Presidents Cup 2017: 15 things to do on Sunday at Liberty National — other than watch golf

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Do you have Presidents Cup tickets for Sunday? With the U.S. turning this year's event into a total rout, allow us to ask another question: Have you ever heard of StubHub? We kid, we kid, because it's still supposed to be a beautiful day at lovely Liberty National. And besides, there's still plenty of things to do that don't directly involve watching golf. Here's our (hopefully) helpful rundown.
1. Take photos of the NYC skyline and the Statue of Liberty. Did you know Liberty National has great views of these landmarks?
FacebookPinterest2. Get a photo of yourself with the NYC skyline or the Statue of Liberty in the background.
FacebookPinterest3. Get a photo of yourself with the victorious Team USA and the Presidents Cup! Sort of …
FacebookPinterest4. Go for a nice walk. If you're not near one of the ongoing matches, there's a lot of pretty real estate to explore. On second thought, there will probably be plenty of room to roam no ..

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Capsules of the matches at the Presidents Cup

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’..

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McIlroy shoots 64, moves into contention at British Masters

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, England (AP) Rory McIlroy moved into contention at the British Masters by shooting a 6-under 64 in the third round, leaving the No. 6-ranked golfer two strokes off the lead held by Robert Karlsson on Saturday.

Karlsson shot 67 and was one stroke clear of five players, including overnight leader Tyrrell Hatton, who bogeyed the last for a 71.

Hatton was one of only three players in the top 24 to fail to break par on a day of low scoring at Close House in northern England.

McIlroy made the weekend only after a back-nine rally in the second round, and now has a good chance of winning for the first time in 2017, in what is his next-to-last event of the season.

”You get yourself into contention and you start to think about things and it would be nice to get a win,” said McIlroy, who chipped in for a birdie on the fifth hole and carded three more birdies in a front nine of 31.

”The last couple of tournaments, I’ve been off pretty early on the weekends and had 50..

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Americans keeping rolling, 1 point away from Presidents Cup

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) The International team lost just about everything but its sense of humor.

A long and demoralizing day at the Presidents Cup ended with Anirban Lahiri making two clutch birdies in a fourballs match that spared his team the indignity of watching the Americans celebrate another victory – on Saturday, no less.

From the sun rising over the Manhattan skyline until the chill of twilight at Liberty National, the Americans poured it on with such frightening force that they were one match away from clinching the cup one day early. The International team went 13 straight matches without winning until Lahiri and Kim won on the 18th hole.

”They got a standing ovation when they walked in our team room tonight,” International captain Nick Price said with a smile. ”First time we had seen a match go our way for a long time.”

And that means it will be a short Sunday.

The Americans had a 14 1/2-3 1/2 lead and need only one point from the 12 singles matches on Sunday.

Th..

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Americans on cusp of early celebration at Presidents Cup

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) Phil Mickelson set the Presidents Cup record with his 25th victory and the Americans moved to the cusp of their most dominant performance ever.

Mickelson dropped in two wedges to short range for birdies as he and Kevin Kisner defeated Emiliano Grillo and Jhonattan Vegas in foursomes. The Americans won three matches and halved the other Saturday morning in foursomes, giving them an 11+ to 2+ lead.

For the second straight session, the International team failed to win a match. Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace, its best tandem, halved with Justin Thomas and Rickie Fowler.

Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed won again, as did Dustin Johnson and Matt Kuchar. The Americans have a chance to be the first team to clinch the cup before the Sunday singles.

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Tiger Woods gets the College Gameday sign treatment

All things considered, it's been a pretty positive week for Tiger Woods. He's fully embraced his assistant captain role at the Presidents Cup, and claims he's progressing nicely when it comes to his recovery.
That's all nice, but when it comes to signs at ESPN's College GameDay, no one is safe, not Tiger, and not even Tim Tebow. This week, the show rolled into Blacksburg, Virginia for the first time in 10 years. The Virginia Tech Hokies, ranked No. 12 in the country, host the No. 2 Clemson Tigers tonight in primetime. Instead of poking fun at a Clemson player, this V-Tech fan went after a different Tiger:
https://twitter.com/TrevorReaske/status/914115845844082689
Unfair! Not sure what Tiger ever did to this guy, but it was enough for a random shot from the clouds at the 14-time major champ.
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Belen Mozo leads NZ Women’s Open by 1 shot after 3rd round

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) Spain’s Belen Mozo will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the LPGA Tour’s New Zealand Women’s Open after a 1-under 71 Saturday helped her hold off challenges from Brooke Henderson of Canada and American Brittany Lincicome.

Mozo, who led by five strokes after the second round, had a three-round total of 15-under 201 on the newly-established Windross Farm course.

Henderson had a 67 to move into second place. The biggest mover on the day was Lincicome, who had a 66 to be tied for third, four strokes behind. Also four back was China’s Jing Yan, who shot 69.

Local favorite Lydia Ko shot 70 and was seven strokes behind Mozo.

Mozo had a bogey at the 164-meter, par-3 13th, where she had a hole in one on Friday.

The hole exemplified how difficult the layout became on Saturday when the wind began to blow and temperatures fell.

It had been one of the easiest holes on the course over the first two days but became one of the hardest on Saturday. Moz..

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Belen Mozo leads NZ Women’s Open by 1 shot after 3rd round

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) Spain’s Belen Mozo will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the LPGA Tour’s New Zealand Women’s Open after a 1-under 71 Saturday helped her hold off challenges from Brooke Henderson of Canada and American Brittany Lincicome.

Mozo, who led by five strokes after the second round, had a three-round total of 15-under 201 on the newly-established Windross Farm course.

Henderson had a 67 to move into second place. The biggest mover on the day was Lincicome, who had a 66 to be tied for third, four strokes behind. Also four back was China’s Jing Yan, who shot 69.

Local favorite Lydia Ko shot 70 and was seven strokes behind Mozo.

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Presidents Cup at a glance

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) A brief look at the second session Friday in the Presidents Cup at Liberty National:

LEADING: United States 8, International 2.

FORMAT: The Americans were unbeaten in fourballs, going 4-0-1. It was the first time in 10 years the International did not win a match in a session.

MATCH OF THE DAY: Justin Thomas and Rickie Fowler defeated Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace, giving the South Africans their first loss in six matches.

SHOT OF THE DAY: Thomas holed out from a bunker on No. 14 and wound up halving the hole when it looked as though the lead would be cut to 1 up.

GOOD RECORD: Phil Mickelson set the Presidents Cup record with his 10th victory in fourballs, and he tied Tiger Woods’ record for most victories with 24.

BAD RECORD: Adam Scott set a Presidents Cup record with his 19th loss.

KEY STATISTIC: There were 16 holes won on the back nine – 13 by the Americans.

NOTEWORTHY: The 8-2 lead is the largest after two sessions. The previous mark was ..

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