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Is Tiger ready for the U.S. Open?

Done with competition for now, Woods will work on his game before heading to Pebble Beach. We go through the checklist to evaluate the state of his game.

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KLM Open
Type: Winner - Status: OPEN
John Catlin+900
Ricardo Gouveia+1100
Connor Syme+1400
Daniel Brown+1400
Maximilian Kieffer+1600
Richie Ramsay+2000
Joakim Lagergren+2200
Francesco Laporta+2500
Oliver Lindell+2500
David Ravetto+2800
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2nd Round 3-Balls - D. Van Driel / E. Chacarra / N. Von Dellingshausen
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Eugenio Chacarra+140
Nicolai Von Dellingshausen+185
Darius Van Driel+200
2nd Round 3-Balls - L. Canter / F. Molinari / H. Li
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Haotong Li+145
Laurie Canter+160
Francesco Molinari+230
2nd Round 3-Balls - J. Campillo / M. Schneider / K. Nakajima
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Keita Nakajima+150
Marcel Schneider+175
Jorge Campillo+200
2nd Round 3-Balls - M. Kinhult / J. Dean / R. Neergaard
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen+110
Marcus Kinhult+210
Joe Dean+240
2nd Round 3-Balls - W. Besseling / A. Del Rey / S. Bairstow
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Sam Bairstow+125
Alejandro Del Rey+175
Wil Besseling+250
2nd Round 3-Balls - K. Kisner / E. Cole / D. Lipsky
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Eric Cole-125
David Lipsky+250
Kevin Kisner+300
2nd Round 3-Balls - A. Baddeley / H. Higgs / M. Schmid
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Matti Schmid+100
Harry Higgs+180
Aaron Baddeley+320
2nd Round 3-Balls - C. Hoffman / D. Willett / D. Walker
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Charley Hoffman+175
Danny Walker+175
Danny Willett+175
2nd Round 3-Balls - C. Champ / A. Noren / R. Hojgaard
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Rasmus Hojgaard+145
Alex Noren+160
Cameron Champ+240
2nd Round 3-Balls - J. Luiten / J. Parry / G. Miggliozzi
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Joost Luiten+125
John Parry+185
Guido Migliozzi+225
2nd Round 3-Balls - L. Griffin / R. Palmer / T. Olesen
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Thorbjorn Olesen-165
Lanto Griffin+200
Ryan Palmer+600
2nd Round 3-Balls - V. Whaley / W. Gordon / B. Kohles
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Vince Whaley+130
Will Gordon+185
Ben Kohles+225
ShopRite LPGA Classic
Type: Winner - Status: OPEN
Nelly Korda+550
Jeeno Thitikul+700
Jin Young Ko+1100
Rio Takeda+1200
Miyu Yamashita+1400
Ayaka Furue+1600
Chisato Iwai+1600
Mao Saigo+1600
Somi Lee+2200
Jin Hee Im+2500
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2nd Round 3-Balls - N. Dunlap / B. Snedeker / A. Schenk
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Brandt Snedeker+150
Adam Schenk+165
Nick Dunlap+225
2nd Round 3-Balls - R. Fox / T. Kim / C. Young
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Cameron Young+150
Ryan Fox+150
Tom Kim+240
2nd Round 3-Balls - B. Garnett / J. Knapp / L. List
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Jake Knapp+115
Brice Garnett+190
Luke List+250
2nd Round 3-Balls - W. Clark / J. Rose / A. Hadwin
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Wyndham Clark+135
Justin Rose+185
Adam Hadwin+210
2nd Round 3-Balls - C. Gotterup / E. Van Rooyen / M. Wallace
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Chris Gotterup+175
Erik Van Rooyen+175
Matt Wallace+175
2nd Round 3-Balls - R. MacIntyre / S. Lowry / C. Conners
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Shane Lowry+160
Robert MacIntyre+170
Corey Conners+200
2nd Round 3-Balls - K. Vilips / M. McCarty / K. Yu
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Matt McCarty+150
Kevin Yu+165
Karl Vilips+225
American Family Insurance Championship
Type: Winner - Status: OPEN
Alker/Langer+550
Cejka/Kjeldsen+750
Kelly/Leonard+1000
Bjorn/Clarke+1100
Cabrera/Gonzalez+1100
Cink/Toms+1400
Stricker/Tiziani+1400
Allan/Chalmers+1600
