Presidents Cup: Day 4 Singles matches recaps

The U.S. Team is staging a comeback in the Sunday Singles at the Presidents Cup. Check back here for recaps after each match finishes. The International Team, seeking its second win in Presidents Cup history, started the day with a 10-8 lead. The U.S. Team is making things tough, though. PRESIDENTS CUP: Scoring | Quiz: Which team should you support? DAY 4 SINGLES MATCH 19: U.S. WINS 3&2 Tiger Woods (U.S.) def. Abraham Ancer (International) Holes won: U.S. 7, International 4 Holes led: U.S. 11, International 0 Recap: Ancer hung tough, keeping the match all square through eight holes. Woods was too much, though. made back-to-back birdies at 9 and 10 to take a 2-up lead. Ancer cut into the lead by holing a 10-foot birdie putt to win the 13th. He gave it back with a bogey at the next hole, though. Woods birdied the next two holes to close out the match. He executed an incredible lag putt from well short of the green on the par-5 15th, then closed it out with a 20-footer for birdie. “I knew the match was over with 6 feet remaining,â€� Woods said. This was his seventh Singles win, the most in Presidents Cup history. Woods finished 3-0-0 this week. This is just the second time he’s gone undefeated in nine Presidents Cup appearances. MATCH 20: TIED Hideki Matsyuama (International) tied Tony Finau (U.S.) Holes won: International 6, U.S. 6 Holes led: International 13, U.S. 0 Recap: This one stung for the International Team. Matsuyama was 4 up after 10 holes. Finau won Nos. 11-14, three of them with birdies, to tie the match. Matsuyama regained his lead with a birdie on 16, but he three-putted to lose the 17th. They both parred the final hole. MATCH 21: U.S. WINS 4&2 Patrick Reed (U.S.) def. C.T. Pan (International) Holes won: U.S. 8, International 4 Holes led: U.S. 16, International 0 Recap: Reed came out on fire. He won six of the first seven holes, five of them with birdies. Pan won the next three holes, but Reed staved off the comeback by holing a 10-footer to halve the 11th hole. Pan birdied the 13th to pull within 2 down, but it didn’t get any closer. Reed closed it out with wins on 15 and 16. “You make birdies, you don’t hear much (from the fans),â€� Reed said about his hot start. MATCH 22: U.S. WINS 4&3 Dustin Johnson (U.S.) def. Haotong Li (International) Holes won: U.S. 7, International 3 Holes led: U.S. 13, International 0 Recap: Johnson took the early lead by winning Nos. 3-5, two of them with pars. He never led by fewer than three holes after that. Another par earned him a win on the seventh hole. Johnson was 5 up after 11 holes, and while Li won Nos. 12 and 14, it was never close. The match ended with Johnson’s birdie on the 15th hole. “I played really well today. I hit the ball great,â€� Johnson said. “obviously he struggled just a little bit. I definitely put lot of pressure on him because I hit some great shots today.â€� MATCH 23 Adam Hadwin (International) vs. Bryson DeChambeau (U.S.) MATCH 24 Sungjae Im (International) vs. Gary Woodland (U.S.) MATCH 25 Joaquin Niemann (International) vs. Patrick Cantlay (U.S.) MATCH 26 Adam Scott (International) vs. Patrick Cantlay (U.S.) MATCH 27 Byeong Hun An (International) vs. Webb Simpson (U.S.) MATCH 28 Cameron Smith (International) vs. Justin Thomas (U.S.) MATCH 29 Louis Oosthuizen (International) vs. Matt Kuchar (U.S.) MATCH 30 Marc Leishman (International) vs. Rickie Fowler (U.S.)

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