President’s Cup: is this U.S. team the most dominant ever?

Recently-crowned FedEx Cup victor Justin Thomas and Rickie Fowler overcame South African pair Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace 3 and 2, but with the three remaining contests close at that stage the worldwide side would have harboured hopes of reducing the deficit.

While Price admits his team are facing a huge battle, the worldwide captain said there was a long way to go in New Jersey.

Matsuyama and Canadian Adam Hadwin were 2-up through 14 holes before settling for a halve against Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed in Friday’s four-ball match.

“Listen, we’re a half-point better than last time, so that’s a big up for us”, Grace said.

Birdies from Reed and Spieth on 15 and 16 respectively ensured a tie at the end of 18 holes.

Also scoring points for the US were Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson, who birdied the final two holes for a 3&2 decision over Australia’s Adam Scott and Venezuela’s Jhonattan Vegas, and Rickie Fowler and Justin Thomas with a 3&2 victory over South Africans Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace. Fowler was benched for the session, but he earned the break after going 2-0-1 while paired with Justin Thomas over the past three days.

The final match of the day featured Phil Mickelson and Kevin Kisner competing against Jason Day and Marc Leishman. I didn’t even mention the whole roster yet but the guys I mentioned alone make up for a risky squad.

A Fowler birdie on the third hole gave the Americans a lead that they never relinquished in their 3-and-2 victory. Leishman’s Presidents Cup record is 3-4-2.

The Americans hold the momentum after the opening day of the Presidents Cup, leading the Internationals by 3.5-1.5.

The lone bright spot for the global team was Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace, who improved to 5-0 as a tandem. To get a half out of it was probably disappointing, but also pleasing.

Thomas took the reigns from there, making birdie on five of the next nine holes, beginning with a seven-footer on No. 8, after which Thomas put his hand to his ear, egging on the chants of “U-S-A!” Spieth had 12 feet for his birdie, while Louis Oosthuizen hit his drive behind the green on the reachable par 4 and had a shot at eagle.

The 2017 Presidents Cup is underway at Liberty National as the U.S team tries to capture its seventh straight trophy.

The Internationals thus won the hole and moved 1 up.

They maintained the advantage until Leishman found rough off the tee at the 17th and Day was unable to reach the green, the eventual bogey seeing the match back to all square with one hole to play. “Come on Jordan, just allow me to make my little short one'”. They made some clutch putts.

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Absolutely, we say, and as worldwide captain Nick Price pointed out, only 10 of the possible 30 points have been accounted for after the initial foursomes and four-ball sessions. Vegas birdied the next hole from 35 feet, and that’s when Johnson took over.