Adam Scott and Retief Goosen def. Tiger Woods and Fred Couples, 4 and 3
Adam Scott said after the match that it was important to "take control early" and that's exactly what the International duo did. Back-to-back birdies at the sixth and seventh holes -- coupled with a U.S. bogey at No. 4 -- quickly put Scott and Retief Goosen 3 up. A double bogey on the ninth hole was a rare blip on the radar screen, and the Internationals quickly got that back with a eagle to the American's birdie on the 12th hole. The match ended on the 15th hole where Tiger Woods' approach found the rough on the slope beside the green and Fred Couples left his chip in the deep stuff. Woods nearly holed his next shot for a par that would have extended the match, but it was simply a case of too little, too late. There were "four great players starting out," Couples said. "Four of them played and I was very mediocre. It's hard to hit quality shots when you're not doing it. I kept putting Tiger in some bad spots."
Match 2
Fred Funk and Jim Furyk halved with Vijay Singh and Mark Hensby
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Neither team led more than 1 up in this see-saw battle that included three Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. neighbors and a transplanted Aussie who now lives in Arizona. Jim Furyk played through pain after a rib injury suffered last week at the 84 LUMBER Classic spasmed on the first hole. A chiropractor treated Furyk there and remained with the match throughout the day. While the American was able to hit his shots, the walking in between was painful. But
"I wanted to play and be a part of this team," Furyk said. The Americans atoned for an opening bogey with back-to-back birdies on Nos. 3 and 4 to go 1 up, which is how they made the turn. Vijay Singh and Mark Hensby, though, reversed the score with consecutive birdies on Nos. 11 and 12, and the two teams then traded birdies on the next three holes. Hensby's 5-footer for par on No. 16 gave the Internationals a 1-up advantage which they promptly gave back to a conceded U.S. birdie on the next hole. Singh and Furyk both missed birdie putts on the 18th hole that could have won the match. "I guess nobody has bragging rights," Funk said. "It's a push."
Match 3
Phil Mickelson and Chris DiMarco def. Nick O'Hern and Tim Clark, 1 up
One minute the U.S. was in control. The next -- well, after Nick O’Hern’s shot for eagle at No. 12 -- it started to get tight. And even tighter when the Americans bogeyed the 13th. But a birdie at No. 14 put them 1 up and they held on for the win. Strange that the unheralded Europeans gave a big-time pairing trouble? Hardly. It’s foursomes and they’re never easy. “It’s a hard format because you’re never in control," Chris DiMarco said. “All you can do is hit the shot in front of you."
Match 4
Justin Leonard and Scott Verplank def. Peter Lonard and Stuart Appleby, 4 and 2
They were in their element. Which wasn’t hard, since Scott Verplank and Justin Leonard have known each other most of their lives. Played together, practiced together, competed against each other as kids in Dallas. And they play the same game. So, after Verplank got a few “squirrely shots” -- his words -- out of his system, the Americans rolled. Other than losing the second hole to go 1 down to the Aussie duo, they kicked it into gear and cruised. “We have very similar games,’’ Verplank said. “When he drives it, he drives it where I would drive it. When he hits and approach, it’s where I would hit it. We’re never out of our element.’’ And, oh, they didn’t miss many putts, either.
Match 5
Michael Campbell and Angel Cabrera def. Davis Love III and Kenny Perry 2 and 1
U.S. captain Jack Nicklaus considered Kenny Perry and Davis Love III, who won twice together in South Africa, as one of his strongest duos, and when they birdied three straight holes in the middle of the round to square their match with Angel Cabrera of Argentina and Michael Campbell of New Zealand, it appeared as if the U.S. pair was on its way to another victory. However, the Internationals had other plans and let the Americans make the errors that led to the first Foursomes victory for Campbell and Cabrera. The match hinged on two key putts down the stretch. Leading 1 up after the Americans missed the green and bogeyed the par-3 14 th hole, Cabrera holed a 30-foot par putt at the 15th while Perry missed a 20-footer for birdie that could have won the hole. Another bogey at No. 16 by the U.S. after a poor drive by Love, Perry holed a 34-foot birdie on the 17th to give the U.S. life. It was short-lived, however, when Campbell, the reigning U.S. Open champion, converted from 14 feet to close it out.
Match 6
Trevor Immelman and Mike Weir def. Stewart Cink and David Toms, 6 and 5
With birdies on four of the first five holes to stake themselves to an early 3-up lead, Mike Weir of Canada and rookie Trevor Immelman of South Africa went on to blitz their American counterparts in the last match started and the second one to be completed. The International duo converted six birdies in a surprise romp, considering that Immelman was playing his first match and Weir had struggled with his game for much of the season. Weir set up a 9-foot birdie putt that Immelman drained for a 1-up lead and the young South African took it from there with an 82-foot putt from off the fringe at the fourth for birdie and an approach at the following hole that stopped a foot away for another birdie. The duo all but closed out the match when Immelman made a 17-foot birdie putt at the 12 th to go dormie. His 2-footer for par clinched it.
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