Green/Hensby+1800
Wi/Yang+1800
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2nd Round 3-Balls - B. Hossler / H. Norlander / R. Sloan
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Henrik Norlander+135
Beau Hossler+165
Roger Sloan+240
2nd Round 3-Balls - J. Lower / N. Hojgaard / D. Wu
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Justin Lower+165
Nicolai Hojgaard+165
Dylan Wu+200
Virginia
Type: Winner - Status: OPEN
Bryson DeChambeau+450
Jon Rahm+550
Joaquin Niemann+700
Tyrrell Hatton+1200
Patrick Reed+1800
Carlos Ortiz+2200
Lucas Herbert+2200
Cameron Smith+2500
David Puig+2500
Sergio Garcia+2500
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1st Round 3-Balls - D. Burmester / B. Grace / C. Schwartzel
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Dean Burmester+120
Charl Schwartzel+170
Branden Grace+275
1st Round 3-Balls - S. Garcia / L. Oosthuizen / M. Kaymer
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Sergio Garcia+105
Louis Oosthuizen+145
Martin Kaymer+400
1st Round 3-Balls - T. Hatton / T. McKibbin / C. Surratt
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Tyrrell Hatton+105
Tom McKibbin+200
Caleb Surratt+260
1st Round 3-Balls - L. Herbert / M. Leishman / M. Jones
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Lucas Herbert+100
Marc Leishman+170
Matt Jones+350
1st Round 3-Balls - B. Koepka / D. Johnson / C. Smith
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Cameron Smith+150
Brooks Koepka+175
Dustin Johnson+200
1st Round 3-Balls - B. DeChambeau / J. Rahm / J. Niemann
Type: 1st Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Bryson DeChambeau+150
Jon Rahm+170
Joaquin Niemann+210
1st Round Six-Shooter - Group A - B. DeChambeau / T. Hatton / J. Rahm / P. Reed / J. Niemann / C. Ortiz
Type: 1st Round Six-Shooter - Status: OPEN
Bryson DeChambeau+280
Jon Rahm+320
Joaquin Niemann+375
Tyrrell Hatton+500
Patrick Reed+600
Carlos Ortiz+700
1st Round Six-Shooter - Group B - C. Smith / S. Garcia / L. Herbert / D. Burmester / S. Munoz / B. Koepka
Type: 1st Round Six-Shooter - Status: OPEN
Cameron Smith+375
Lucas Herbert+375
Sebastian Munoz+425
Brooks Koepka+450
Dean Burmester+450
Sergio Garcia+450
1st Round Six-Shooter - Group C - T. Gooch / P. Casey / C. Tringale / M. Leishman / D. Johnson / R. Bland
Type: 1st Round Six-Shooter - Status: OPEN
Talor Gooch+350
Cameron Tringale+400
Dustin Johnson+400
Marc Leishman+450
Paul Casey+450
Richard Bland+475
1st Round Six-Shooter - Group D - T. McKibbin / B. Watson / C. Schwartzel / L. Oosthuizen / T. Pieters / H. Varner
Type: 1st Round Six-Shooter - Status: OPEN
Tom McKibbin+400
Bubba Watson+425
Charl Schwartzel+425
Thomas Pieters+425
Harold Varner III+450
Louis Oosthuizen+450
Bryson DeChambeau
Type: Bryson DeChambeau - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish-135
Top 10 Finish-350
Top 20 Finish-1200
Jon Rahm
Type: Jon Rahm - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish-115
Top 10 Finish-300
Top 20 Finish-1200
Joaquin Niemann
Type: Joaquin Niemann - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+100
Top 10 Finish-250
Top 20 Finish-900
Tyrrell Hatton
Type: Tyrrell Hatton - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+180
Top 10 Finish-150
Top 20 Finish-600
Patrick Reed
Type: Patrick Reed - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+290
Top 10 Finish+105
Top 20 Finish-400
2nd Round 3-Balls - C. Ramey / A. Putnam / R. Hoey
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Rico Hoey+125
Andrew Putnam+175
Chad Ramey+250
Carlos Ortiz
Type: Carlos Ortiz - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+310
Top 10 Finish+115
Top 20 Finish-400
Lucas Herbert
Type: Lucas Herbert - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+310
Top 10 Finish+115
Top 20 Finish-400
Cameron Smith
Type: Cameron Smith - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+350
Top 10 Finish+125
Top 20 Finish-350
David Puig
Type: David Puig - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+350
Top 10 Finish+125
Top 20 Finish-350
Sergio Garcia
Type: Sergio Garcia - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+350
Top 10 Finish+125
