MONTREAL – Because the solar set on Royal Montreal, and possibly on the Worldwide crew’s probabilities to win the Presidents Cup for the primary time in almost three a long time, the U.S. crew did what it has achieved all week.
Patrick Cantlay’s 17-foot birdie putt on the ultimate gap dropped into the outlet to finally safe a 1-up victory over South Korea’s Si Woo Kim and Tom Kim to offer the visiting crew an 11-7 lead going into Sunday’s singles session.
Of the 18 matches this week, 14 have reached the sixteenth gap with the U.S. crew prevailing in 11 of these.
“Nos. 13 by means of 18 are dramatic holes. Once more, I believe my guys, like we did on Thursday, they performed these holes down the stretch very nicely, in a position to shut out some matches,” U.S. captain Jim Furyk stated. “That 3-1 [margin in Saturday’s foursomes session] might have simply been 2-2. It might have been 3-1 or 2½-1½ their aspect. That’s type of how crew issues go.”
That’s how issues usually go in match play however this week these bouts which have reached the ultimate three holes have largely gone to the U.S. crew.
The pattern began on Thursday when the U.S. rolled to a clear sweep of the fourball session with Xander Schauffele and Tony Finau main the way in which with a 1-up victory over Australia’s Jason Day and South Korea’s Byeong Hun An that included birdies at Nos. 17 and 18 for the U.S. crew.
Friday’s reversal for the Worldwide crew was not almost as dramatic thanks to a few of the 4 matches not going previous the 14th gap in a 5-0 rout that tied the matches.
However Saturday’s double-header featured loads of late swings that largely went the U.S. crew’s manner, beginning with Collin Morikawa and Scottie Scheffler’s 2-and-1 victory over Aussie Adam Scott and Canadian Taylor Pendrith that was sealed with birdies at Nos. 16 and 17 for the People.
Within the afternoon foursomes session, the U.S. tandem of Scheffler and Russell Henley closed out Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama and South Korea’s Sungjae Im, 3 and a pair of, by profitable the 16th gap.
The ultimate two matches of the day, in the meantime, each went to the ultimate gap.
Collin Morikawa and Sam Burns received the 18th to safe a 2-up victory over the Canadian crew of Corey Conners and Mackenzie Hughes, and Cantlay capped off the U.S. rally together with his closing birdie in close to darkness.
If the Worldwide crew goes to tug off the comeback they’ll possible want to enhance their fortunes on the closing holes.
“Our guys are eager to get on the market and alter that narrative, and so they’ll be prepared,” Worldwide captain Mike Weir stated. “I can’t change that narrative. The fellows have gotten to step up there and hit the pictures and make the putts. Once more, hat’s off to the U.S. guys. First few days they’ve achieved that, and hopefully we do it tomorrow.”
