JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) A capsule look at Saturday’s matches at the Presidents Cup:
FOURSOMES
Patrick Reed and Jordan Spieth, United States, def. Jason Day and Marc Leishman, International, 4 and 3.
Leishman began this match by driving into the water to fall behind the Americans early, and the match was square when Reed gunned a birdie putt some 12 feet by that led to a three-putt bogey. Day chipped in from below the seventh green for a 1-up lead, and the International team kept the lead with matching bogeys on No. 8 when the Americans three-putted again. The match was all square at the turn, and then it ended quickly. Day drove into a video board tower complex on the 12th. Spieth hit wedge to 6 feet on the 13th. Day drove into a bunker that led to bogey on the 14th. And the Americans closed them out when Spieth hit a wedge to 6 feet on the 15th.
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Dustin Johnson and Matt Kuchar, United States, def. Adam Scott and Adam Hadwin, International, 4 and 3.
Johnson and Kuchar didn’t have to work very hard in this match. Starting at No. 5, the Americans won three straight holes with a bogey, par and birdie as Scott and Hadwin couldn’t put anything together. The Americans were 4 up at the turn when Adams tried to chip away. They won the 10th with a birdie and pulled to within 2 down with a birdie on the 13th. Scott drove into a fairway bunker on No. 14, Hadwin laid up and Scott was 50 feet right of the flag on the third shot. They three-putted for a double bogey to fall 3 down with four to play, and the Americans closed without with a birdie on the 15th.
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Phil Mickelson and Kevin Kisner, United States, def. Jhonattan Vegas and Emiliano Grillo, International, 2 and 1.
Kisner holed a 15-foot putt on the first hole for an early lead that the Americans gave back with a bogey on No. 3. They fell behind with another bogey on the par-3 seventh, only to win the eighth with a birdie. The next five holes were halved until Mickelson and Kisner took control at No. 14 when the International team fell behind with a bogey. Mickelson hit wedge to 2 feet on the 15th for a 2-up lead, only for Grillo to stick his tee shot on the par-3 16th to 2 feet. Mickelson again delivered with a shot into 6 feet, which Kisner converted for a birdie and the victory.
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Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace, International, halved with Justin Thomas and Rickie Fowler, United States.
The South African duo, coming off their first loss, opened with two birdies and a 2-up lead through three holes. They couldn’t hold it. They made bogey on No. 7, followed by a double bogey on No. 8, and the match was square. Thomas and Fowler took a 1-up lead at the turn with a birdie, and the South Africans answered with a birdie on the 11th to square the match. It stayed that way the rest of the match. On the 17th, Thomas missed a 6-foot par putt, and Grace missed his par putt from 5 feet that would have given them a 1-up lead. Both teams missed the green to the right on the par-3 18th. Grace’s 4-foot par putt caught the left edge and dropped, and then Thomas made his from about that range for the halve.