The US golfers have hit again exhausting of their bid to safe a tenth consecutive Presidents Cup, grabbing a commanding four-point lead going into the ultimate day’s singles matches in Montreal.
Chastened after being swept 5-0 by the Worldwide group on day two because the hosts levelled the scores at 5-5, the People dominated a marathon day three at Royal Montreal Golf Membership.
They gained the morning four-ball matches 3-1 then matched that scoreline within the afternoon foursomes to take an 11-7 lead into Monday’s 12 singles matches, needing to get to fifteen.5 factors to win the Presidents Cup but once more.
Taking part in in his eleventh Presidents Cup, Adam Scott was the one Australian in motion on Saturday, with Jason Day and Min Woo Lee unused together with Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Byeong Hun An as Internationals captain Mike Weir employed the identical 4 pairings all through the day.
Taking part in alongside Canada’s Taylor Pendrith, Scott suffered a 2 and 1 loss to Scottie Scheffler and Collin Morikawa within the four-balls however bounced again to beat Brian Harman and Max Homa 2 up in foursomes.
He took his document in occasion to 2-2 after enjoying each session.
Spectacular South Korean duo Si Woo Kim and Tom Kim bought the Internationals’ solely different win of the day, beating Keegan Bradley and Wyndham Clark 4 and three in four-balls.
Lee was sat out for a second straight day after an opening-day four-ball loss alongside Scott.
The Internationals try to beat the People for the primary time since 1998.
Third-round motion on the biennial occasion was interrupted by a roughly 90-minute fog delay that noticed gamers faraway from the course about 25 minutes after play started.
The People additionally led by 4 factors going into the ultimate day two years in the past on residence soil at Quail Hole.
The Worldwide group have gained the singles session solely three out of 14 occasions, all of them when it trailed by at the very least six factors and the cup had been all however determined.
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