Americans Jump Out to Early Lead After Day 1 at Presidents Cup

Lee will also be playing in the Presidents Cup for the first time, and he has the tall task of going up against Spieth, the No. 1 player in the world.

The Internationals eventually broke the run of losses when the all-South Africa pairing of Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace won 3&2 against Matt Kuchar and Patrick Reed. We chip and putt pretty good.

The Kiwi golfer was born in South Korea, where the event is being held, and said he hopes they have the crowd behind them. They won three points in the final eight holes of the match while only making one birdie.

The global team demanded a reduction in the number of matches, and in a compromise, the Presidents Cup now has 30 matches instead of 34.

Marc Leishman – Health issues with his wife hindered Leishman’s ability to focus primarily on golf for the majority of the season.

The Australian and Japanese players teamed up successfully in the foursome format two years ago to defeat Zach Johnson and Jason Dufner.

“We used to be able to get that done, I don’t know what they’re doing now”, he said.

Jason Day and Steven Bowditch got frisky late against Phil Mickelson and Zach Johnson, but it wasn’t almost enough for a completely outclassed global team that went down 4-1 after the first day of play.

“He’s going for the kill”, Price said.

Bubba Watson and J.B. Holmes will lead the United States defence of the Presidents Cup against Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama when the 11th edition begins on Thursday for the first time on Asian soil. “There’s a lot of golf to be played, so I don’t think anybody’s getting too giddy”. Considering what appeared to be wildly contrasting play styles, this American pairing was the day’s wild card, but as he so often has, Mickelson provided plenty of fireworks along the way, including what had to be the shot of the day on the 13th hole.

“That (the Games) is a long way away right now but to be able to walk out in the opening ceremony in Rio representing my country is something that gives me chills just to think about”, he said. Now it’s happened again and this Cup, which the Internationals said was critical to keep close for the future viability of the event, is on the verge of becoming a runaway again.

Nick Price went all-in on the Friday sessions, reconfiguring several of his teams on the fly.

The worldwide team are huge underdogs, having only won the title once, back in 1998. The victory was really the only bright spot for the global Team in day one.

The Presidents Cup continues on Friday and Saturday with foursome and four ball match-ups, before wrapping up on Sunday with 12 head-to-head singles matches.