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MELBOURNE, Australia – Even though his team is trailing, U.S. Captain Tiger Woods will sit out his second consecutive session Saturday afternoon at the Presidents Cup. Woods did not include himself in the four Foursomes matches when the pairings were announced. The Internationals were leading by four points at the time and leading the final Four-Balls match Saturday morning. The U.S. rallied to tie that match, and the Internationals go into the afternoon with a 9-5 lead. Woods won each of his two matches with partner Justin Thomas before sitting out the third session of Four-Balls. Thomas paired with Rickie Fowler for the Americans’ only victory in the session while Woods focused all his attention on his captain duties. Related: Scoring | Day 3 match recaps | Quiz: What team should you support? “You have to do what’s best for the team, and I’m getting ready for the Singles tomorrow,â€� Woods said. Woods said he tried to talk himself out of sitting, and it sounded like his assistants did too. Woods said he decision was not made due to any pain or injury. “You know, it is what it,â€� Woods said. “We’re going to go out there and try and get some points today and be ready for tomorrow.â€� At least one person was surprised by the decision. “I thought Tiger would play this afternoon,â€� said International Captain Ernie Els. Instead, here are the Foursomes matches set for Saturday afternoon (starting at 1:56 p.m. local time; 9:56 p.m. ET Friday). MATCH 15: Louis Oosthuizen/Adam Scott (Int’l) vs. Dustin Johnson/Gary Woodland (USA). The International duo beat Johnson and Matt Kuchar in Foursomes on Friday. Scott is the only player who participated in Saturday’s Four-Ball matches, teaming with Byeong Hun An for a tie against Matt Kuchar and Tony Finau. MATCH 16: Marc Leishman/Abraham Ancer (Int’l) vs. Justin Thomas/Rickie Fowler (USA). It’s a matchup of the two hottest players of the week in Ancer and Thomas, each of whom are 3-0-0. Ancer and Leishman beat Webb Simpson and Patrick Reed in Foursomes on Friday. MATCH 17: Cameron Smith/Sungjae Im (Int’l) vs. Xander Schauffele/Patrick Cantlay (USA). It’s the fourth straight match for the Americans, who are 1-2-0. Their only win was in Foursomes on Friday when they beat Adam Hadwin and Joaquin Niemann. Smith and Im tied Fowler and Gary Woodland on Friday. MATCH 18: Byeong Hun An/Joaquin Niemann (Int’l). vs. Matt Kuchar/Tony Finau (USA). An didn’t play on Friday while Niemann partnered with Adam Hadwin, losing to Schauffele and Cantlay. Finau birdied the final two holes in Saturday morning’s Four-Balls match to earn a half-point with Kuchar.

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PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland – Kyle Stanley said Saturday that criticism from one of his playing partners for failing to yell “foreâ€� on an errant shot is a “non-issue.â€� Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre, one of Stanley’s playing partners for the first two rounds at The Open Championship, confronted Stanley on Friday after Stanley did not issue the warning after his tee shot at the 17th hole. MacIntryre said the ball hit his caddie’s mom, although no medical attention was required. Related: Leaderboard | Lowry sets 54-hole record, leads The Open by four | Ominous weather moves up final-round tee times  Stanley discussed the situation following his third round Saturday and was perplexed about MacIntyre’s reaction. He said plenty of people yelled “foreâ€� after the tee shot was launched. “I’m not really sure why he decided to make such an issue about it,â€� said Stanley, who shot a 2-over 73 to finish at 2 over through 54 holes. “I know it hit his caddie’s mom’s hands off the bounce, and that’s unfortunate. “But as far I’m concerned, a number of people yelled ‘fore.’ He made the argument that since I hit the ball, that it maybe should have come out of my mouth first. I guess I can see that. “But it’s unfortunate it ended up the way it did. It certainly wasn’t my intention to put anyone in harm’s way. I had my wife in the gallery. My coaches. So I’m surprised it’s kind of come to this point.â€� The 31-year-old Stanley, a two-time PGA TOUR winner, said he usually yells “foreâ€� when he hits a shot off-line. “This was a unique situation,â€� he added. “You have marshals on the tee signaling where the ball is going. You have guys down there in the landing area. Everyone knew the ball was going right. “Like I said, it’s a bad deal. One hopped into his caddie’s mom. But everyone knew the ball was going over there. … Five or six people on the tee yelled ‘fore’ — my caddie did, my two playing partners, a couple of the marshals. I thought that was enough.â€� The 22-year-old MacIntyre spoke to Stanley afterwards. “It wasn’t too pleasant,â€� MacIntyre said. “But you’ve got to tell them.â€� Stanley said the conversation was not heated. “We talked about it briefly,â€� he said. “I was surprised. I was caught off-guard that it even came up, really. I just explained to him my side of it. “I saw what he said last night (to the media). The way things were kind of painted from his perspective … When you tell your story, you’ve got to make sure you have all the details. From what I read last night, he didn’t do that. He’s a young player. I’ve been out here for a while. So I don’t feel the need to be schooled on the rules of golf or what to do when you hit a shot off-line. “So that’s kind of my perspective on it. I don’t know, maybe a good learning experience for all.â€�

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2021 Farmers Insurance Open, Round 2 Top 10 win probabilities: 1. Jon Rahm (T2, -8, 24.0%) 2. Viktor Hovland (1, -9, 15.6%) 3. Tony Finau (T2, -8, 13.8%) 4. Patrick Reed (T2, -8, 9.9%) 5. Adam Scott (T2, -8, 6.5%) 6. Ryan Palmer (T2, -8, 6.3%) 7. Rory McIlroy (T14, -5, 5.4%) 8. Lanto Griffin (T2, -8, 4.0%) 9. Sam Burns (T11, -6, 1.7%) 10. Peter Malnati (T8, -7, 1.4%) Top Strokes-Gained Performers from Round 2: Putting: Will Gordon +4.3 Around the Green: Jason Kokrak +2.7 Approach the Green: Viktor Hovland +4.7 Off-the-tee: Brandon Hagy +1.8 Total: Viktor Hovland +9.8 NOTE: These reports are based off of the live predictive model run by @DataGolf. The model provides live "Make Cut", "Top 20", "Top 5", and "Win" probabilities every 5 minutes from the opening tee shot to the final putt of every PGA TOUR event. Briefly, the model takes account of the current form of each golfer as well as the difficulty of their remaining holes, and probabilities are calculated from 20K simulations. To follow live finish probabilities throughout the remainder of the Farmers Insurance Open, or to see how each golfer's probabilities have evolved from the start of the event to the current time, click here for the model's home page.

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