Top 20 Finish-350
Brooks Koepka
Type: Brooks Koepka - Status: OPEN
Top 5 Finish+400
Top 10 Finish+140
Top 20 Finish-300
2nd Round 3-Balls - M. Weir / C. Kim / B. Silverman
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Ben Silverman+125
Chan Kim+130
Mike Weir+375
2nd Round 3-Balls - D. Ghim / H. Buckley / M. Meissner
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Doug Ghim+140
Mac Meissner+175
Hayden Buckley+220
2nd Round 3-Balls - S. Burns / M. Homa / S. Im
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Sam Burns+125
Sungjae Im+200
Max Homa+220
2nd Round 3-Balls - D. Riley / L. Hodges / G. Woodland
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Davis Riley+150
Lee Hodges+175
Gary Woodland+200
2nd Round 3-Balls - N. Taylor / T. Pendrith / M. Hughes
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Taylor Pendrith+130
Nick Taylor+180
Mackenzie Hughes+230
2nd Round 3-Balls - M. Pavon / A. Svensson / A. Wise
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Matthieu Pavon+125
Adam Svensson+135
Aaron Wise+350
2nd Round 3-Balls - R. McIIroy / L. Aberg / L. Clanton
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Rory McIlroy+125
Ludvig Aberg+165
Luke Clanton+275
2nd Round 3-Balls - T. Detry / K. Mitchell / B. Hun An
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Keith Mitchell+145
Thomas Detry+170
Byeong Hun An+225
2nd Round 3-Balls - H. Hall / T. Moore / K. Kitayama
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Harry Hall+145
Kurt Kitayama+180
Taylor Moore+200
2nd Round 3-Balls - C. Villegas / E. Grillo / N. Hardy
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Emiliano Grillo+105
Nick Hardy+180
Camilo Villegas+300
2nd Round 3-Balls - N. Lashley / A. Smalley / V. Perez
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Alex Smalley+120
Victor Perez+165
Nate Lashley+300
2nd Round 3-Balls - J. Dahmen / P. Rodgers / C. Young
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Patrick Rodgers+135
Carson Young+180
Joel Dahmen+220
2nd Round 3-Balls - K. Onishi / M. Creighton / M. Anderson
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Matthew Anderson+140
Myles Creighton+185
Kaito Onishi+210
2nd Round 3-Balls - T. Rosenmueller / M. Andersen / J. Goldenberg
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Thomas Rosenmueller+115
Matthew Anderson+160
Josh Goldenberg+320
2nd Round 3-Balls - K. Velo / B. Thornberry / W. Heffernan
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Kevin Velo+110
Braden Thornberry+145
Wes Heffernan+375
2nd Round 3-Balls - P. Peterson / P. Knowles / H. Thomson
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Hunter Thomson+135
Paul Peterson+140
Philip Knowles+300
2nd Round 3-Balls - N. Norgaard / G. Sargent / J. Keefer
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Johnny Keefer+110
Niklas Norgaard+120
Gordon Sargent+550
2nd Round 3-Balls - A. Rozner / V. Covello / W. Wang
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Antoine Rozner-230
Vince Covello+400
Wei-Hsuan Wang+425
2nd Round 3-Balls - T. Kanaya / T. Cone / A.J. Ewart
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Takumi Kanaya-110
A J Ewart+250
Trevor Cone+250
2nd Round 3-Balls - N. Goodwin / Y. Cao / B. Botha
Type: 2nd Round 3-Balls - Status: OPEN
Noah Goodwin+110
Barend Botha+200
Yi Cao+250
Major Specials 2025
Type: To Win A Major 2025 - Status: OPEN
Bryson DeChambeau+500
Jon Rahm+750
Collin Morikawa+900
Xander Schauffele+900
Ludvig Aberg+1000
Justin Thomas+1100
Joaquin Niemann+1400
Shane Lowry+1600
Tommy Fleetwood+1800
Tyrrell Hatton+1800
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US Open 2025
Type: Winner - Status: OPEN
Scottie Scheffler+275
Rory McIlroy+650
Bryson DeChambeau+700
Jon Rahm+1200
Xander Schauffele+2000
Collin Morikawa+2500
Ludvig Aberg+2500
Justin Thomas+3000
Brooks Koepka+4000
Hideki Matsuyama+4000
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The Open 2025
Type: Winner - Status: OPEN
Scottie Scheffler+400
Rory McIlroy+500
Xander Schauffele+1200
Ludvig Aberg+1400
Collin Morikawa+1600
Jon Rahm+1600
Bryson DeChambeau+2000
Shane Lowry+2500
Tommy Fleetwood+2500
