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JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Here are the recaps from the completed matches in Saturday’s two sessions at the Presidents Cup. Foursomes are being played in the morning at Liberty National with Four-ball matches set for the afternoon. MORNING FOURSOMES MATCH 11: USA wins, 4 and 3 Jordan Spieth/Patrick Day (U.S.) def. Jason Day/Marc Leishman (International) Holes won: USA 6, International 2 Holes led: USA 8, International 2 Recap: The powerhouse American duo won the final four holes to break open a tight match and continue their domination in these team events. Spieth and Reed are now 2-0-1 this week and 7-1-3 in team events (including Ryder Cup results). Meanwhile, the Aussie partners are 0-2-1 this week, with Day now 0-6-2 in his last eight Presidents Cup matches. Day did have the biggest highlight for the Internationals, chipping in for birdie to win the 7th hole and put his team 1 up. But the Americans responded two holes later with a birdie at the par-5 ninth to square the match. They then dialed it up a notch on the back nine. A terrific approach by Reed set up a tap-in birdie at the 12th. A Spieth approach set up a Reed 7-foot birdie putt at the 13th. The Internationals lost the 14th with a bogey after Day found the bunker with his tee shot. And then Spieth’s approach to 7 feet at the 15th set up Reed for the match-ending birdie. QUOTES Jason Day: “I didn’t do Leish any favors hitting driver off the tee on 12. I didn’t do too well hitting a driver off on 14, as well, obviously putting him in a bunker there wasn’t a go, and then Jordan hit a great bunker shot out of there. I mean, it is what it is. Unfortunately we just didn’t have it today, more so myself. Leish played great. You know, it sucks.” Marc Leishman: “I didn’t hole the putts today that I needed to hole. I teed off the holes where you need to be holing them and wasn’t, but they just played too good. You know, today is a day where you’re going to make a few mistakes, and we did, but they outplayed us, so credit to them.” MATCH 12: USA wins, 4 and 3 Dustin Johnson/Matt Kuchar (U.S.) def. Adam Scott/Adam Hadwin (International) Holes won: USA 8, International 4 Holes led: USA 13, International 0 Recap: The Americans won six of the first nine holes, thanks in large part to some poor International play, and maintained control the rest of the way. Pars were good enough for the U.S. to win hole Nos. 1, 3 and 6, and the Americans even won the fifth hole with a bogey. The Internationals suffered another double bogey at the seventh, but the U.S. won it with a 17-foot birdie putt from Johnson. DJ also won the ninth with a 7-foot birdie putt, putting the Americans 4-up at the turn. Hadwin started the Internationals’ rally with a 24-foot putt to win the 10th and also made an 8-footer to win the 13th. But a third double bogey cost them the 14th and stopped any momentum. QUOTES Dustin Johnson: “We play a lot of practice rounds together, and we really enjoy playing this alternate-shot together. It’s a fun format, especially on a day like today. It’s tough out there. I thought we played really solid.” Matt Kuchar: “I love playing with this guy. I think anybody would do well playing with this guy. I’ve been a lucky recipient a number of times. We make a great team and it’s really been a fun ride.” MATCH 13: USA wins, 2 and 1 Phil Mickelson/Kevin Kisner (U.S.) def. Jhonattan Vegas/Emiliano Grillo (International)  Holes won: USA 5, International 3 Holes led: USA 6, International 1 Recap: In one of the most well-played matches of the day, the Americans led off with a birdie at the first hole and went 4 under to beat back the steady new South American tandem of Vegas/Grillo. Mickelson and Kisner improved their record to 2-0-1 this week. The Internationals briefly took the lead when the U.S. bogeyed the 7th, but the Americans responded with a birdie to square the match and never trailed again. A terrific approach by Mickelson won the 15th, and his approach at the 17th to 7 feet set up Kisner to close out the match. MATCH 14: Halved Louis Oosthuizen/Branden Grace (International) halve with Justin Thomas/Rickie Fowler (U.S.) Holes won: International 4, USA 4 Holes led: International 5, USA 2 Recap: The South African duo remained the strongest pairing for Nice Price’s team, claiming a half-point in the final match against the red-hot American pairing which had rolled through the first two sessions. Oosthuizen and Grace won three of the first six holes and were 2 up at that point, Oosthuizen having set up Grace for a 7-foot birdie putt at the sixth. But the U.S. won the next two holes with a par and a birdie and were 1 up through 10. Oosthuizen rolled in a 38-foot putt at the 11th to square the match and the two sides halved the rest of the holes. AFTERNOON FOUR-BALLS Match 15: Louis Oosthuizen/Jason Day (International) vs. Jordan Spieth/Patrick Reed Match 16: Jhonattan Vegas/Hideki Matsuyama (International) vs. Justin Thomas/Daniel Berger Match 17: Anirban Lahiri/Si Woo Kim (International) vs. Kevin Chappell/Charley Hoffman (U.S.) Match 18: Marc Leishman/Branden Grace (International) vs. Brooks Koepka/Dustin Johnson (U.S.)

