they were just overwhelmed by Rickie Fowler and Jimmy Walker who won 3 of the first 4 holes and never looked back winning 5&4.
Now who is going to beat Jordan Spieth and the guy he asked captain Jay Haas to play with, Dustin Johnson in foursomes? Certainly not Kiwi Danny Lee and Aussie Marc Leishman who can both make a ton of birdies when they are hot, but with DJ hitting all the par 5's and Spieth making a lot of putts they are a deadly combo and were 2 up after 2 winning 4&3.
Here is a link with videos to the pgatour.com recap http://www.presidentscup.com/news/2015/10/08/match-recaps-day1.html
Friday preview
So obviously the Internationals can make a game of it on Friday in the fourballs, and they better or this one is all over.. again.
Captain Haas has left all his winning pairings together, and has replaced Kuchar and Reed with Chris Kirk and his son Bill Haas
Captain Price has put his winning pair Grace and Oosthuizen out first, but they are up against DJ and Spieth, so good luck.
Korean star Sangmoon Bae has a dream come true as he makes his Presidents Cup debut at home, and he and Danny Lee who is a Kiwi although born in Korea, have a very tough assignment against Rickie and Jimmy Walker, so we could easily be looking at 6-1 ??
I like the pairing of Adam Scott with Jason Day, I mean just say here's our best, see what you can do boys. They play Phil and Zach Johnson though, the Aussies simply must play up to their potential for the win, remember they won the 2013 World Cup together.
Honestly if I put down Bubba and JB Holmes against Steven Bowditch and Marc Leishman you'd say who and who for the last two, right? With all due respect to these two fine Aussies who grew up together as amateurs, only Bubba and JB can beat Bubba and JB in this one, and although Bubba is one of the all time flakes, JB is a very solid under rated pro.
Bill Haas and Chris Kirke play Thongchai and Charl Schwartzel who has been sick with a virus, but is the best player of the four and I pick an International win here.
Prediction: 3-2 USA 7-3 total.
Bryan Angus
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