Tyrrell Hatton+2500
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Ryder Cup 2025
Type: Winner - Status: OPEN
USA-150
Europe+140
Tie+1200

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Five things from Shriners Children’s OpenFive things from Shriners Children’s Open

Sungjae Im plays a lot of golf, which meant he played a ton of tournaments in 2020-21 without a PGA TOUR title. He played in 35 events, to be exact, tied for the most on TOUR with Brian Stuard. Im only had to wait until his second tournament this season to get his first victory of the year and second of his career. At the Shriners Children’s Open, a final-round 62 got him to 24-under, four shots clear of back-to-back runner-up Matthew Wolff. Im’s score of 260 was the best at TPC at Summerlin since Webb Simpson’s winning 260 in 2013. 1. Sungjae Im storms back for second PGA TOUR title Sungjae Im opened with rounds of 63 and 65 to co-lead with Chad Ramey at 14-under on Friday, but a third-round 70 left Im three shots back of Adam Schenk. Playing in the third-to-last-group on Sunday, Im opened with four birdies on his first seven holes. He proceeded to launch himself into the lead with five straight birdies on Nos. 9-13. As others near the top of the leaderboard stumbled, Im stretched his advantage to as many as five strokes. At 9-under through 13 holes, Im was on legitimate 59 watch, but with the tournament well within his grasp, he made pars on his final five holes. His 62 was still the low score of the day. “The big difference between yesterday and today was today, there was no wind compared to Round 3 and that made it easier,” Im says. “Tee-to-green, driver, irons, putting game, it worked as I wanted to and it gave me a good result.” Im committed four bogeys on Saturday, but no bogeys in his other three rounds. At 24-under, he beat runner-up Matthew Wolff by four shots. Schenk, Marc Leishman and Rory Sabbatini all finished five shots back. Leishman shot a final-round 63 and Sabbatini a final-round 64. Sabbatini’s day included birdies on his first four holes and a 28 on the front nine, but an even-par 36 on his back nine kept the Olympic silver medalist out of serious contention. Im’s second career win came in his 100th career PGA TOUR start. His first victory came at The Honda Classic in 2020, a one-shot win over Mackenzie Hughes. Im won that tournament at 6-under in much different scoring conditions at PGA National than at TPC at Summerlin. Im also now has 79 made cuts and 20 top-10 finishes in his 100 career starts. 2. Matthew Wolff repeats as runner-up A year ago, Matthew Wolff arrived at TPC at Summerlin three weeks after earning runner-up honors at the U.S. Open behind Bryson DeChambeau. Wolff fired a third-round 61 and qualified for a three-man playoff with Martin Laird and Austin Cook. Laird won the playoff, but Wolff lifted his world ranking to a career-best No. 12. In the year since, Wolff finished no better than T15 in any tournament. His world ranking dropped to as low as No. 49. He spent two months away from the PGA TOUR last spring, focusing on his mental health. He has since been open about this time, noting there were moments he did not even want to get out of bed in the morning. Back at the Shriners Children’s Open this week, Wolff buried the ghosts of last season. He posted four rounds of 68 or better, finishing at 20-under, good for a runner-up finish once again, this time by himself. Wolff opened Sunday in the final group with Schenk, one shot behind the leader, and after going 3-under on the front, he was within striking distance of Im. However, bogeys on No. 10 and No. 13 ultimately took Wolff out of contention. Birdies on Nos. 15 and 16 got him back into second place. “If I keep on putting myself in these positions I know that eventually it’s going to be in my favor and I’m going to win,” Wolff says. “But I really like the way my game’s trending, especially from the beginning — or the end of last year. If you would have told me I would be in this position right now, I would be really happy.” When Wolff finished as the Shriners Children’s Open runner-up in 2020, it felt like