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Day 3 of the PGA Championship gets underway at Bethpage Black. Here’s everything you need to know to follow Saturday’s action. Round 3 tee times Round 3 leaderboard HOW TO FOLLOW TELEVISION: Thursday, 1-7 p.m. ET (TNT). Friday, 1-7:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. (TNT), 2-7 p.m. (CBS). PGA CHAMPIONSHIP LIVE STREAM (click here): Thursday and Friday, 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. ET; Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. PGA TOUR LIVE: None. RADIO: Thursday-Friday, noon-8 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1-7 p.m. (SiriusXM). NOTABLE TEE TIMES (ALL TIMES ET) Justin Rose, Danny Lee: 2:10 p.m. ET Dustin Johnson, Kelly Kraft: 2:30 p.m. ET Adam Scott, Daniel Berger: 2:40 p.m. ET Brooks Koepka, Jordan Spieth: 2:50 p.m. ET MUST READS Koepka builds seven-shot lead Late birdie run saves McIlroy’s day, week at PGA Spieth sets up career Grand Slam chase Berger back in contention in a major on Long Island Tiger-Snead: Tale of the tape Koepka’s goal: 10 majors Nine things to know about Bethpage Tiger ‘would certainly welcome’ spot in 2020 Olympics

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CROMWELL, Conn. — Jordan Spieth reached the 18th green at TPC River Highlands during his practice round Tuesday at the Travelers Championship. He felt no need to try any shots out of the front bunker. “I know what it does,� he told caddie Michael Greller. Indeed. Spieth’s hole-out a year ago in the first playoff hole against Daniel Berger didn’t just produce a win. It also ignited a celebration that was just as memorable. Spieth’s club throw with his gloved left hand toward the back bank of the bunker. Greller’s casual rake toss to his left. Then the side bump/chest bump between the two. Spieth — and perhaps others in this week’s field — may very well hole out from that same bunker this week. It’s doubtful anyone, though, could recreate the impromptu and unfettered show of emotion that followed. “That was pretty special,� Spieth said. “I don’t think we could do that again, no matter how many times we tried.� It’s a good thing, considering Spieth admitted he basically “blacked out� after his ball rolled into the cup for the unlikely birdie. He knew the shot was a good one but thought the ball would roll a few feet past the cup, so he strained to pick up the read for the comebacker over the lip of the bunker. “Then it drops,� Spieth said, “and you just react.� The fortunate thing, according to Spieth, was that no one got hurt in the process. Spieth said that while he’s thrown clubs in the past, he’s never done it in celebration. But this time, he couldn’t help himself. In typical Spieth fashion, he explained in detail Tuesday how he usually twirls the club after a bunker shot or chip shot, so his hand slid halfway down the shaft instead of staying on the grip. That gave him better accuracy and control as he tossed the club. “If my hands are still on the grip and I really threw it, it could have hurt somebody,� he said. “Instead, it was like throwing a baton, like throwing the middle of the baton.� Meanwhile, Greller’s rake toss — the unsung moment of the celebration — was a nice, high lob to his left. Greller, incidentally, retrieved the rake after the awards ceremony and has it in his home. Then as Spieth climbed out of the bunker, he launched sideways at Greller, who opted for the full chest bump. “Better than the other way around,� Spieth said. “There’s been a lot of pretty bad celebrations on the PGA TOUR. There’s been a lot of missed high fives — I’ve been part of plenty of them. It’s pretty hard to miss when I’m going into Michael for a chest bump.� The holed shot didn’t end the tournament, though. Berger still had a 50-foot birdie putt to extend the playoff, and Spieth followed his celebration by helping to quiet down the frenzied crowd. Spieth’s win was sealed when Berger narrowly missed. “I don’t regret anything of the celebration,� Spieth said. “I thought it just pure emotion. … It felt the moment and that’s where I was living. Then it was OK, I had it now Daniel’s got his turn. You know, let’s chill out. Once that was done, then it was time to celebrate.� Spieth, of course, has seen the replays of the shot many times — “every single day� for the following week or two after the tournament. Then it pops up every now and then on social media. Bill Haas knows what it’s like to produce a highlight moment in a pressure-packed situation. His chip shot from a half-submerged lie in the water at the 17th hole finished inside 3 feet, allowing him to save par in a playoff against Hunter Mahan at the 2011 TOUR Championship. One hole later, Haas won not only the tournament but the FedExCup title. “That was a really good shot that worked,� Haas said Tuesday after walking off the 18th hole (no, he did not try to recreate Spieth’s shot from the bunker). “But I seem to remember the bad ones more than the good ones. The best players remember the good ones more.� Haas is being too humble, of course. After all, he has six TOUR wins along with that FedExCup title. Yet when Spieth and Greller talk about the moment, they don’t focus on the shot. Only what followed. “More about the celebration, for sure,� Spieth said.

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