Sebastian Munoz sets course record, grabs first round lead at AT&T Byron Nelson

The heavily-favored U.S. Team has exerted itself at the Presidents Cup, running out to an 8-2 lead after the first two rounds. The Internationals have had their opportunities. In each of the first two days, they’ve had multiple matches that have been just 1-down or tied on the back nine but they have been unable to flip the script against the U.S. powerhouse. The four-day competition is at its halfway point, but only one-third of the matches have been completed. Saturday features two four-match sessions – with Foursomes beginning at 7:12 a.m. Saturday and Four-balls following in the afternoon – before the traditional 12-match Singles session on Sunday. We’ll have recaps for all of Saturday’s matches here as soon as they are completed. Stay here to see if the United States can extend its lead or if the Internationals can claw back into contention. PRESIDENTS CUP: Scoring | The five key clubs for the International Team at the Presidents Cup | The five key clubs for the U.S. Team at the Presidents Cup SATURDAY: MORNING FOURSOMES MATCH 11 Jordan Spieth/Justin Thomas (U.S.) def. Sungjae Im/Corey Conners (Intl.), 4 and 3 Score at match’s conclusion: U.S. Team 9, International Team 2

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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Jordan Spieth holed out from 160 yards for eagle on the 16th hole at Pebble Beach, the start of a stunning turnaround that took him from two shots behind to a two-shot lead Saturday in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. RELATED: Leaderboard | Mickelson smiles after tough finish at Pebble Beach These moments used to happen when Spieth was winning all the time. This was the second time this week he holed out from the fairway, and now he is on the cusp of ending more than three years without a victory. He shot 1-under 71 as he goes for a second victory at Pebble Beach in the last five years. A pedestrian round that included bogeys on two of the par 5s left Spieth two shots out of the lead with three holes to play. And then it all changed. His hard draw to a left pin on the 16th landed about 8 feet right of the hole and took the slope all the way to the bottom of the cup. Two holes later, Daniel Berger sent his drive well to the right, over the bunkers and onto the cart path. It settled next to the hedges, and was out-of-bounds by mere inches. Berger called over an official for a linear measurement, but it was out. That led to double bogey and a 72. Patrick Cantlay, whose third round began with such promise when he hit it to 8 feet for eagle, birdied the 18th for a 70 and joined Berger two shots out of the lead. Tom Hoge (68) and Russell Knox (69) also were two shots behind. Spieth was at 13-under 203. He was tied for the lead going into the final round last week in the Waste Management Phoenix Open, only to fall back when he couldn’t make any putts. He shot 72 and finished two back. Jason Day was very much in the mix, too, after a 68 left him in the group at 10-under 206. Paul Casey stayed three shots behind with a great break on the 18th when his tee shot tumbled down onto the rocks, but had a flat enough lie he could hit off the rock back into the fairway. He shot 71. Maverick McNealy had a 69 that included a penalty shot behind the fifth green when his ball moved right as he set the club behind the ball. Spieth didn’t have to contend with what he predicted to be a “mean” day at Pebble Beach. The rain in the forecast was gone by the time he teed off. The raging wind was more of a stiff breeze along the ocean holes that Pebble gets all the time. Spieth didn’t do anything great Saturday. He made bogey on the easiest hole at Pebble Beach from the middle of the fairway on the par-5 second hole, coming up well short of the green, pitching short of the putting surface and missing a par putt from 5 feet. He also bogeyed the par-5 14th when his lob wedge was too tentative and spun all the way off the front of the green. But there was enough good golf — and no wild shots that have cost him so dearly over the last three years — to keep him close enough to work a little magic at the end. He also needed some help, which Berger supplied. Even so, a dozen players were separated by four shots going into the final round at a tournament that moves much faster this year without amateur partners creating groups of four players.

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2019 RBC Heritage, Round 2 play suspended due to darkness. Current cutline: 72 players at E or better (T62nd position) Top 3 most likely projected cutlines: 1. Even par: 87.7% 2. 1 over par: 11.6% 3. 1 under par: 0.7% Top 10 win probabilities: 1. Dustin Johnson (T3, -7, 23.8%) 2. Shane Lowry (1, -9, 10%) 3. Trey Mullinax (2, -8, 5.8%) 4. Emiliano Grillo (T3, -7, 5.6%) 5. Tommy Fleetwood (T18, -4, 4.9%) 6. Jason Kokrak (T7, -5, 3.6%) 7. Ian Poulter (T7, -5, 2.9%) 8. Rafa Cabrera Bello (T7, -5, 2.4%) 9. Matt Kuchar (T18, -4, 2.1%) 10. C.T. Pan (T5, -6, 2.1%) NOTE: These reports are based off 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 15K simulations. To follow live finish probabilities throughout the remainder of the RBC Heritage, 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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