he left something on the table. This time around, it felt like he proved to people he can be the player they thought he could be. You know that guy, the one who won in his fourth event on the PGA TOUR and claimed top-5s in his first two major starts. This new version of Matthew Wolff has those old skills, but also, a new mindset. “Obviously, I know I had the game, I think just, maturity-wise and mentally, I’m just a much stronger and more all-around, just a more complete person,” Wolff says. “I’m able to put things in perspective more when stuff isn’t going my way, I’m able to bounce back.” Wolff will continue to be a threat to win at the Shriners Children’s Open in the future. He now has 12 rounds in the 60s in 12 rounds at the event. But in the year between starts at TPC at Summerlin, it appears he will be a force on the PGA TOUR once again. 3. Sam Burns cools down Everything was going right for Sam Burns. He won last week’s Sanderson Farms Championship, earning his second career PGA TOUR title. He opened at the Shriners Children’s Open with rounds of 66 and 63. After a birdie on his 47th hole of the tournament, he reached 17-under and held a 2-shot lead. But the wheels fell off on the back nine Saturday, as Burns missed a 6-foot birdie putt on 13 and a 9-foot birdie try on 15. Burns had just 171 yards in for his second shot on the par-5 16th, but put that shot in the water, bogeying the hole. The struggles continued Sunday, as Burns bogeyed two holes on the front nine and committed a double-bogey on 18, dropping him to T14, out of the top 10. Burns’ final-round 72 ended a run of nine straight PGA TOUR rounds in the 60s. Despite all this, Burns’ result moved him into sole possession of the top spot in the current FedExCup Standings. He will get an immediate chance to put the weekend behind him this coming week when he tees it back up in Las Vegas at THE CJ CUP @ SUMMIT. 4. Adam Schenk trending upward In his first 110 starts on the PGA TOUR, Adam Schenk landed four top-10 finishes. In his last nine events, he’s added three more top 10s. In fact, all three of those tops 10s are also top-5s. After a birdie on 18 on Saturday, Schenk held the overnight lead at TPC at Summerlin by himself. He opened with a birdie on No. 1 on Sunday, but the momentum slowed, as he went 3-over on his next nine holes. Three back-nine birdies got Schenk’s round to 1-under and a total of 19-under for the tournament, five back of Im. Schenk’s T3 finish at the Shriners Children’s Open is his best finish ever on TOUR, edging his T4 at the John Deere Classic and 4th place at the Barracuda Championship last season. “Everyone’s good enough to win out here, you just have to believe in yourself and not beat yourself, in a sense,” Schenk said after his 66 on Saturday. “I started to believe a lot more in the last couple months.” Make fun of Schenk’s last name all you want. He is flushing the ball right now and is going to have more chances to win in 2021-22. 5. Hayden Buckley is a rookie to watch After missing the cut at the Fortinet Championship, Hayden Buckley notched his first career PGA TOUR top 10 at the Sanderson Farms Championship, finishing T4 after a final-round 66. The 25-year-old followed that up by starting his Shriners Children’s Open with a first-round hole-in-one at the par 3 17th. He finished his tournament with an 8-under 63, tied for the second-best score on Sunday, to finish 17-under in T8. Buckley, a first-team All-SEC selection and four-time collegiate winner at Missouri, won on the Korn Ferry Tour last season at the LECOM Suncoast Classic. He finished 10th in the 2021 Korn Ferry Tour Finals thanks to a T7 at the Boise Open and a T4 at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship. Three events into his PGA TOUR career, Buckley is at No. 10 in the FedExCup Standings. COMCAST BUSINESS TOUR TOP 10 The Comcast Business TOUR TOP 10 highlights and rewards the extraordinary level of play required to earn a spot in the TOP 10 at the conclusion of the FedExCup Regular Season as determined by the FedExCup standings. The competition recognizes and awards the most elite in golf.

