Americans Give Back Big Lead
Phil doesn’t appear to have a worry in the world
Final Score after Day 2 four-ball:
United States 7
Internationals 5
Match 7
Team US Mickelson/ Mahan
1 up
Team Int’l Cabrera/ Goosen
Match 8
Team US Woods/ Furyk
5 and 4
Team Int’l Singh/ Appleby
Match 9
Team US Johnson/ Howell III
3 and 1
Team Int’l Els/ Weir
Match 10
Team US Stricker/ Verplank
2 and 1
Team Int’l Scott/ Choi
Match 11
Team US Cink/ Glover
1 up
Team Int’l Ogilvy/ O’Hern
Match 12
Team US Austin/ Toms
Halved
Team Int’l Immelman/ Sabbatini
So it would appear that I spoke too soon yesterday when I said that the Americans were running away with this thing. As Mike Pedersen commented, Tiger Woods had his worst match play loss ever (which says alot considering his record in team match play is not all that impressive to begin with). The Americans just looked out of sync all day. Despite getting walloped, I saw Tiger laughing most of the day, Phil frolicking with his wife, and Jack still had a smile from ear to ear. Maybe they know something that we don’t.
Biggest gaffe of the day goes to Stewart Cink who missed a short 3-footer on the 17th and would end up losing the match by one. I bet Jack is re-thinking about that 4 and a half footer he conceded yesterday to Singh/Weir, or maybe not, again they seem to know something we don’t based on their demeanor.
The biggest story of the entire tournament so far has been Woody Austin. They should make him the captain, he’s playing like a man possessed. Call him Roy McAvoy, he’s lighting it up.
Tomorrow we can look forward to a mixture of foursomes and four-ball play. As usual, Saturday sets up for the big finish so it’s the critical day for either the Americans to re-establish a big lead or for Team World to take the lead themselves. We’ll see soon how this thing finishes out.
Photo by Ryan Remiorz, The Canadian Press
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