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Presidents Cup: Day 1 match recapsPresidents Cup: Day 1 match recaps

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — The U.S. leads the International team by 3-1/2 to 1-1/2 points after Thursday’s opening day of the Presidents Cup. Here’s a look at each of the five Foursomes matches. MATCH 1: USA wins, 6 and 4 Rickie Fowler/Justin Thomas (U.S.) def. Hideki Matsuyama/Charl Schwartzel (International) Holes won: USA 9, Internationals 2 Holes led: USA 11, Internationals 1 Recap: The Internationals took the early lead when the U.S. conceded the second hole, having found trouble with Justin Thomas’ errant tee shot. After that? It was all America. The momentum switched when Fowler chipped in from 72 feet for birdie to win the third hole. Thomas then drained a 12-foot birdie to win the fourth, and the Internationals bogeyed the fifth. All the sudden, the U.S. was 2 up and kept the pressure on. The Internationals struggled, shooting 5 over on the front side. A double-bogey at No. 7 and a bogey at No. 9 put the Internationals 5 down at the turn. Schwartzel rolled in a 10-foot birdie putt to win the 10th, but the Americans responded by winning the next two holes, Thomas rolliing in a couple of birdie putts inside 10 feet. QUOTES Rickie Fowler (on his chip-in): “That was definitely a big turn of events. I feel like we were definitely on the better side of the hole when it comes to missing that green … That was kind of our whole goal going into the day was to manage our way around and put ourselves in the right spots. Felt like we did a good job of that.” Justin Thomas (on Fowler’s chip-in): “It definitely got the round going a little bit and got the momentum going our way. But we played some unbelievable golf after that, too.” Charl Schwartzel: “There was a few key moments where things changed. One was on the fourth hole. Their ball, Rickie and Justin’s ball pitched about a foot over the bunker. It looked like we might actually win that hole; end up losing it. I hit a bad shot on 7 in the water. And then you give Rickie and Justin, which are both unbelievable players, playing good golf now, you give them just a little bit of momentum, they are hard to catch.” Hideki Matsuyama: “”We really didn’t get into our game today. Just the rhythm just wasn’t there.” MATCH 2: USA wins, 1 up Dustin Johnson/Matt Kuchar (U.S.) def. Adam Scott/Jhonattan Vegas (International) Holes won: U.S. 5, Internationals 4 Holes led: U.S. 3, Internationals 6 Recap: A solid performance by both sides, who were all square through 15 holes. At the par-3 16th, Johnson’s tee shot finished seven feet from the pin to set up Kuchar’s birdie putt, while the Internationals bogeyed the hole. That gave the U.S. team its first lead of the match, and they held on from there, playing bogey-free golf for the entire match. QUOTES Matt Kuchar: “We were bogey-free today, which is amazing. In alternate-shot, in these conditions, not to make a bogey and for us to just win 1 up, that’s a heck of a battle that we had with those guys. They played some really good golf and I have a heck of a partner to ride.” Dustin Johnson: “I thought we played really, really solid. Never really got out of position. Didn’t make any bogeys. We just, you know, kept the ball in play.” MATCH 3: USA wins, 5 and 4 Patrick Reed/Jordan Spieth (U.S.) def. Si Woo Kim/Emiliano Grillo (Internationals) Holes won: U.S. 8, International 3 Holes led: U.S. 12, International 0 Recap: Spieth and Reed continued to dominate as teammates, easily defeating two Presidents Cup rookies in Thursday’s foursomes play. Spieth and Reed are now 6-1-2 overall as a team, and 2-0 in the Presidents Cup. Spieth moved to 4-0 in Presidents Cup Foursomes. The American duo never trailed Thursday, winning the par-5 second hole after Kim hit the Internationals’ second shot in the water. Spieth and Reed won Nos. 4-7 to take control of the match. The Internationals looked to be in good shape to win the 11th, but Spieth made a 33-footer and the Internationals bogeyed. Overall, the Americans shot even-par in Thursday’s windy conditions, making three birdies and three bogeys. QUOTES Jordan Spieth: “Other than the flip on 11, this was a pretty boring day for us, but boring is what we needed today. We really only hit, I want to say, two shots that we shouldn’t hit today. We both had an iron shot that we’d like over again.” Patrick Reed: “When it’s windy like this, with how comfortable we are around the greens and on the greens, it just seemed like if we got ourselves in a bad spot we were able it figure out how to get it up-and-down and save par.” MATCH 4: International wins, 3 and 1 Branden Grace/Louis Oosthuizen (Internationals) def. Daniel Berger/Brooks Koepka (U.S.) Holes won: Internationals 6, U.S. 3 Holes led: Internationals 7, U.S. 2 Recap: The South Africans remain perfect, winning three of the last five holes to break open a tight match that had been all square through 12 holes. Two years ago, Grace and Oosthuizen won all four of their matches in South Korea, and delivered yet again for Nick Price. Oosthuizen made a 19-foot birdie putt to win the 13th and grab the lead. The Americans, long-time friends and former Florida State teammates, lost the 15th with a bogey after Koepka found trouble off the tee. The Internationals closed it out with an 11-foot birdie from Oosthuizen. QUOTES Louis Oosthuizen: “In the middle, a few holes, we didn’t hit very good shots but we knew it was going to be a grind all day. Then we started really flushing the ball and really giving ourselves putts for birdies and making pars. In these conditions today, par on some holes is good enough to win.” Branden Grace: “It was nice to hit clutch shots when it mattered. We putted great. His speed was spot on. Down the stretch, we had a couple of long putts when we needed to just put pressure on the guys and did exactly that.” Brooks Koepka: “Just didn’t give ourselves any chances on the back side. We didn’t give ourselves enough chances for birdie and you have to be able to do that, especially as windy as it is today.” Daniel Berger: “We had a few stretch of holes where we lost it a little bit but Brooks played really well. I think I could have played a little bit better, and if that was the case, we may have come out with the win.” MATCH 5: Halved Jason Day/Marc Leishman (Internationals) halve with Phil Mickelson/Kevin Kisner (U.S.) Holes won: U.S. 6, Internationals 6 Holes led: U.S. 9, Internationals 4 Recap: After clawing back into the match and holding the lead through 16 holes, the Internationals could not hang on for a much-needed win. But at least they salvaged a half-point. Day missed a 20-foot par putt on the final hole, giving Mickelson a chance to win the match with a 6-1/2 foot putt, but he missed too. The Americans got off to a quick start and were 3 up through six holes. But the Internationals won four straight holes to take the lead, relying on an eagle, two birdies and a par. The Americans squared the match with a par on the 12th before a nice approach by Leishman set up Day for a birdie at the 14th.  QUOTES Phil Mickelson: “It was interesting. We played some good golf. We were 4-under through 10 in some difficult conditions and we were only 1 up. They had a stretch there where they won four holes and it was just back and forth. It’s too bad we both bogeyed the last hole because we had some good going today.” Kevin Kisner (on Mickelson): “He was my partner in my first Presidents Cup match, something I’ll always remember. He was the epitome of class and partner, and I just can’t thank him enough. He carried me around all day.” Jason Day: “They had us down a lot early in the round and then Leish had a great chip-in on 9 and got us going again. Spread that momentum our way, and you know, obviously the last few holes wasn’t the way we wanted to finish, but with that said, any point is like moving forward even if it’s a half a point.” Marc Leishman: “That’s about as intense as it gets. You have all your teammates there and all the American guys, and the match is on the line.”

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